Hispanopedia WikiKC Lightfoot[3] (born November 11, 1999) is an American pole vaulter. He holds the American record with a clearance of 6.07 m (19 ft 11 in) at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville on June 2, 2023. This broke the record of 6.06 set by Sam Kendricks, the 2017 and 2019 World champion, in 2019. Lightfoot now ranks fifth on the world all-time list behind Swedish-American Armand Duplantis (6.30 m outdoors, 6.31 m indoors, reigning Olympic and world champion), Greek Emmanouil Karalis (6.17 indoors, 6.08 m outdoors), Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie (6.16 m indoors) and Ukrainian Sergey Bubka (6.15 m indoors, 6.14 m outdoors). He placed fourth at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Competition record
US Track and field Championships
He finished third at the 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a personal best jump of 5.76 m.
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External links
- KC Lightfoot at World Athletics
- KC Lightfoot at www.USATF.org
- KC Lightfoot profile at Baylor Bears
- KC Lightfoot – Baylor Bears at TFRRS
- KC Lightfoot results at Lee's Summit High School
- KC Lightfoot news at Vaulter Magazine
- KC Lightfoot at Team USA(archive)
- KC Lightfoot at Olympics.com
- KC Lightfoot at Olympedia
- 1999 births
- Living people
- American men pole vaulters
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- Baylor Bears men's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Missouri
- Sportspeople from Lee's Summit, Missouri
- Lee's Summit High School alumni
- United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Diamond League winners
- Olympic men pole vaulters
- American pole vaulter stubs