Question 1

True or false: Mondo Duplantis holds the world record in both indoor and outdoor pole vault.

Accepted Answer

True. He set the outdoor record (6.26m) in 2024 and the indoor record (6.22m) in 2023, dominating both settings.

Question 2

True or false: Mondo Duplantis was born in the United States but competes for Sweden.

Accepted Answer

True. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, to a Swedish mother and American father, he chose to represent Sweden internationally.

Question 3

True or false: Mondo Duplantis is also a professional soccer player in his spare time.

Accepted Answer

False. He’s a talented all-around athlete but doesn’t play soccer professionally. His focus remains entirely on pole vault.

Question 4

True or false: Duplantis once pole-vaulted over a moving car for a Red Bull stunt.

Accepted Answer

False. He’s done creative jumps, but never over a moving car. That myth likely comes from confusion with other extreme athletes.

Question 5

True or false: Duplantis learned pole vault by watching YouTube videos of Sergey Bubka as a child.

Accepted Answer

True. As a kid, he studied Bubka’s technique obsessively online, which helped him develop his signature grip and run-up.

Question 6

True or false: Duplantis has never lost a pole vault competition since turning professional in 2019.

Accepted Answer

False. While dominant, he has lost a few meets—like the 2021 European Indoor Championships—where he placed second.

Question 7

True or false: Duplantis’s father was a world-class pole vaulter who competed in the 1990s.

Accepted Answer

False. His father, Greg, was a good vaulter (5.80m PB) but never world-class. He coached Mondo from a young age.

Question 8

True or false: Duplantis once broke the world record by just one centimeter while wearing mismatched socks.

Accepted Answer

True. At the 2020 World Indoor Tour, he cleared 6.17m wearing one blue and one white sock—a quirky superstition.

Mondo Duplantis Trivia Questions