Axel Chapelle

{{Short description|French pole vaulter (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Axel Chapelle | image = Axel Chapelle London 2017.jpg | caption = Chapelle at the 2017 World Championships | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|4|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Colombes, France | height = 182 cm | weight = 80 kg | country = {{FRA}} | sport = Athletics | event = Pole vault | pb = '''Outdoor:'''<br />5.72 m (Monaco, 2017) <br />'''Indoor:'''<br />5.88 m (Clermont-Ferrand, 2018) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country |{{FRA}} }} {{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Oregon|Pole vault}} {{Medal|Competition|European Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2013 Rieti|Pole vault}} }}

'''Axel Chapelle''' ({{IPA|fr|ak.sɛl ʃa.pɛl}}; born 24 April 1995) is a French pole vaulter.

==Career== Chapelle was born in Colombes and began pole vaulting in 2005, at the age of 10.<ref name="FFA profile">{{cite web |url=http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=425749504257485146534356 |title=Axel Chapelle – FFA Profile |language=French |accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref> He won his first major medal at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, with a vault of 5.25 m.

At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Eugene, Oregon, Chapelle won his first major gold medal, vaulting to a world junior leading height of 5.55 m. He broke into tears as he listened to ''La Marseillaise'', the national anthem of France, after he received his gold medal on top of the podium at Hayward Field.<ref name="Oregon 14-1">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-junior-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-4954/news/feature/men/pole-vault |title=Pole vault prodigy Chapelle finally usurps his brother |date=27 July 2014 |author=Javier Clavelo Robinson |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref> He became only the second pole vaulter to win a junior world title for France since Jean Galfione in 1990.<ref name="Oregon 14-2">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-junior-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-4954/news/report/men/pole-vault/final |title=Report: Men's pole vault – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 |date=27 July 2014 |author=Parker Morse |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref>

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}} |- |2012 |World Junior Championships |Barcelona, Spain |15th (q) |5.05 m |- |2013 |European Junior Championships |Rieti, Italy |bgcolor=silver|2nd |5.25 m |- |2014 |World Junior Championships |Eugene, United States |bgcolor=gold|1st |5.55 m |- |2015 |European U23 Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |10th |5.20 m |- |2016 |Mediterranean U23 Championships |Tunis, Tunisia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |5.41 m |- |rowspan=3|2017 |European Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |6th |5.80 m |- |European U23 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |5.60 m |- |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |6th |5.65 m |- |rowspan=2|2018 |World Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |10th |5.60 m |- |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |8th |5.65 m |- |2019 |European Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |10th (q) |5.50 m |}

==Personal life== Chapelle's older brother, Theo, is also a pole vaulter. They both train together at the EA Cergy Pontoise Athlétisme club in Paris and have equal personal bests of 5.55 m.<ref name="Oregon 14-1" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Diamond League}} * {{FFA|new_id=929358|old_id=425749504257485146534356}} * {{InterSportStats|3000035732}}

{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box|title=World Junior Champion – Men's pole vault|before={{flagicon|BRA}} Thiago Braz da Silva|years=26 July 2014–present |after=''Incumbent''}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapelle, Axel}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Colombes Category:Athletes from Hauts-de-Seine Category:Athletes from Paris Category:French men pole vaulters Category:21st-century French sportsmen