Sports stars who are pop stars: Meet the athletes making music!

If you are a fan of athletics, you might have heard of Armand Duplantis, or Mondo as he's often called.

He's a Swedish pole vault star, known for setting world records and winning two Olympic gold medals.

But, now he's become a singer too!

Mondo has released the official song for a brand new competition called the World Athletics' Ultimate Championship.

The Championship and will take place from 11-13 September, in Budapest in Hungary.

But back to the music - find out more about Mondo's new song below, AND check out some other sports stars who have tried their hand at singing!

Can you think of any songs by athletes? Or have you heard Mondo's song?

Let us know in the comments below!

The name of Mondo's new track - that he has written and performed himself - is Gold.

Makes a lot of sense for someone who has won two Olympic golds!

So, what's it about?

Well, he says he "wrote the song around representing something that's a lot bigger than yourself".

"I think that's what we all do when we're on the track. We represent our family, our team, our coaches, and I love that concept.

"Music and sports are the two things that bring people together in the best way, and Gold is an expression of that," he added.

And, it's not the first time that Duplantis has released a song!

Mondo released his first single, Bop, in 2025 and now he's got more than 11 million streams on Spotify.

Jazmin Sawyers is a British Olympic long jumper and singer.

She won at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year and she just won silver at the European Athletics Championships.

She showcased her musical talents by competing on The Voice UK in 2017.

She performed Alessia Cara's song 'Here' and joined Team Will.i.am.

And she posts singing videos on socials!

You might recognise this guy!

Former Arsenal and England footballer Ian Wright is often seen on TV talking about football - makes sense!

But years ago, back in 1993, he released a pop single titled 'Do the Right Thing'.

It peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart.

And he wasn't the only footballer making music in that era!

Famous names you might recognise like Paul Gascoigne, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle also released records.

The Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc has released piano songs and he has over 135,000 monthly listeners on Spotify!

He says he has a passion for music and uses playing piano as a way to relax inbetween races.

Pretty amazing considering he only started to play piano a few years ago!

Another Formula 1 driver who has also been involved in the music scene is Lewis Hamilton.

He is said to have secretly performed on a Christina Aguilera song in 2018 using the stage name 'XNDA'.

There's been lots of athletes who have released music in the past. Let us know in the comments if you can think of any others!