Vaulting Pole Tips

When it comes to the saying, “the family that plays together stays together”, the Duplantis Family takes that to new heights. The Duplantis Family is one pole vaulting family, to say the least.

Greg Duplantis, former professional track and field athlete and pole vault expert and his wife Helena are “raising the bar” when it comes to their pole vaulting children.

Heading up the group of Duplantis children is Andreas Duplantis who, at 15 years old, has a 14’6” PR. Next, is Antoine Duplantis with a 9’6” PR at age 12. Rounding out the boys in the group is Armond “Mondo” Duplantis who was a world record holder at age 7, is now 8 years old with a PR of 9’6”. Johanna is the only girl in the bunch, who at age 5 has a PR of 4’6”.

Pole Vaulting must come second nature to this group of kids, taking after their athletic parents. Helena Duplantis was originally from Sweden and came to the United States to attend LSU on a track scholarship as a heptathlete. Greg Duplantis has many pole vaulting accolades to his name, some of which are:

A member of the United States National Track and Field Teams, 1988-1993; the Reebok World Racing Club, 1988-1993; the Athletics Congress, 1986-1993; and International Amateur Athletics Federation, 1986-1993. In addition, he was a U.S. Olympics Trials Qualifier in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996. He was a professional track and field athlete from 1986-1993 and was named a scholar athlete and All American pole vaulter in 1979-1981, 1986.

Greg Duplantis vaulted a personal best of 19’2”. Graduating from LSU and receiving his Juris Doctor from the LSU Law center, he now practices law in Louisiana.

The most famous of all the children is Mondo, who set a World Record for his age group in the pole vault on June 7, 2008 in the Louisiana Governors Games in Baton Rouge.

I am sure that Duplantis is a name that we can all watch for in the Pole Vaulting arena for many years to come

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