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| Full name | Matthew Joseph Ludwig | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-07-05)July 5, 1996 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Chardon, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event |  Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
| University team | Missouri (2015–2017) Akron (2017–2019) | ||||||||||||||
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Matthew Joseph "Matt" Ludwig (born July 5, 1996) is an Americanpole vaulter.[1]
Ludwig is a native ofOhio, where he attendedLake Catholic High School.[2] He attended theUniversity of Missouri before transferring to theUniversity of Akron where he graduated in 2019 with a degree in biomedical engineering.[3]
Ludwig was originally an alternate on the three-man U.S. Olympic pole vault team at the2020 Tokyo Olympics, but subsequently competed as an Olympian after bronze medalist and reigning world championSam Kendricks tested positive forCOVID-19 and was declared out of the Tokyo Games.[3][4]
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