Axel Chapelle (; born 24 April 1995) is a French pole vaulter.
Career Chapelle was born in Colombes and began pole vaulting in 2005, at the age of 10. He won his first major medal at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, with a vault of 5.25 m.
At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Eugene, Oregon, Chapelle won his first major gold medal, vaulting to a world junior leading height of 5.55 m. He broke into tears as he listened to La Marseillaise, the national anthem of France, after he received his gold medal on top of the podium at Hayward Field. He became only the second pole vaulter to win a junior world title for France since Jean Galfione in 1990.
Competition record Representing 2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain15th (q)5.05 m2013European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy2nd5.25 m2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States1st5.55 m2015European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia10th5.20 m2016Mediterranean U23 ChampionshipsTunis, Tunisia2nd5.41 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia6th 5.80 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd5.60 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom6th 5.65 m2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom10th 5.60 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany8th5.65 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom10th (q)5.50 m
Personal life Chapelle's older brother, Theo, is also a pole vaulter. They both train together at the EA Cergy Pontoise Athlétisme club in Paris and have equal personal bests of 5.55 m.
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