Mondo Duplantis Season 2019
2020 Olympics (Tokyo) – Gold Medal (6.02 Meters – Aug. 3, 2021)
World Record Holder (6.18 Meters – Feb. 15, 2020)
2021 European Indoor Champion
2019 World Silver Medalist
2019 ‘The Bowerman Finalist’
World Junior Record Holder
Swedish National Record Holder
2019 NCAA Indoor Champion
NCAA Collegiate Record Holder Outdoors (19’ 8.25”)
No. 2 All-Time Outdoor World List
No. 4 All-Time Overall World List
2019 SEC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
2019 SEC Outdoor Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
2019 USTFCCCA Indoor South Central Field Athlete of the Year
2019 SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
2019 SEC Indoor Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
2019 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 Corbett Award Winner
2018 European Champion
2018 U20 World Champion
2018 IAAF Male Rising Star of the Year
2018 Louisiana Boys Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year
2017 Gatorade National Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year
2017 IAAF World Championships Finalist
2017 European Junior Champion
2017 New Balance Indoor Nationals Champion
2016 IAAF World Junior Bronze Medalist
2016 New Balance Indoor Nationals Champion
2015 IAAF World Youth Champion
7-time Louisiana State Champion
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
NCAA pole vault indoor champion (19’ 1.50”/5.83m) … NCAA outdoor runner-up (19’ 0.25”/5.80m) … SEC indoor and outdoor champion … collegiate indoor record holder (19’ 5”/5.92m) … collegiate outdoor record holder (19’ 8.25”/6.00m) … LSU record holder indoors and outdoors … USTFCCCA South Central Field Athlete of the Year indoors and outdoors … SEC Field Athlete of the Year (indoors) … SEC Field Athlete of the Year (outdoors) … SEC Freshman Field Athlete of the Year (indoors) … SEC Field Athlete of the Year (outdoors) … 3x USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week … competed 10 times for LSU in 2019 … owns two of the top three jumps in outdoor collegiate history … owns four of top 10 marks in collegiate history indoors … The Bowerman Finalist … 8x appearances on The Bowerman Watch List … went 8-1 on the year in event finals … 5-0 in the pole vault indoors … 3-1 pole vault outdoors … set both of his collegiate records at the SEC Championships … clearance of 19’ 5” (5.92 meters) is a Swedish record … became first collegian to ever clear 6.00 meters with his effort at the SEC outdoor championships … first collegian in collegiate history to have four clearances of 19’ 1.50” (5.83m) or better indoors.
PRIOR TO LSU
The No. 1 track and field recruit in the high school ranks in the United States in the Class of 2018 … won the 2018 European title with a career-best clearance of 6.05 meters (19-10.25) while representing Sweden … the 6.05 meter mark was a Swedish and American record, the second best jump in outdoor world history, and the fourth-best jump of all-time … the 6.05 meter jump was the best in the world in 2018 … won a U20 world title while representing Sweden at the IAAF World Junior Championships with a clearance of championship meet record of 5.82 meters (19-1.00) … won his first-career Diamond League meet on June 10, 2018, in Stockholm with a clearance of 5.86 meters (19-2.75) … won the 2018 LHSAA state title with a clearance of 5.93 meters (19-5.50) which set the then-world junior record … set a world junior indoor record with a clearance of 5.88 meters (19-3.5) at the Clermont-Ferrand All Star Perche on Feb. 25, 2018 … took seventh at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in March … honored as the 2017 Gatorade National Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year following a decorated junior season at Lafayette (La.) High School … the most prolific pole vaulter in the junior ranks in the history of the sport … set the then-World Junior Record in the pole vault at the 2017 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays where he cleared a personal-best height of 19 feet, 4 ¼ inches … represented Sweden at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics held in London, England … a finalist in his World Championships debut while finishing ninth in the competition with clearances of 18-8 ¼ in qualifying and 18-0 ½ in the final … became the youngest pole vault finalist in the history of the IAAF World Championships with his performance … crowned the European Junior Champion in the pole vault with a winning mark of 18-6 ½ in the meet held in Grosseto, Italy … also established the World Junior Record indoors while clearing 19 feet for the first time in his career at New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York where he went over the bar at 19-1 to take home the national title … set U.S. high school records during both the indoor (19-1) and outdoor (19-4 ¼) seasons as a junior in 2017 … came close to the 19-foot mark the week before New Balance Indoor Nationals with a winning jump of 18-10 ¼ at the famed Millrose Games also held at The Armory Track & Field Center in New York … jumped at least 18-0 ½ in 14 meets in 2017 … burst onto the international stage following his freshman season in 2015 when he was crowned the IAAF World Youth Champion while clearing 17-4 ½ at the championship held in Cali, Colombia … followed in 2016 by winning the bronze medal for Sweden at the IAAF World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland, where he jumped 17-10 ½ … won the pole vault at New Balance Indoor Nationals (17-1) and Texas Relays (17-8 ¼) for the first time during the 2016 season … a six-time Louisiana state champion in the pole vault during his prep career at Lafayette High School … cleared 18 feet for the first time at the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Division I State Championships in 2016 with a jump of 18-0 … won his third-straight LHSAA Division I Indoor title as a junior in 2017 with a meet record 18-8 ¼ … set the Carl Maddox Field House record of 18-9 ¼ earlier in the 2017 indoor season to qualify for the state meet … captured his third-straight Class 5A outdoor title as a junior in 2017 with a winning mark of 18-2 ½ at the LHSAA Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium … nearly added a Class 5A state title in the long jump to his resume while jumping a windy 23-5 ¾ (+2.7) to finish runner-up as the silver medalist at the state meet in 2017.