Axel Rogö
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| Born | 10 April 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Pole vault: 5.45 m (Tampere, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Axel Rogö (born 10 April 2007) is a Swedish pole vaulter. He won the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships and placed third in the senior Swedish Athletics Championships both indoors and outdoors in 2024.[1]
Career
Rogö is from Billdal in Halland County, Sweden, and competes as a member of IFK Göteborg.[2]
As a 16 year-old, he competed at the Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships with a personal best in the pole vault of five metres, but he went on to surpass that height several times during the competition and came away with a third place finish. When he cleared 5.12 metres he moved to number one on the world best list for U18 athletes, and into the Swedish U20 top ten all-time list. When he cleared 5.17 on his first attempt he secured a medal in the competition, and finished third with 5.22 metres.[3][4] Rogö placed third at the Swedish Athletics Championships in a June 2024,[5] and fourth in the pole vault the following month at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[6]
Rogö won the pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland in August 2025, with a personal best clearance of 5.45 metres, having already led the competition with a first-time 5.40m clearance.[7][8][9] Before the event, Rogö said he received a message of support from compatriot and world record holder Mondo Duplantis, saying afterwards that he was "truly an inspiration".[10] Later that month, he cleared 5.27 metres to place fifth at the Finnkampen event in Stockholm, won by Duplantis.[11]
References
- ^ "Axel Rogö". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
- ^ "Swedish gold in pole vault – Rogö won a shocker". gp.se. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ "Gold medalist Asker was challenged by the sensation Rogö". Friidrott.se. Feb 17, 2024. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
- ^ "Swedish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 Feb 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Swedish Championships". World Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Axel Rogö's success: Pole vault gold at the U20 European Championships". svt.se. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (9 August 2025). "Rogö follows in Duplantis' footsteps with U20 pole vault gold in Tampere". European Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ "Records, Doubles, and Rising Stars Shine at the European U20 Championships in Tampere". Watch Athletics. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ "Axel Rogö Wins European U20 Pole Vault Gold Inspired by Duplantis". Sweden Herald. 9 Aug 2025. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
- ^ Käck, Andreas (9 August 2025). "Success in the U20 European Championship – Swedish gold". Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 10 Nov 2025.
- ^ "Finnkampen". World Athletics. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2025.