Kurtis Marschall
Kurtis Marschall (born 25 April 1997) is an Australian pole vaulter. 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, unfortunately, he did not register a clearance after dislodging the bar with all 3 attempts at his opening height of 5.55m. Early years. Marschall was born on 25 April 1997 in North Adelaide, South Australia. 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. 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. 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. He missed qualifying for the Olympic pole vault final on countback. 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. His personal best in the event is 5.87 metres set in Clermont-Ferrand, France in 2019. International competitions. No mark in the final