Armand Duplantis
Swedish-American pole vaulter
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| 2025 | Nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards Sportsman of the Year. Won Swedish Sports Academy Sportsman of the Year and Performance of the Year. Listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 North America List - Sports. |
| 2025 | Won gold medal at World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China with a pole vault of 6.15 m. |
| 2025 | Approached 100 career clearances over six meters, with 98 such clearances prior to the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing. |
| March 18 2025 | In a conversation with Puma's CEO Arne Freundt, Duplantis expressed his belief that he can push the pole vault world record to 6.40 m in the next few years, with 6.30 m as his near-term target. |
| February 28 2025 | Released his first single 'Bop' under the music name Mondo, co-written with Emil Berg and Rasmus Wahlberg. |
| February 28 2025 | Broke his own world record for the 11th time at the All Star Perche competition in Clermont-Ferrand, France, clearing a height of 6.27 m in his first attempt. Notably, his debut song 'Bop' was playing in the arena during the record-breaking jump. |
| 2025 | Duplantis was listed in Forbes' 30 under 30 North America List for Sports. |
| 2024 | Won his second Olympic gold medal and his third World indoor championship title. |
| 2024 | Achieved extraordinary success with World Record and Diamond League Record wins in Xiamen and Chorzów Silesia, and continued strong performances across multiple Diamond League events. |
| 2024 | Achieved major recognition including World Athlete of the Year, European Athlete of the Year, BBC World Sport Star of the Year, and International Sports Press Association Best Athlete of the Year. |
| 2024 | He is expected to compete at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, United Kingdom, where he is likely to aim for gold. |
| 2024 | Duplantis won the BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year. |
| 2024 | He qualified for and won the pole vault Diamond League Final event, marking his fourth consecutive victory from 2021 to 2024. |
| 2024 | He received the World Athlete of the Year (Men) at the World Athletics Awards. |
| 2024 | Duplantis was awarded the Field Athlete of the Year award by World Athletics. |
| 2024 | Duplantis aims to defend his title at the European Championships in Rome, Italy, where he is projected to win gold. |
| 2024 | He was awarded the International Male Athlete of the Year at the Athletics Weekly Readers' Choice Awards. |
| 2024 | Duplantis won the Mel Watman Award for Performance of the Year in 2024. |
| 2024 | Won his second Olympic gold medal and third European championship title. |
| November 6 2024 | Duplantis became a global ambassador for the Wings for Life World Run charity event scheduled for 4 May 2025. |
| October 26 2024 | Duplantis was crowned men's European Athlete of the Year for the first time outright. |
| October 11 2024 | Duplantis and Desiré Inglander announced their engagement after a surprise proposal by Duplantis during a photo shoot for Vogue Scandinavia in The Hamptons, New York. |
| September 13 2024 | Won his fourth consecutive Diamond League trophy in Brussels with a meet record of 6.11 m. |
| September 13 2024 | Duplantis rounded off his 2024 campaign by winning the 2024 Diamond League trophy in Brussels with a meet record of 6.11 m. |
| September 4 2024 | Duplantis won an exhibition 100 m event against Karsten Warholm, achieving a new personal best of 10.37 seconds. |
| August 25 2024 | At the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Chorzów, Poland, Duplantis improved his world record for the tenth time in his career, increasing it to 6.26 m. |
| August 5 2024 | At the Paris Olympics, Duplantis retained his Olympic title with a jump of 6.00 m, broke the Olympic record with a jump of 6.10 m, and set a new world record of 6.25 m on his third attempt. |
| June 12 2024 | Duplantis won the 2024 European Championships in Rome, being the only competitor to clear the six-meter mark and setting a new European Championships record of 6.10 meters. |
| April 20 2024 | At the Xiamen Diamond League in Xiamen, China, Duplantis improved his world record by one centimeter, clearing 6.24 m on his first attempt. |
| March 2024 | At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Duplantis made a vault of 6.05 m, winning the gold medal. |
| February 26 2024 | Nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award for the third time in his career, alongside other top athletes like Lionel Messi and Novak Djokovic. |
| 2023 | Nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards Sportsman of the Year. Ranked 2nd in International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Athlete of the Year. Won World Athlete of the Year in Men's Field category. |
| 2023 | Won World Athlete of the Year (Men's Field) and International Male Athlete of the Year from Athletics Weekly. |
| 2023 | Armand Duplantis achieved the Diamond League pole vault championship title for the third consecutive year. |
| December 11 2023 | Duplantis was honored as the first recipient of the World Athlete of the Year (Men's field) award from World Athletics, marking his third senior award from the organization. |
| September 17 2023 | Duplantis broke his own world record at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, clearing 6.23 m. |
| August 26 2023 | Duplantis defended his world title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a winning jump of 6.10 m. |
| February 25 2023 | At the All Star Perche indoor meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Duplantis broke the world record by clearing a height that increased his total of six-metre-plus jumps to 60. |
| January 2023 | Duplantis began his 2023 season at the Mondo Classic in Uppsala, achieving his best-ever season opener and the highest season-opening performance in pole vault history. |
| 2022 | Achieves multiple prestigious awards including World Athlete of the Year (Men's Field), European Athlete of the Year, and International Male Athlete of the Year from Athletics Weekly. |
| 2022 | Continued impressive performance with Diamond League wins, including World Lead and Mondiale Record in Oslo, and multiple Mondiale Records in Stockholm, Chorzów Silesia, Lausanne, and Zürich. |
| 2022 | Armand Duplantis achieved seven victories in the Diamond League, including a notable win in Doha. |
| 2022 | He became the World outdoor and indoor champion in 2022, breaking world records three times during the season. |
| 2022 | Duplantis was also recognized as the European Athlete of the Year (Men) at the European Athletics Awards. |
| December 6 2022 | Duplantis was named 2022 World Athlete of the Year by World Athletics for his exceptional season. |
| September 2022 | Duplantis capped his season by clearing a significant height at the Zürich Diamond League final, retaining the Diamond Trophy. |
| August 2022 | At the 2022 European Championships held in Munich, Duplantis won gold and broke the championship record. |
| July 2022 | Named European Athletics Athlete of the Month for July. |
| July 24 2022 | Duplantis set a new world record to win gold at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. |
| July 4 2022 | He set a world record of 6.21 meters at the World Championships in Eugene, United States. |
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