Olympic bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis cleared 6.08 metres in the pole vault at the Greek national championships on Saturday, a mark only ever bettered by three other men.
The fourth highest vaulter in history! 🤯
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 2, 2025
Emmanouil Karalis 🇬🇷 clears 6️⃣.0️⃣8️⃣m at the Greek Championships! 🚀
Updated all-time pole vault list:
🇸🇪 Armand Duplantis 6.28m
🇫🇷 Renaud Lavillenie 6.16m
🇺🇦 Sergey Bubka 6.15m
🇬🇷 Emmanouil Karalis 6.08m 🆕
🇺🇸 KC Lightfoot 6.07m pic.twitter.com/2RsX1pOI39
The 25-year-old, who won silver behind world record holder Armand Duplantis at the world indoors earlier this year, was successful with his second attempt at the height.
🚀 Witness history! Emmanouil Karalis shatters the Greek pole vault record with an incredible 6.08m leap at the Panhellenic Championships in Volos! 🥉🇬🇷 Watch the epic moment from ERT as he joins the all-time greats! #PoleVault #Karalis #GreekRecord #AthleticsTags… pic.twitter.com/qG9Rl0HwGJ
— Greek City Times (@greekcitytimes) August 2, 2025
Just Duplantis, whose world record is 6.28m, Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie (6.16m) and Ukrainian great Sergey Bubka (6.15m) have jumped higher.
Karalis will be aiming for his first outdoor world championship medal in September in Tokyo.