Valentin Lavillenie (born 16 July 1991 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire height 5-6) is an athlete French , specialist pole vault . He is the younger brother of Renaud Lavillenie. It starts on the pole vault in the Cognac Athletic Club under the guidance of his father Gilles Lavillenie, then in 2010 joined the training group Georges Martin Bruges. . In 2012, he joined the division of France Clermont-Ferrand where he met his elder brother Lavillenie to Clermont Auvergne Athletics , led successively by Damien Inocencio and Philippe Encausse. In February 2013, Day Lavillenie bears his personal indoor record to 5.65 m at the Perche Elite Tour of Nevers and realizes this occasion the minimum qualifications for the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg. The next day at the indoor meeting AthléLor of Metz , he finished second in the competition, behind his brother Renaud, crossing a bar at 5.70m. It achieves the minimum for the World Championships outdoors in Moscow [2] , [3] .
June 3, 2013, he won the pole vault competition at the Athletics Meeting Pro Tour of Montreuil and bears his outdoor record to 5.65 m. more
