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2022 Prefontaine Classic
The 2022 Prefontaine Classic was the 47th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Held on 27-28 May at Hayward Field, it was the third leg of the 2022 Diamond League – the highest-level international track and field circuit. Highlights The meeting was initially highly anticipated due to announced List of world records in athletics, world record attempts in the women's two miles and both the men's and women's 5000 metres. However, multiple high-level withdrawals caused concern, as Caster Semenya, Athing Mu, Matthew Centrowitz Jr., Rai Benjamin, and Sam Kendricks were all initially listed to compete but were not on the final start lists. Though no world records were set, the meeting was highlighted Jakob Ingebrigtsen winning the Bowerman Mile, and a women's 100 m showing improvement from both Elaine Thompson-Herah and Sha'Carri Richardson on the women's side. Results Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie River (Oregon), McKenzie and Willamette River, Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. The List of cities in Oregon, second-most populous city in Oregon, Eugene had a population of 176,654 as of the 2020 United States census and it covers city area of . The Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA, Eugene-Springfield metropolitan statistical area is the second largest in Oregon after Portland, Oregon, Portland. In 2022, Eugene's population was estimated to have reached 179,887. Eugene is home to the University of Oregon, Bushnell University, and Lane Community College. The city is noted for its natural environment, recreational opportunities (especially Cycling, bicycling, running/jogging, rafting, and kayaking), and focus on the arts, along with its history of civil unrest, riots, and green activism. Eug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Kendricks
Samuel Hathorn Kendricks (born September 7, 1992) is an American pole vaulter. He is a three-time indoor and six-time outdoor national champion (2014–2019), the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, 2016 Olympics bronze and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, 2024 Olympics silver medalist, and the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, 2017 and 2019 World Championships in Athletics, 2019 World Champion. In 2019, Kendricks set the American pole vault record at 6.06 m, tying him with Steve Hooker for Pole vault#All-time top 25 athletes, fourth all time. He later won the 2019 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, gold medal at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships in Doha. Early life Kendricks vaulted for Oxford High School (Oxford, Mississippi), Oxford High School in his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, leading his team to the 2009 Mississippi High School Activities Association, MHSAA 5A State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Lavillenie
Valentin Lavillenie ( or ; 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 Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter. Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to .... Competition record Notes References 1991 births Living people People from Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Sportspeople from Charente Athletes from Nouvelle-Aquitaine French male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-polevault-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaud Lavillenie
Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter. Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to his Olympic success, he has won three IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, World Indoor Championships gold medals (record), three European Athletics Championships, European Championships gold medals and four European Athletics Indoor Championships, European Indoor Championships gold medals. He has also won one silver medal and four bronze medals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, World Championships. As of 25 August 2016, he holds the French French records in athletics, national records for the highest pole vault clearance both outdoors (6.05 m) and indoors (6.16 m). The 6.16 was the absolute world record for the pole vault for over six years, 2014–2020. He was the pole vault overall winner of the IAAF Diamond League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Fritsch
Clayton Fritsch (born December 29, 1998) is an American pole vaulter. He won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. In that same year, he won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships was the 98th NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 38th NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in .... He also won the gold medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2019 NACAC U18 and U23 Championships in Athletics held in Queretaro, Mexico. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fritsch, Clayton 1998 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Wooten
Jacob Wooten (born April 22, 1997) is an American pole vaulter. He was the runner-up at the 2023 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the pole vault. Biography Wooten is from Tomball, Texas where he attended Tomball Memorial High School. He won the 2014 University Interscholastic League Division 5A state meet in the pole vault, as well as the 2015 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships. From 2016 to 2019, Wooten competed on the Texas A&M Aggies track and field team. He made seven NCAA finals appearances, with a best finish of 3rd at the 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. At those championships, the meet officials mistakenly set the bar two inches too high, causing confusion and requiring a re-do of that round of vaulting. Texas A&M coach Pat Henry said that the mistake "cost" Wooten, and that it was "not a good situation". In February 2020, Wooten jumped a personal best of 5.90 metres at the International Urban Pole Vault Mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KC Lightfoot
