Kurtis Marschall

Kurtis Marschall (born 25 April 1997) is an Australian pole vaulter, bronze medalist at the 2023 and 2025 World Athletics Championships.

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.

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.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games he claimed gold for Australia with a winning jump of 5.70 metres.

His personal best in the event is 6.00 metres, set at the 2026 edition of the All Star Perche. This jump made him the fourth Australian to clear the six metre mark. Later in 2026 Marschall was the first person in three years to beat Armand Duplantis when he won Diamond League in Stockholm.

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