Karel Tilga (born 5 February 1998) is an Estonian athlete who competes in the decathlon.
From Tartu, and a student at the University of Georgia. In 2021 he won for Georgia Bulldogs (men) their fifth ever NCAA individual title (second in the heptathlon) by scoring a school record 6,264 to win the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships with the No. 2 all-time collegiate performance.[1] He scored a near 400 point-improvement on his decathlon lifetime best at the Specs Town Invitational in Athens, Georgia in April 2021 besting Garrett Scantling by just 8 points. Tilga's score reached the Olympic qualifying standard of 8350 points for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[2] At the Olympics he received 0 in pole vault and eventually finished 20th.[3] He did not finish the 2022 European Championships after also receiving 0 in pole vault.
He is the 2021 NCAA champion in decathlon.[4]
Tilga finished 9th at the 2022 World Indoor Championships.
^"Karel Tilga - 2020-21 - Track & Field". University of Georgia Athletics.
^"European Athletics | European Athletics". european-athletics.com.
^"Athletics – Men's Decathlon – Results" (PDF). IOC. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2021.
KarelTilga (born 5 February 1998) is an Estonian athlete who competes in the decathlon. From Tartu, and a student at the University of Georgia. In 2021...
and road events Field events Combined events – Decathlon Decathlete KarelTilga withdrew due to injury. Track and road events Field events "Koondis -...
In December of 2021, Saluri became the coach of Estonian decathlete KarelTilga and Chinese heptathlete Zheng Ninali. By April 2022, the athletes were...
Leontia Kallenou Devon Williams Chanice Porter Madeleine Fagan Kate Hall KarelTilga Lynna Irby Garrett Scantling Johannes Erm Jasmine Moore Matthew Boling...
3 Lindon Victor 28 Feb 1993 1395 4 Leo Neugebauer 19 Jun 2000 1363 5 KarelTilga 5 Feb 1998 1359 6 Kevin Mayer 10 Feb 1992 1325 7 Harrison Williams 7...
Tamberi Larissa Iapichino March Marcell Jacobs Ajla Del Ponte April KarelTilga Beth Potter May Johannes Vetter Maria Andrejczyk June Johannes Vetter...
World Athletics. Retrieved 6 May 2022. Diego Sampaolo (30 April 2023). "Tilga breaks Multistars record with 8482 in Desenzano del Garda". World Athletics...
Athlete Team Overall points 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110 m H DT PV JT 1500 m KarelTilga (EST) Georgia 8261 874 10.94 937 7.51 m (24 ft 7+1⁄2 in) 820 15.49 m...
Rank Name University Overall points 60 m LJ SP HJ 60 m H PV 1000 m KarelTilga Georgia 6264 851 7.09 965 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) 854 16.04 m (52 ft 7+1⁄4 in)...
injury) men's decathlon (maximum of 3 athletes allowed per nation): KarelTilga, Maicel Uibo, Janek Õiglane, Kristjan Rosenberg (injured), Johannes Erm...
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