{{short description|Australian pole vaulter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kurtis Marschall | image = WKBO4434 Polevault M final Marschall (53173093596).jpg | caption = Marschall in 2023 | headercolor = yellow | nickname = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|4|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 187 cm | weight = 78 kg | website = | country = Australia | sport = Track and field athletics | event = Pole vault | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = <!-- | worlds = 5.55 m --> | regionals = | nationals = <!-- | olympics = 5.60 m --> | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = 6.00 m (Clermont-Ferrand, 2026) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{AUS}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Budapest|Pole vault}} {{Medal|B| 2025 Tokyo | Pole vault }} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Toruń|Pole vault}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Gold Coast|Pole vault}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Birmingham|Pole vault}} {{Medal|Competition|World Athletics U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Silver| 2016 Bydgoszcz|Pole vault}} }}
'''Kurtis Marschall''' (born 25 April 1997) is an Australian pole vaulter, bronze medalist at the 2023 and 2025 World Athletics Championships.
== Early years == Marschall was born on 25 April 1997 in North Adelaide, South Australia.<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/132465 |work=Olympedia |title=Kurtis Marschall |access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>
In 2008, as an 11-year-old, Marschall was inspired by Steve Hooker's gold medal win at the Olympic Games in Beijing. A year later he attended a ‘come-and-try' day in Adelaide where he jumped two metres.<ref name=":0"/>
Marschall started training with Alan Launder and 4 years later was clearing five metres. Launder died in 2014 and Kym Simons coached him for the next few years. Not long after, Marschall made his international debut at the World U20 Championships.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kurtis Marschall |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/kurtis-marschall/ |access-date=5 October 2021 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Achievements == in 2016 in Germany, ahead of his second World U20 Championships appearance, Marschall cleared 5.70 m, locking up Olympic qualification. It was the highest vault by a junior in the world for three years. He then competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's pole vault.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/kurtis-marschall |title=Kurtis Marschall |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=3 September 2016 |archive-date=25 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125223807/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/kurtis-marschall |url-status=dead}}</ref> He missed qualifying for the Olympic pole vault final on countback.<ref name=":0" />
In 2017 he was 11th in the final at the World Championships. At the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games the following year he claimed gold for Australia. Marschall was now a 5.86m vaulter and top-5 in the Diamond Leagues.<ref name=":0" />
He qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In his men's pole vault group he came 2nd with a leap of 5.75m which qualified him for the final. In the final he did not register a clearance after dislodging the bar with all three attempts at his opening height of 5.55m.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salvado |first=John |date=3 August 2021 |title=Marschall last in Olympic pole vault final |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7370091/marschall-last-in-olympic-pole-vault-final/ |access-date=5 October 2021 |website=Canberra Times|language=en-AU}}</ref>
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games he claimed gold for Australia with a winning jump of 5.70 metres.
His personal best in the event is 6.00 metres, set at the 2026 edition of the All Star Perche.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=22 February 2026 |title=Duplantis opens 2026 season with 6.06m world lead at All Star Perche |url=https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/duplantis-opens-2026-season-with-6-06m-world-lead-at-all-star-perche |access-date=22 February 2026 |website=European Athletics}}</ref> This jump made him the fourth Australian to clear the six metre mark.
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{AUS}} |- |2014 |World Junior Championships |Eugene, United States |10th (q) |5.00 m |- |rowspan=2|2016 |World U20 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |5.55 m |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |15th (q) |5.60 m |- |2017 |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |7th |5.65 m |- |rowspan=2|2018 |World Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |4th |5.80 m |- |Commonwealth Games |Gold Coast, Australia |bgcolor=gold|1st |5.70 m |- |2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |5th (q) |5.75 m<sup>1</sup> |- |rowspan=2|2022 |World Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |7th |5.75 m |- |World Championships |Eugene, United States |24th (q) |5.50 m |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |bgcolor=cc9905|3rd |5.95 m |- |rowspan=2|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |5th |5.75 m |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |6th |5.85 m |- | rowspan=2|2025 | World Indoor Championships |Nanjing, China | 5th | 5.80 m |- | World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor=cc9905| 3rd | 5.95 m |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |bgcolor=cc9905| 3rd |6.00 m |} <sup>1</sup>No mark in the final
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Diamond League}} * [https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete/kurtis-marschall/ Kurtis Marschall] at Australian Athletics * [https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6867.htm Kurtis Marschall] at Australian Athletics Historical Results * {{Commonwealth Games Australia|kurtis-marschall}} * {{Olympics.com}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20241007081938/https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/kurtis-marschall_1939809 Kurtis Marschall] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/kurtis-marschall_1939809 alternate link]) * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|53442}}
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