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KC Lightfoot

KC Lightfoot

American pole vaulter

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 (6.22, 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.

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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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  1. [1]
    "KC Lightfoot". teamusa.org. USOC. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "KC Lightfoot - Track & Field". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
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    "KC Lightfoot - Track & Field". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  4. [4]
    "KC LIGHTFOOT | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved September 24, 2022.

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