Place of Birth: Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Date of Birth: November 10, 1999
Ethnicity:
*father – Cajun/French, small amounts of Spanish and German
*mother – Swedish
Armand Duplantis is a Swedish and American pole vaulter. He is the son of Helena (Hedlund) and Gregory G. Duplantis. His mother is Swedish. His father is American, and is Cajun, and also has small amounts of Spanish and German ancestry.
Armand’s paternal grandfather was Bobbie Joseph Duplantis (the son of Robert Joseph “B.J.” Duplantis and Herminie Bernard). Robert was the son of Eusebe Duplantis and Clara Naquin. Herminie was the daughter of Torres Joseph Bernard and Ida Martin.
Armand’s paternal grandmother was Carolyn Marie Pizanie (the son of George F. Pizanie and Cecile A. Laurent). Cecile was the daughter of Denis Laurent and Rosa Ma Tassin.