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'''Christopher Nilsen''' (born January 13, 1998) is an American athlete specialising in [[pole vault]] and [[high jump]]. He won the silver medal at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault|pole vault]] event with a jump of 5.97 m.
 
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Nilsen began his professional career as a Nike sponsored athlete in July, 2020. He is currently working with his agent Karen Locke.
 
On June 21, 2021, Nilsen was the only pole vaulter to clear 5.90 m at the 2020 Olympic Trials, cementing his first place win and getting him a spot on the Olympic team, alongside [[Sam Kendricks]] and [[KC Lightfoot]]. He won the silver medal at the [[Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault|Olympic games]] in Tokyo with a jump of 5.97 m, improving his personal best by two centimeters.
 
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