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Full name | Matthew Ludwig | ||||||||||||||
Born | July 5, 1996 | ||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
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Matthew "Matt" Ludwig (born July 5, 1996) is an American pole vaulter. [1]
Ludwig is a native of Ohio. He attended the University of Missouri before transferring to the University of Akron where he graduated in 2019 with a degree in biomedical engineering. [2]
Ludwig was originally an alternate on the three-man U.S. Olympic pole vault team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but subsequently competed as an Olympian after bronze medalist and reigning world champion Sam Kendricks tested positive for COVID-19 and was declared out of the Tokyo Games. [2] [3]
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Full name | Matthew Ludwig | ||||||||||||||
Born | July 5, 1996 | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew "Matt" Ludwig (born July 5, 1996) is an American pole vaulter. [1]
Ludwig is a native of Ohio. He attended the University of Missouri before transferring to the University of Akron where he graduated in 2019 with a degree in biomedical engineering. [2]
Ludwig was originally an alternate on the three-man U.S. Olympic pole vault team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but subsequently competed as an Olympian after bronze medalist and reigning world champion Sam Kendricks tested positive for COVID-19 and was declared out of the Tokyo Games. [2] [3]