A biography for Armand Duplantishasn’t been written yet.
“Breaking the world record for the first time in Torun was a very crazy feeling. There was this rush of emotions that flooded through my body as I cleared the bar and it was hard to believe that it actually happened.”
“I love being a Sweden athlete.”
“I know I can come away with the win whatever the competition. Second place in any competition is disappointing.”
“I try not to worry about anything, it's me and the bar, and it's just a competition between me and the bar.”
“When I was younger, pole vaulting was all that I knew. It was mainstream. It was so accessible to me and I was able to do it so much and so often. I've been surrounded by it since I was a little kid, like someone playing basketball.”
“Despite having been fortunate enough to have experienced some incredibly grand moments, met some of the best athletes in the world and broken a few records, the smallest and most intimate moments define me equally as much, as an athlete, a person and a man.”
“I am going to try and carry the sport as much as I can and I know the best way to do that is to jump really high.”
“The thing I really loved about golf was that when you're on the golf course, nothing in the world matters other than your next shot.”
“Having two older brothers very good at sports, we were very competitive.”
“I want to win everything there is to win, and do it more times than anyone else has done it.”
“I always thought I had the ability to be the best pole-vaulter in the world. I thought that ever since I was a little kid.”