- Born
- Height5′ 9¾″ (1.77 m)
- Renaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter.
Lavillenie won gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to his Olympic success, he has won three World Indoor Championships gold medals (record), three European Championships gold medals and four European Indoor Championships gold medals. He has also won one silver medal and four bronze medals at the World Championships. As of 25 August 2016, he holds the French 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 6 years, 2014-2020. He has been the pole vault overall winner of the IAAF Diamond League in seven consecutive years, from 2010 to 2016.
Outside pole vaulting, Lavillenie is a keen motorcyclist, and raced in the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours for motorcycles, finishing 25th. Lavillenie subsequently entered the 2014 race, aiming for a top 20 finish. Lavillenie's younger brother Valentin Lavillenie is also a pole vaulter.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bazza the Beast
- He broke the pole vault World indoor record with 6.16 in Donetsk on February 15th, 2014, in the presence of Sergey Bubka, the previous record-holder (with 6.15 also in Donetsk on February 21th, 1993).
- Won 3 gold medals from the European Championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
- Won 4 medals from the World Championships - one silver in 2013 and 3 bronze in 2009, 2011 and 2015.
- His younger brother Valentin Lavillenie is also a pole vaulter.
- In 2014 was awarded Men's European Athlete of the Year.
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