vaulter

noun

vault·​er ˈvȯl-tər How to pronounce vaulter (audio)
: one that vaults
especially : an athlete who competes in the pole vault

Examples of vaulter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Riverside’s Martin Luther King High School was well represented: Pole vaulter Jaden Mckee soared 16 feet, 7 inches, bettering Kyle Brown’s (La Costa Canyon) meet record of 16-4 set in 2016. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024 Barber, a world champion pole vaulter, Olympian and three-time NCAA champ during his time at Akron, died at his home Wednesday in Kingwood, Texas, from medical complications. Michael Beaven, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024 Weiler is a pole vaulter who won the California state championships two years in a row as well as the U18 World Championships. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024 But in coach Chris Brewington’s eight-year tenure leading the boys, the Scorpions hadn’t had a male pole vaulter. Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024 They are getting cheered on by their peers and other pole vaulters. John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 15 July 2023 Yelena Isinbayeva, an Olympic gold medal-winning Russian pole vaulter with close ties to Putin, is living quietly in a luxurious residence worth millions in Spain’s Canary Islands. Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023 Their father, Jayme, swam with Michael Phelps on Team USA’s world championship relay teams in Montreal (2005) and Melbourne (2007), while their mother Kate was a champion pole vaulter for LSU. Arthur L. MacK, al, 2 Sep. 2023 An Olympic gold medal-winning Russian pole vaulter with close ties to Putin is living in a luxurious residence worth millions in Spain’s Canary Islands. Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1552, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vaulter was circa 1552

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“Vaulter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaulter. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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