KC Lightfoot (born November 11, 1999) is an American pole vaulter. He holds the American record with a clearance of at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville on June 2, 2023. This broke the record of 6.06 set by Sam Kendricks, the 2017 and 2019 World champion, in 2019. Lightfoot now ranks fourth on the world all-time list behind Swedish-American Mondo Duplantis (6.27 m, reigning Olympic and world champion), Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie (6.16 m indoors) and Ukrainian Sergey Bubka (6.15 m indoors, 6.14 m outdoors). He placed fourth at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Competition record US Track and field Championships He finished third at the 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a personal best jump of 5.76 m. References Notes External links * * KC Lightfoot profileat Baylor Bears * KC Lightfoot resultsat Lee's Summit High School Lee's Summit High School is a high school in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States. It is located near downtown Lee's Summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sondre Guttormsen
Sondre Guttormsen (born 1 June 1999) is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the pole vault. He is a European Indoor Championships gold and bronze medallist. Guttormsen won the gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2025 European Indoor Championships. He is also a European U23 Championships and European U18 Championships bronze medallist, three-time NCAA champion and four-time Norwegian national champion. Guttormsen is a two-time Olympian and competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life Sondre Guttormsen was born the oldest of four children in Davis, California to Kristin and Atle Guttormsen. His father, a professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, was studying for an economics Ph.D. at UC Davis. The family then returned to Ski, Norway. Career Guttormsen competed for the University of California, Los Angeles in his first year of college and then transferred to Princeton University in 2020. At the postpon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Nilsen
Christopher Nilsen (born January 13, 1998) is an American athlete specialising in pole vault and high jump. He won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault, pole vault event with a jump of . High school Nilsen graduated from Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Nilsen was raised in hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Nilsen set the List of United States high school national records in track and field, United States high school record in the pole vault at the Missouri Class 5 sectional meet with a clearance of . Nilsen won 2016 Kansas Relays pole vault. NCAA Nilsen attended the University of South Dakota. Nilsen is a six-time NCAA Division I All-America, First Team All-American, and a three-time NCAA Division I, NCAA Track and field Pole vault champion. Nilsen holds South Dakota Coyotes school records in the Pole vault indoor and outdoor . Nilsen set List of North, Central American and Caribb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Duplantis
Armand "Mondo" Gustav Duplantis (born 10 November 1999), is a Swedish and American pole vaulter who competes for Sweden. Regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time, Duplantis is the current List of world records in athletics, world record holder at and the winner of seven senior global titles. He is a two-time Olympic (Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, 2020 and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, 2024) champion, a two-time World outdoor (2022 World Athletics Championships, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships, 2023) champion and a three-time World indoor (2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022, 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2024 and 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2025) champion. Duplantis is also the current 2022 European Athletics Championships, European champion. Duplantis won titles as a 15-year-old at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics, 2015 World Youth Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, racewalking, race walking, mountain running, and ultramarathon, ultra running. Included in its charge is the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of list of world records in athletics, world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected to the four-year position in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 for a second four-year term, and then again in 2023 for a third four-year term. History The process to found World Athletics began in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Weltklasse Zürich
The 2022 Weltklasse Zürich was an outdoor track and field meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. Held on 7–8 September 2022 at the Letzigrund, it served as the finals of the 2022 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. It was the second time that Zürich exclusively hosted the Diamond League finals, after the 2021 edition. The meeting was highlighted by 2022 world leads from Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Marileidy Paulino, and Emmanuel Korir on the track. Despite headwinds, the women's sprints were fast with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce running 10.65 in the 100 metres. Results While Diamond League points were used to gain entry into the finals, they were not used to determine Diamond League champions. Regardless of points accumulated throughout the season, winners of the 2022 Weltklasse Zürich were crowned 2022 Diamond League champions in their respective events. Diamond Discipline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
