Ethan Cormont (born 29 September 2000 in Créteil) is a French Olympic athlete who competes in the pole vault.[1]
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| Born | 29 September 2000 Créteil, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ASA Maisons-Alfort | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
From Maisons-Alfort and coached by Alain Kouznetzoff, in February 2019, he broke the French junior pole vault record, until then held by Jean Galfione, by crossing 5.62m. In the process he won the national junior title.[2]
Career edit
He won the bronze medal in the pole vault competition of the 2020 French championships, crossing 5.58m to finish behind brothers Renaud Lavillenie (gold) and Valentin Lavillenie (silver).[3]
On January 31, 2021, he broke his personal best by passing 5.72m. On this occasion he achieved the minimum for the European indoor championships.[4][5] A week later, he broke his record again by crossing 5.73 m in Rouen.[6] At the French indoor championships in Miramas on February 21, 2021, he won the silver medal with a jump to 5.72m, behind Valentin Lavillenie but in front of Renaud Lavillenie.[7] Later that month he cleared 5.80m for a new personal best.[8][9] In July 2021, he equalled this high to win the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn. At the Tokyo Olympics Corment cleared 5.50m and finished twelfth in his qualifying group.[10]
At the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships Cormont cleared 5.75m to make the final.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Ethan CORMONT | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ S, Par; Lefèvre, rine; Clermont-Ferr, notre envoyée spéciale à; à 13h37, Le 25 février 2019 (February 25, 2019). "Perche : Ethan Cormont, la future star tricolore". leparisien.fr.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ France, Centre (September 12, 2020). "Athlétisme/Perche - "France" : Renaud Lavillenie en or, Valentin en argent". www.lamontagne.fr.
- ^ "Perche en Or : Renaud Lavillenie répond à Armand Duplantis". January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Renaud Lavillenie reprend la meilleure performance mondiale de l'année en franchissant 6,02m à Tourcoing". L'Équipe.
- ^ "Perche Elite Tour de Rouen : 6,03 m pour Duplantis, 5,93 m pour Lavillenie". February 6, 2021.
- ^ "Valentin Lavillenie et Wilhem Belocian sans partage lors du dernier jour des Championnats de France en salle". L'Équipe.
- ^ "Lavillenie vaults 6.06m in Aubiere, his best clearance since 2014 | REPORTS | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Renaud Lavillenie franchit 6,06 m au All Star Perche, sa meilleure performance depuis 2014". L'Équipe.
- ^ "Athletics - Qualification - Group B Results". Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "What to remember from Saturday morning at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul". lequipe.fr. March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.