Armand Gustav “Mondo” Duplantis is a Swedish-American pole vaulter, the current world outdoor and indoor record holder, the current European champion, and the current Diamond League champion.
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He won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. In 2015, his freshman year at Lafayette High School, Duplantis set national freshman records both indoors and outdoors and was named Gatorade Louisiana Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year.
Duplantis got his 2023 campaign off to a strong start at the Mondo Classic in Uppsala, the meet named after him.
His winning height of 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) represented not only his best-ever season opener but also the highest season-opening performance of any pole vaulter in history.
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Why doesn’t Mondo Duplantis compete for USA?
He’s a citizen of Sweden and the United States. His mother is from Sweden. His Swedish grandparents don’t even speak English.
Despite lies and misinformation on social media that suggest Sweden paid Duplantis and fast-tracked his citizenship, the fact is, Duplantis has been a citizen of Sweden since his birth.
Is Mondo Duplantis Swedish or American?
Swedish-American pole vaulter Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis is taking the sport to new heights by raising the bar and breaking his own world records.
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