Axel Chapelle
Personal information
Full nameAxel Chapelle
Born (1995-04-24) 24 April 1995
Colombes, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Outdoor:
5.72 m (Monaco, 2017)
Indoor:
5.88 m (Clermont-Ferrand, 2018)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  France
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 OregonPole vault
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 RietiPole vault

Axel Chapelle (French pronunciation: [ak.sɛl ʃa.pɛl]; born 24 April 1995) is a French pole vaulter.

Career

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  France
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

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

  1. ↑ "Axel Chapelle – FFA Profile" (in French). Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Javier Clavelo Robinson (27 July 2014). "Pole vault prodigy Chapelle finally usurps his brother". IAAF. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Parker Morse (27 July 2014). "Report: Men's pole vault – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014". IAAF. Retrieved 27 July 2014.


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