Zackaria Dia
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| Born | 24 May 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Pole vault: 5.70 m (2026) NU18B | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Zackaria Dia (born 24 May 2008) is a French pole vaulter. He won the silver medal at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships having won the gold medal at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival and becoming the French junior record holder that year.[1]
Career
A member of the Pont-Audemer Athletic Club, he took up pole vault at the age of 12 years-old, when he began to be coached by Philippe Labbé. He was educated at Vocational High School Risle-Seine in Pont-Audemer.[2]
In 2024 at the age of 16 years-old, Dia cleared five metres for the first time in Dourdan, with a jump of 5.03 m. Soon after, in Le Havre, he achieved the third-best European performance U18 performance of the season by clearing 5.14 metres. Then, in December 2024 in Normandy, Dia cleared a personal best and moved to 1cm of the French national under-18 record, with a clearance of 5.31 metres.[3]
Dia became the French junior record holder with a jump of 5.34 metres on February 1, 2025, in Caen.[4] He won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje with a jump of 5.20 metres.[5][6] He was the youngest athlete in the final at 17 years-old as he won the silver medal behind Axel Rogö of Sweden in the pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland in August 2025, with a clearance of 5.40 metres, having entered the championships with only the fifth best personal best.[7][8]
Dia set a new personal best of 5.62 metres in Caen in January 2026. He placed fifth with 5.60 metres at the senior French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere. Dia cleared a personal best 5.70 metres in Rouen on 7 March 2026.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ "Zackaria Dia". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ "Athletics. Zackaria Dia: "My goal: to reach 5.60m by the end of winter"". Actu.fr. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Pont-Audemer. Zackaria Dia, 16 years old, the future of French pole vaulting?". actu.fr. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Athletics - Pole vault: at 16, this young man from Eure jumps higher than Lavillenie at the same age". Paris-Normandie.fr. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Mills, Steven (27 July 2025). "World U18 best and two European U18 bests highlight European Youth Olympic Festival". European Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "The pole vaulter from Pont-Audemer, Zackaria Dia, in gold at the Skopje Olympic Festival!". actu.fr. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Mills, Steven (9 August 2025). "Rogö follows in Duplantis' footsteps with U20 pole vault gold in Tampere". European Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ "Athletics – European U20 Championships: Zackaria Dia is ready for the big leap". Paris-Normandie.fr. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Perch'Xtrem". World Athletics. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "French Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ "Athletics – Elite Pole Vault Tour: Emmanouíl Karalis retains his title and breaks the meeting record!". Paris-Normandie. 7 March 2026. Retrieved 8 March 2026.