(1988-01-21) January 21, 1988 (age 36)[1] Portland, Oregon, U.S.[1]
Height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Weight
180 lb (82 kg)[1]
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
Decathlon, heptathlon
Club
Oregon Track Club
Coached by
Harry Marra
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Decathlon: 9,045 Heptathlon: 6,645 (WR)
Medal record
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
2
0
0
World Championships
2
1
0
World Indoor Championships
3
0
0
Total
7
1
0
Olympic Games
2012 London
Decathlon
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Decathlon
World Championships
2013 Moscow
Decathlon
2015 Beijing
Decathlon
2011 Daegu
Decathlon
World Indoor Championships
2012 Istanbul
Heptathlon
2014 Sopot
Heptathlon
2016 Portland
Heptathlon
Ashton James Eaton (born January 21, 1988) is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in the indoor heptathlon event. Eaton was the second decathlete (after Roman Šebrle) to break the 9,000-point barrier in the decathlon, with 9,039 points, a score he bettered on August 29, 2015, when he beat his own world record with a score of 9,045 points, and remains the only person to exceed 9000 points twice. His world record was broken by Frenchman Kevin Mayer on September 16, 2018, with a total of 9,126 points, who became the third man to pass the 9,000-point barrier.[2]
He competed for the Oregon Track Club Elite team based in Eugene, Oregon. In college, Eaton competed for the University of Oregon, where he was a five-time NCAA champion, and won The Bowerman award in 2010. In 2011, Eaton won the first international medal of his career, a silver, in the decathlon at the 2011 World Championships. The following year, Eaton broke his own world record in the heptathlon at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, and then broke the world record in the decathlon at the Olympic Trials. After setting the world record, Eaton won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He successfully defended his Olympic title at the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the decathlon gold medal and tying the Olympic record. Eaton is only the third Olympian (after Bob Mathias of the US and Great Britain's Daley Thompson) to achieve back-to-back gold medals in the decathlon.[3]
Eaton announced his retirement from the sport on January 3, 2017.[4][5]
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^"France's Mayer breaks decathlon world record". Reuters. September 16, 2018.
^"Top 10 greatest U.S. Summer Olympic gold medalists of all time". ABC News. August 15, 2016.
^"We Are Eaton – Healthy Food & Food Education". Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
^"Olympic medallists Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton announce retirements". BBC Sport. May 17, 2018.
Ashton James Eaton (born January 21, 1988) is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in the indoor heptathlon...
France, which was ratified by World Athletics. The previous record from AshtonEaton (9,045 points): The total decathlon score for all world records in the...
2024[update] Below is a list of all other scores equal or superior to 6303 pts: AshtonEaton also scored 6632 (2014), 6568 (2011), 6499 (2010), 6470 (2016). Roman...
June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012. Chavez, Chris (28 August 2015). "AshtonEaton sets decathlon world record; wins gold in Beijing". Sports Illustrated...
personal best of 8834 points, finishing behind only two-time gold medallist AshtonEaton, who was the world record holder at the time. Highlights of his campaign...
Oregon track legends Bill Bowerman, Steve Prefontaine, Raevyn Rogers, AshtonEaton, and Otis Davis. The traditional rival of the Oregon Ducks is the Oregon...
2009 Succeeded by David Rudisha Preceded by Tyson Gay David Rudisha AshtonEaton IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2008, 2009 2011 – 2013 2016 Succeeded by...
won two Olympic combined event titles. Bob Mathias, Daley Thompson and AshtonEaton have all won back-to-back decathlon titles, Jim Thorpe won both the decathlon...
Year awards", NBC Sports, 21 November 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2023. "AshtonEaton and Genzebe Dibaba named IAAF’s athletes of the year", The Guardian,...
decathlon are a feat shared only with the Americans Bob Mathias and AshtonEaton. Thompson's 1984 performance is still the UK record. In 2002, Thompson's...
Young Men's field athletes Lance Brooks Christian Cantwell Will Claye AshtonEaton Sean Furey Marquise Goodwin Trey Hardee Reese Hoffa Cyrus Hostetler Kibwé...
in 2022. Neugebauer a tally also broke the meet record of 8457 set by AshtonEaton in 2010 and equalled by Ayden Owens-Delerme in 2022. He earned personal...
Tony Giardina (August 7, 2012). "Olympic Track & Field: Decathlete AshtonEaton Is Next American Star". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on...
2011 World Championships in Athletics, Hardee defeated his compatriot AshtonEaton and retained the world decathlon title with a final points tally of 8607...
José Bautista Basketball: Candace Parker, Tyson Chandler Decathlon: AshtonEaton Fencing: Tim Morehouse Football: Maurice Jones-Drew, Rob Gronkowski Golf:...
Young Men's field athletes Lance Brooks Christian Cantwell Will Claye AshtonEaton Sean Furey Marquise Goodwin Trey Hardee Reese Hoffa Cyrus Hostetler Kibwé...