Renaud Lavillenie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Renaud Lavillenie
Occupation	Pole Vaulter
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1986(1986-09-18)
Age	38
Birthplace	Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Country	France
Birth City	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Horoscope	Virgo

Renaud Lavillenie Biography

Renaud Lavillenie is one of the most popular and richest Pole Vaulter who was born on September 18, 1986 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Nouvelle- Aquitaine, France. Lavillenie was the favourite to win the Olympic pole vaulting gold, but Thiago Braz Da Silva from Brazil gave him a strong performance that earned him the silver medal. Lavillenie broke 5.93m in his third attempt at the finals. To stay in competition, each of the five competing athletes had to beat or equal their personal best. Only da Silva was able to accomplish this feat. Lavillenie cleared the next height of 5.98m with his first attempt. But da Silva chose to skip 5.98m and go on to 6.03m. Da Silva then set an Olympic Record at 6.03m. After failing his previous two attempts at 6.03m, Lavillenie attempted 6.08 with his last jump, but failed to clear the bar with his knee. During the competition and medal ceremony, Lavillenie was booed and heckled by the crowd. This caused him to burst into tears and da Silva tried to console the crowd and support Lavillenie. Lavillenie later compared the incident with Jesse Owens being booed during the Olympics in 1936. However, he later regretted the comment and said it was made in heat.

Lavillenie’s 2008 outdoor personal record was 5.65m. It was achieved in Villeneuve-d’Ascq on 27 June. His indoor personal best of 5.81 meters was achieved in Aulnay–sous-Bois on 5/12/2008.

Lavillenie’s 2009 indoor personal best was also 5.80 m – he cleared that height in Moscow and to win the 2009 European Indoor Championships pole vault final in Turin.

At the 2010 World Indoor Championships, Lavillenie’s only cleared 5.45 m in the qualification round and did not qualify for the final. He enjoyed better success at the inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond League (all events were held outdoors), in which he won four of the seven pole vault events to become its pole vault overall winner. At the Adidas Grand Prix on 12 June 2010, he won the pole vault event with a jump of 5.85 m (which was a meeting record), beating Steven Hooker into second place. Seven weeks later, he captured his first European Championships pole vault title in Barcelona, with a jump of 5.85 m in the final.

Renaud Lavillenie was born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente, France. His father was a pole vaulter. Renaud was 17 when he made his debut in pole vault competition.

Renaud Lavillenie Net Worth

Renaud Lavillenie is one of the richest Pole Vaulter from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Renaud Lavillenie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Renaud Lavillenie, French pole vaulter; French pronunciation: [[email protected]@.ni] (born 18 September 1986). Lavillenie was awarded the gold medal at London’s 2012 Olympics and the silver medal at Rio 2016 Olympics. He has also won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in London and Rio. He also won four bronze medals and one silver medal at the World Championships. He holds the French records for pole vault clearances outdoors and indoors of 6.05 m and 6.16 m, as of August 25, 2016. For six years, the 6.16 was the absolute pole vault world record. It stood from 2014 to 2020. From 2010 to 2016, he was the overall pole vault winner in the IAAF Diamond League for seven years.

Lavillenie tried to break the world record of 14.3 years in decathlon pole vault (5.76m), set by Tim Lobinger at the Decastar meeting in September 1999, but only managed to reach 5.47m in his specialty event.

Lavillenie improved his outdoor personal best to 5.81 m in May 2009, beating veteran French pole vaulter Romain Mesnil in Forbach. Two weeks later, he improved his outdoor personal best to 5.96 m at a meeting in Aubière, setting a world-leading outdoor mark. He achieved another world-leading outdoor mark with a winning jump of 6.01 m on 21 June 2009 at the 2009 European Team Championships in Leiria, Portugal. That 6.01-metre mark broke Jean Galfione’s ten-year-old French national outdoor record of 5.98 m set in Amiens on 23 July 1999 and would remain as the French national outdoor record until Lavillenie beat it by 1 cm in July 2013. At the 2009 World Championships, Lavillenie vaulted 5.80 m in the pole vault final to win the bronze medal (his first medal in the Olympic Games, World Championships or World Indoor Championships) behind Steven Hooker and Romain Mesnil. He also took part in the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final but failed to record a mark and finished last.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Renaud Lavillenie Dating?

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At the 2012 European Championships, Lavillenie cleared 5.97 m in the final to win the European Championships gold medal for the second time in a row.

Facts & Trivia

Renaud Ranked on the list of most popular Pole Vaulter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Renaud Lavillenie celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.

Lavillenie returned to competition in February 2012 and won the Pole Vault Stars meet with a clearance of 5.82 m.