Romain Mesnil

Mesnil won the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships gold medal, 2 World Championship silvers, 1 World Indoor Championship bronze, 1 European Championship silver and 1 Universiade bronze. He won seven outdoor and three indoor French National Athletics Championships titles from 1998 to 2011.

In March 2009, Mesnil released a video of himself running naked through the streets of Paris as if to pole vault in Parisian tourist spots. The video, posted on YouTube, was an attempt to attract attention to his quest for a new sponsorship deal. His sponsorship contract with Nike had expired in 2008 and was not renewed.[1]

Mesnil finished in 10th position (5.50m) in the pole vault final of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, his fourth and final Olympic Games. He had previously taken part in the last three Olympics in Sydney, Athens and Beijing but had failed to qualify for the final each time.

Mesnil retired from pole vaulting in July 2013. His last competition - the Meeting Areva - was held on 6 July 2013 at the Stade de France in Paris.[2]

• Only the position and height in the final are indicated, unless otherwise stated. (q) means the athlete did not qualify for the final, with the overall position and height in the qualification round indicated.

Romain Mesnil (on the left)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  France
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	13th (q)	5.10 m
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	8th	5.50 m
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	– (q)	NM
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	6th	5.70 m
	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	3rd	5.55 m
	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	5.93 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	8th in qualification	5.70 m in qualification[3]
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	31st (q)	5.40 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	3rd	5.85 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th	5.85 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	10th (q)	5.55 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	– (q)	NM
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	7th	5.60 m
	European Cup	Florence, Italy	1st	5.75 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	– (q)	NM
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	5.45 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	5.60 m
	European Cup	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	5.75 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	18th (q)	5.65 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	– (q)	NM
	European Cup	Málaga, Spain	1st	5.70 m
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	5.65 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	5.86 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	14th (q)	5.55 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	7th	5.61 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	5.85 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	5.60 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	1st in qualification	5.65 m in qualification[4]
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	8th	5.50 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	– (q)	NM
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	10th	5.50 m

• French all-time top lists - Pole vault

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