# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippe-houvion
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:12:21.240Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippe-houvion"
name: "Philippe Houvion"
slug: "philippe-houvion"
description: "Philippe Houvion is a retired French pole vaulter. On 17 July 1980 in Paris, Houvion jumped 5.77 metres, beating the world record of Thierry Vigneron by two centimetres. The record only lasted until 30 July 1980, when Władysław Kozakiewicz of Poland jumped 5.78 metres in Moscow. Houvion was born in Briey, Meurthe-et-Moselle. He was coached by his father, Maurice Houvion, after being talked out of a career in football."
tagline: "French pole vaulter"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1957-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.672894666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Houvion"
    title: "Philippe Houvion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Houvion"
    title: "Philippe Houvion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Houvion"
    title: "Philippe Houvion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Houvion"
    title: "Philippe Houvion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Houvion"
    title: "Philippe Houvion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Houvion"
    title: "Philippe Houvion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335834"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump