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He is coached by his father, Greg, a college pole-vaulting champion from Louisiana, and his mother, Helena, a former international heptathlete from central Sweden.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The heptathlete’s motivation to keep performing at a high level?
—Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024
In 1992: At the Barcelona Games, Jackie Joyner-Kersee became the first heptathlete to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
Just a few days earlier, for example, Duplantis—who was born in the United States to a pole-vaulting American father and Swedish heptathlete mom—did venture out.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 31 July 2024
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The heptathlete’s motivation to keep performing at a high level?
—Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024
In 1992: At the Barcelona Games, Jackie Joyner-Kersee became the first heptathlete to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
Just a few days earlier, for example, Duplantis—who was born in the United States to a pole-vaulting American father and Swedish heptathlete mom—did venture out.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 31 July 2024
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“Heptathlete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heptathlete. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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