Baptiste Thiery

Baptiste Thiery (born 29 June 2001) is a French pole vaulter. He is a two-gold gold medalist in the men's pole vault event at the CARIFTA Games.

Baptiste Thiery
Thiery, 2022
Personal information
Born (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001
Lille, France
Sport
CountryFrance
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Pole vault
Medal record
Representing  France
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Pole vault
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 GyőrPole vault
Representing  Martinique
CARIFTA Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nassau Pole vault
Gold medal – first place 2019 George Town Pole vault
Silver medal – second place 2017 Willemstad Pole vault

In 2018, he won the gold medal in the boys' pole vault event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1][2]

At the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships held in Győr, Hungary, he won the silver medal in the men's pole vault event. In the same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's pole vault at the 2018 CARIFTA Games held in Nassau, Bahamas.[2] He was the European Athlete of the Month for the month October 2018.

In 2019, he repeated his previous success at the CARIFTA Games with a second gold medal in his event, at the 2019 CARIFTA Games in George Town, Cayman Islands.

References

  1. "Athlétisme : Baptiste Thiery, toujours plus haut et plus fort". FranceAntilles.fr (in French). 21 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. "Jeux Olympiques Jeunes : le Martiniquais Baptiste Thiery décroche la médaille d'or du saut à la perche". martinique (in French). 17 October 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2020.


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