Medal record
Renaud Lavillenie
Men's athletics
Competitor for  France
World Championships
Bronze	2009 Berlin	Pole vault
Bronze	2011 Daegu	Pole vault
World Indoor Championships
Gold	2012 Istanbul	Pole vault
European Championships
Gold	2010 Barcelona	Pole vault
European Indoor Championships
Gold	2009 Turin	Pole vault
Gold	2011 Paris	Pole vault
Continental Cup
Silver	2010 Split	Pole vault

Renaud Lavillenie (French pronunciation: [ʁə.no la.vil.ni]; born 18 September 1986 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire) is a French pole vaulter.

Born the 18th of September 1986

He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final.^[1] As of 2011^[update], he holds the French record for the highest pole vault clearance indoors at 6.03 m, which is the third-highest personal best indoor clearance of all time.^[2]

Lavillenie achieved a personal best jump of 5.65 metres in June 2008 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. He vaulted 5.81 metres on the indoor track in December 2008 in Aulnay-sous-Bois, and repeated the feat twice since.^[1]

He improved his outdoor best to 5.80 m in May 2009, beating veteran French pole vaulter Romain Mesnil in Forbach.^[3] Shortly after he increased his best to 5.96 m at a meet in Aubière, setting a world-leading mark.^[4] He improved the world-leading mark to 6.01 metres in June 2009 in Leiria, Portugal.