Valentin Lavillenie

Valentin Lavillenie
Valentin Lavillenie at the European Indoor Championships 2015
nation	France
birthday	July 16, 1991
place of birth	Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire ,  France
size	171 cm
Weight	66 kg
Career
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
Medal table
U23 European Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
U23 European Championships bronze Tampere 2013 5.50 m
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

Commons : Valentin Lavillenie  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Valentin Lavillenie in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait by Valentin Lavillenie at athle.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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.