Valentin Lavillenie
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nation | France | ||||||
birthday | July 16, 1991 | ||||||
place of birth | Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire , France | ||||||
size | 171 cm | ||||||
Weight | 66 kg | ||||||
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discipline | Pole vault | ||||||
Best performance | 5.82 m (July 12, 2019 in Monaco ) | ||||||
society | Clermont Athlétisme Auvergne | ||||||
Trainer | Philippe d'Encausse | ||||||
National squad | since 2013 | ||||||
status | active | ||||||
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last change: July 12, 2019 |
Valentin Lavillenie ( valɑ̃tɛ̃ la.vi.lə.ni or valɑ̃tɛ̃ la.vil.ni ; born July 16, 1991 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire ) is a French pole vaulter . His older brother is the world record holder and Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie .
Athletic career
Valentin Lavillenie won the bronze medal at the U23 European Championships in Tampere in 2013 with a skipped 5.50 m. In the same year he took part in the World Championships in Moscow , but remained in the final as the only one of the 13 qualified athletes without a valid attempt. At the Jeux de la Francophonie in Nice, he won the gold medal with 5.50 m.
At the European Indoor Championships in 2015 in Prague, Lavillenie took sixth place with a height of 5.65 m.
Web links
- Valentin Lavillenie in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait by Valentin Lavillenie at athle.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ 7èmes Jeux de la Francophonie - Athlétisme - Résultats ( French , PDF; 1.3 MB) Organization Internationale de la Francophonie. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
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SURNAME | Lavillenie, Valentin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French pole vaulter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire |