Axel Chapelle

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

Axel Chapelle

Personal information
Full name	Axel Chapelle
Born	(1995-04-24) 24 April 1995 (age 29) Colombes, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole 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 2014 Oregon Pole vault European Junior Championships 2013 Rieti Pole vault

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
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. 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.

External links

• Axel Chapelle at World Athletics
• Axel Chapelle at FFA (in French)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Thiago Braz da Silva	World Junior Champion – Men's pole vault 26 July 2014–present	Succeeded by Incumbent