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Girlfriend Desiré Inglander blowing up after Armand Duplantis' Olympic electricity

As the crowd shouted “Mondo” at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, social media noticed his stunning partner when he celebrated. So who is she?

Matthew Graham

Aug 5, 2024: Armand Duplantis celebrates after clearing a world record 6.25 meter during the men's pole vault final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France.
Aug 5, 2024: Armand Duplantis celebrates after clearing a world record 6.25 meter during the men's pole vault final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France. / Andrew Nelles-USA TODAY Sports

It’s hard for someone not on Team USA to become an overnight sensation in the United States at the Olympics. Enter Sweden’s Armand “Mondo” Duplantis.

Actually, make that Louisiana born and LSU Tiger stud dual-citizen Mondo Duplantis, who somewhat controversially represents Sweden over the United States, especially at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. His father Greg Duplantis, is a former world class pole vaulter himself, while his mother, from Sweden, was a heptathlete and volleyball player.

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So when he had already secured the gold medal for the pole vault, Mondo turned instant showman with the crowd chanting his name in an electric atmosphere at the Stade de France.

Then a lot of viewers instantly pivoted. Wait a second, who is that stunning woman he’s hugging? That would be fashion model and social media influencer Desiré Inglander.

Here’s her first-person reaction to the iconic moment.

Inglander has 279k Instagram and 367.6k TikTok followers as of this posting, but chances are after the viral sensation of her boyfriend’s celebration, her numbers will skyrocket.

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The couple met back in 2020 at a party in Stockholm, where Duplantis struck out royally. The pole-vault sensation reached out to her again on social media, and the rest is history.

Duplantis, for his part, has 725k Instagram and 241k TikTok followers.

Neither Inglander or Duplantis is anywhere in the social media stratosphere as his LSU peers Livvy Dunne, Angle Reese, or Flau’jae Johnson. But with moments like this, that could all change very quickly.

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Matthew Graham

MATTHEW GRAHAM

Matthew Graham has over 20 years of media experience and oversees The Athlete Lifestyle On SI. He has had previous leadership roles at NBC Sports, Yahoo, and USA TODAY, where he co-founded For The Win (named Best Mobile Site by Digiday). He has also written for ESPN, Cosmopolitan, US Weekly, People, E! Online, and FHM, covering major sports and entertainment events like the Oscars, the Golden Globes, NBA Finals, Super Bowl, and winning the Yahoo Superstar Award for coverage of the Olympics.

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