Christopher Nilsen is a professional American track and field athlete, specializing in pole vault and high jump events. The Olympic Silver medalist is also a World Championships silver and bronze medalist in 2022 and 2023 respectively. He additionally won the World Indoor Championships bronze medal in 2022. Nilsen, the Pan American Games gold medalist in 2019 had the highest world ranking of #2 in the Men's Pole Vault event and currently holds the 4th place. His highest place in Men's Overall Ranking was #16, and currently occupies the 64th spot at present. Nilsen held the #2 Men's Pole Vault ranking for 102 weeks and the 16th Men's Overall Ranking for two weeks.
Chris Nilsen Country
Chris Nilsen hails from the United States of America. He represented the USA at the 2020 Olympics, where he clinched silver with a jump of 5.97 m in the pole vault event. Moreover, he represented the United States at the Perche Elite Tour held in France in 2021, the XXXII Olympic Games held in Japan (2021) and the World Athletics Championships held in Hungary (2023). Nilsen cliched the gold as a member of the team USA at the Pan American Games held in Lima in 2019. He finished in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place at the US National Championship in 2017, 2018, and 2021 respectively.
The North American record holder at the indoors has been a participant at the NCAA Championships from 2017 (freshman) to 2020 (senior). The NCAA Division I First Team All-American (6 times) is also an NCAA Track and field Pole vault champion (3 times). Nilsen holds the record of American & NACAC outdoor and indoor pole vault U-20. The 2017 Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year won the pole vault event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2019. Nilsen performed at the Nebraska Tune-Up held in the United States in 2020.
Chris Nilsen Hometown
Chris Nilsen grew up in his birthplace and hometown Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America. He was born on January 13, 1998, and is presently 26 years old, as of July 2024. Nilsen grew up with his parents Mark and Karen Nilsen and his sister Nicole Nilsen. He was a student at Park Hill High School and later admitted to the University of South Dakota. He is the record holder of the USD Coyotes in the pole vault event. Nilsen, the 2018 Texas Relays winner, is also a Kansas Relays pole vault winner (2016). He held the high school record in the USA at the Missouri Class 5 with a 5.61 m vault.
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