Thibaut Duval (born 1 February 1979) is a Belgian

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

er. Duval finished eighth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2000 European Championships in Gent and fifth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the World Championships in

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and

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as well as the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

, without reaching the final round. His personal best jump is 5.70 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Oordegem and in Vienna in 2002, which at that time was the Belgian national record but has since been surpassed.Belgian athletics records

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* 1979 births Living people Belgian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belgium World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium Belgian Athletics Championships winners {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub