Kévin Menaldo (born 12 July 1992) is a French

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who competes in the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

. He has a personal best of (set indoors in 2014) and was the silver medallist at the

2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...

. Born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

, he began training with former Olympic pole vault medalist

Thierry Vigneron Thierry Vigneron (born 9 March 1960 in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine) is a retired French pole vaulter. In the 1980s, he was among the world's leading pole vaulters. He broke the world record in the event four times and was the last man to hol ...

in 2009.Kevin Menaldo
French Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2014-02-27. The year he came seventh at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics and also won at the 2009 Gymnasiade with a personal best of (his first clearance over five metres). He added a further five centimetres to his best in 2010 and won the French junior title. He continued to improve the following season, which culminated in a silver medal at the

2011 European Athletics Junior Championships The 21st European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 21 and 24 July 2011 in the Kadriorg Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. Russia topped the medal table with 18 medals overall, including 8 golds, ahead of Germany and Great Britain. Men's ...

with a vault of . He had an indoor best of at the start of 2012 but faltered in the outdoor season, failed to register a height at the French Athletics Championships.Kevin Menaldo
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-02-27. Menaldo was sixth at the French championships indoors and out in 2013. He came fourth at the European Champion Clubs Cup and bettered his 2011 best with a vault of at the

which brought him his first senior medal (a silver) behind Giuseppe Gibilisco, who set a championship record.Athletics - Men's Pole Vault Final (Official)
. Mersin2013. Retrieved on 2014-02-27. He also competed at the

2013 European Athletics U23 Championships The 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was the 9th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was held in Tampere, Finland from 10 to 14 July. Russia topped the medal table wit ...

, but performed poorly and did not get past the qualifying. He cleared at the beginning of the 2014 indoor season and went on to claim his first national title at the French Indoor Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menaldo, Kevin Living people 1992 births French male pole vaulters Sportspeople from Bordeaux Athletes from Nouvelle-Aquitaine World Athletics Championships athletes for France European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics