(1999-11-11) November 11, 1999 (age 24)[1] Lee's Summit, Missouri, U.S.
Height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Track and field
Event
Pole vault
College team
Baylor University
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Pole vault:
6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) indoor (2021)[2]
6.07 m (19 ft 10+3⁄4 in) outdoor (2023)[3]
KC Lightfoot[4] (born November 11, 1999, in Lee's Summit, Missouri), 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 fourth on the world all-time list behind Swede Mondo Duplantis (6.24, reigning Olympic and world champ), Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie (6.16 indoors) and Ukrainian Sergey Bubka (6.15 indoors, 6.14 outdoors). He placed fourth at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
^ ab"KC Lightfoot". teamusa.org. USOC. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
^"KC Lightfoot - Track & Field". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
^"KC Lightfoot - Track & Field". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
^"KC LIGHTFOOT | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
KCLightfoot at World Athletics KCLightfoot at www.USATF.org KCLightfoot profile at Baylor Bears KCLightfoot – Baylor Bears profile at TFRRS KC Lightfoot...
held by LSU Freshman, Mondo Duplantis which stood until February 2021 KCLightfoot cleared 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in). Nilsen began competing for South Dakota...
performances in Zurich". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 September 2022. "KCLightfoot breaks American record in men's pole vault". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
(r) Noah Williams (r) Male field athletes Darryl Sullivan Chris Nilsen KCLightfoot Marquis Dendy Jarrion Lawson Donald Scott Will Claye Ryan Crouser Josh...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Results". flashresults.com. March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019. "KCLightfoot Soars 6.00m to Smash his own NCAA Pole Vault Record". watchathletics...
(r) Noah Williams (r) Male field athletes Darryl Sullivan Chris Nilsen KCLightfoot Marquis Dendy Jarrion Lawson Donald Scott Will Claye Ryan Crouser Josh...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Derek Drouin Canada 25 April 2014 Pole vault 5.90 m (19 ft 4+1⁄4 in) KCLightfoot United States 22 April 2024 Long jump 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in) Anthuan Maybank...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KCLightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton...
(PDF). static.sportresult.com. July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015. "KCLightfoot breaks American record in men's pole vault". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports...
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