When it was not thought that pole vaulter Armand Duplantis could jump higher, he once again broke his own record. Before the World Cup, the Swedish 22-year-old chose to recharge with rock-hard training to go for the gold, and the place for it was in his parents’ garden.
Here’s everything you did not know but want to know about the multiple pole vault medalist and world record holder Armand Duplantis.
Armand Duplantis record
Armand ”Mondo“Duplantis is a Swedish-American athletes. Since the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade in March 2022, Duplantis has the world record in pole vault. There he jumped 6.20 meters.
Mondo has its roots both in Sweden and in the USA. He was born and raised in the American city of Louisiana, but has been competing for Sweden since 2015. Why? many wonder. You will soon find out.
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Duplantis family
Armand Duplantis is the son of the former American pole vaulter and current lawyer Gregory C. ”Greg” Duplantis. However, Armand’s mother is Swedish. Her name is Helena Duplantis.
Helena Duplantis was born and raised in Avesta, Dalarna, but moved to the United States to study and play sports as a young woman. There she met Greg Duplantis.
On November 10, 1999, Helena and Greg had a son, Armand Duplantis. He is today 22 years old.
Armand’s siblings
Armand Duplantis has three siblings: Johanna Duplantis, Antoine Duplantis and Andreas Duplantis.
Johanna Duplantis
Johanna Duplantis is 19 years old and she also competes in pole vault. She has a personal record of 3.96 meters and has made 3.66 the best in 2022.
Johanna follows in her brother’s footsteps and studies at Louisiana State University in the USA.
Andreas Duplantis is Armand’s older brother. He was born on May 2, 1993 and is 29 years old. He also competes in pole vault.
The middle brother Antoine he is also prominent in sports. But for his heart beats baseball. Antoine plays for New York Metsand has in several interviews said that his goal is to make baseball big in Sweden as well.
Duplantis girlfriend
Since 2015, Armand Duplantis has competed for Sweden, after the junior national team coach Jonas Anshelm heard from him several times.
On Swedish soil, Duplantis met the current girlfriend Desiré Inglanderand in early 2021, the international sports star confirmed that they are a couple.
Desiré Inglander
Desiré is 20 years old and works as model for Voce Model Management.
The couple runs a YouTube channel together, and in one of their videos they answer the question many ask: “How did you meet?”
– I sent a DM but more than that did not happen, Armand says in the couple’s video.
– Then a few months passed and it was time for the midsummer party. At the midsummer party, my friend asked if I wanted to go to another party and then I thought ‘why not’. Then I saw that Desiré would also be at the party and I really wanted to meet her so I went to it.
But the star had to keep fighting.
– I got her Snapchat. Then I tried for a long time to get a date and finally it worked. I told him I was going to leave and be gone for a while. So we saw each other and then we hung out for a few days and then it became us, Mondo concludes.
Duplantis girlfriend Instagram
Anyone who wants a greater insight into the record jumper’s private life can take a look Desirés Instagram accountbecause there are a lot of pictures of the couple.
Desiré is called @desireinglander and has just over 61,000 followers. She often alternates model pictures with photos of the love couple.
Duplantis salary
How Much Money Does Armand Duplantis Make?
The world records have not only given Armand Duplantis higher pay and million bonusesit has also made some of the world’s most famous brands willing to pay large sums to cooperate with him.
After the medal ceremony in Prague, Duplantis received a check for SEK 500,000 from the International Athletics Federation. This was just one of many big checks the star has received in recent years.
Duplantis did not want to comment on the sums he earns, but when Expressen asked how much money he draws on a world record, he replied:
– It’s so much that you do not even have the letters to write it!