Baptiste Thiery Explained

Baptiste Thiery
Birth Date:2001 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Lille, France
Country:France
Sport:Track and field
Event:Pole vault

Baptiste Thiery (born 29 June 2001) is a French pole vaulter. He is a two-gold gold medalist in the men's pole vault event at the CARIFTA Games.

In 2018, he won the gold medal in the boys' pole vault event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1] [2]

At the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships held in Győr, Hungary, he won the silver medal in the men's pole vault event. In the same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's pole vault at the 2018 CARIFTA Games held in Nassau, Bahamas.[2] He was the European Athlete of the Month for the month October 2018.

In 2019, he repeated his previous success at the CARIFTA Games with a second gold medal in his event, at the 2019 CARIFTA Games in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Notes and References

  1. News: 21 May 2020. Athlétisme : Baptiste Thiery, toujours plus haut et plus fort. FranceAntilles.fr. 22 May 2020. fr.
  2. News: 17 October 2018. Jeux Olympiques Jeunes : le Martiniquais Baptiste Thiery décroche la médaille d'or du saut à la perche. fr. martinique. 22 May 2020.