Birth Place: | Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, France[1] |
Sport: | Pole vault |
Height: | 1.71 m |
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Agent: | Benjamin Soreau |
Valentin Lavillenie (in French pronounced as /valɑ̃tɛ̃ la.vi.lə.ni/ or in French pronounced as /valɑ̃tɛ̃ la.vil.ni/; born 16 July 1991) is a French athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won the gold medal at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie. Lavillenie is the younger brother of another pole vaulter, a former world record holder, Renaud Lavillenie.
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2013 | Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | 5th | 5.40 m | |
European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 5.50 m | |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 11th (q) | 5.55 m[2] | ||
Jeux de la Francophonie | Nice, France | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5.50 m | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 6th | 5.65 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 14th (q) | 5.60 m | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | 5.70 m | |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | bgcolor=C0C0C0 | 2nd | 5.80 m |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 17th (q) | 5.65 m | ||
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 4th | 5.85 m | |
World Championships | Eugene, United States | – | NM | ||
European Championships | Munich, Germany | – | NM | ||
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 15th (q) | 5.40 m |