Name: Armand Duplantis
Sport: Athletics
Key achievement: The 25-year-old defended his Olympic pole vault title in Paris, becoming the first Olympic men’s pole vault champion since the 1950s.
In this way, he broke both the Olympic and world records – the latter for the ninth time in his career, and the second time this year.
At the end of August, he broke the world record again, setting a new world record of 6.26 m at the Diamond League meeting in Silesia, and also won his second world indoor title and third European gold in 2024.
Armand Duplantis has been named BBC World Sport Star of the Year
