Valentin Lavillenie

Valentin Lavillenie
	Lavillenie at the 2015 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born	16 July 1991 (age 32); Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, France
Agent	Benjamin Soreau
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Outdoor: 5.82 m (2019); Indoor: 5.80 m (2015, 2021);
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing France
European Indoor Championships

Valentin Lavillenie (French pronunciation: [valɑ̃tɛ̃ la.vi.lə.ni] or [valɑ̃tɛ̃ la.vil.ni]; born 16 July 1991) is a French athlete specialising in the pole vault.^[2] 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.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing France
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	5th	5.40 m
	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	5.50 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	11th (q)	5.55 m^{[note 1]}
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	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	2nd	5.80 m
2021	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