Axel Chapelle
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| Full name | Axel Chapelle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Outdoor: 5.72 m (Monaco, 2017) Indoor: 5.88 m (Clermont-Ferrand, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Axel Chapelle (French pronunciation: [ak.sɛl ʃa.pɛl]; born 24 April 1995) is a French pole vaulter.
Career
[edit | edit source]Chapelle was born in Colombes and began pole vaulting in 2005, at the age of 10.[1] He won his first major medal at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, with a vault of 5.25 m.
At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Eugene, Oregon, Chapelle won his first major gold medal, vaulting to a world junior leading height of 5.55 m. He broke into tears as he listened to La Marseillaise, the national anthem of France, after he received his gold medal on top of the podium at Hayward Field.[2] He became only the second pole vaulter to win a junior world title for France since Jean Galfione in 1990.[3]
Competition record
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| 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 15th (q) | 5.05 m | |
| 2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 2nd | 5.25 m | |
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 1st | 5.55 m | |
| 2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 10th | 5.20 m | |
| 2016 | Mediterranean U23 Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | 2nd | 5.41 m | |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th | 5.80 m | |
| European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2nd | 5.60 m | ||
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 6th | 5.65 m | ||
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 10th | 5.60 m | |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 8th | 5.65 m | ||
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 10th (q) | 5.50 m | |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Chapelle's older brother, Theo, is also a pole vaulter. They both train together at the EA Cergy Pontoise Athlétisme club in Paris and have equal personal bests of 5.55 m.[2]
References
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External links
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- Axel Chapelle at FFA (in French)
World U20 Champions in men's pole vault | |
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