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Leo Neugebauer
Personal information
NationalityGermany
Born (2000-06-19) 19 June 2000 (age 24)
Görlitz, Germany
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100m: 10.61 (2023, Austin)
  • Long jump: 7.58m (2023, Austin)
  • Shot put: 16.66m (2023, Austin)
  • High jump: 2.07m (2018, Bernhausen)
  • 400m: 47.08 (2023, Austin)
  • 110m hurdles: 14.10 (2023, Austin)
  • Discus: 55.06m (2023, Austin)
  • Pole vault: 17-1 (2023, Austin)
  • Javelin: 57.45m (2023, Austin)
  • 1,500m: 4:42.68 (2022, Eugene)
  • Decathlon: 8,836 NR (2023, Austin)

Leo Neugebauer (born 19 June 2000) is a German multi-event track and field athlete. In 2023 he became the German record holder in the decathlon.[1]

Early life

His father is a soccer player from Cameroon.[2] From Swabia, Neugebauer joined the athletics club LG Leinfelden-Echterdingen, south of Stuttgart, in his homeland.[3] He moved to the University of Texas to study economics in 2019.[4]

Career

2022

Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships Neugebauer finished tenth overall in the Men's decathlon.[5]

2023

Competing in the NCAA Championships, for the University of Texas in June 2023, Neugebauer set a new collegiate record for the decathlon, with a points tally of 8836 points that placed him in the top-10 of all time. The previous collegiate record of 8720 was set by Kyle Garland in 2022. Neugebauer a tally also broke the meet record of 8457 set by Ashton Eaton in 2010 and equalled by Ayden Owens-Delerme in 2022.[6] He earned personal bests in seven of the ten events, and his tally would have been enough to triumph at the previous years’ World Athletics Championships.[7] Neugebauer also took the German national record of 8832 set in 1984 by Jürgen Hingsen.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Leo Neugebauer". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.wlv-sport.de/home/details-wlv-home/news/grosse-medienresonanz-bei-leo-neugebauers-stippvisiste-in-der-heimat
  3. ^ "After 39 years, Jürgen Hingsen's decathlon record is broken". welt.de. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  4. ^ "L.Neugebauer". Texassports.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Review: World Championships decathlon, Eugene 2022". Decathletes of Europe. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  6. ^ Battaglia, Joe (9 June 2023). "Leo Neugebauer Of Texas Breaks Collegiate Record To Win NCAA Decathlon". flotrack.org. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  7. ^ "LEO NEUGEBAUER SMASHES COLLEGIATE DECATHLON RECORD, CLIMBS TO NO. 9 ALL-TIME". 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  8. ^ Sapper, Svenja (9 June 2023). "Sensation: Leo Neugebauer sets a new German decathlon record". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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