Niklas Kaul
![]() Kaul at the 2019 World Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Mainz, Germany | 11 February 1998
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Germany |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Decathlon |
Club | TuS Saulheim USC Mainz |
Coached by | Francis Gross |
Niklas Kaul (German pronunciation: [ˈnɪklas kaʊ̯l] (listen); born 11 February 1998) is a German athlete competing in the combined events.[1] He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2019 World Championships, becoming the youngest ever decathlon world champion. In addition, he won gold medals at the 2016 World U20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships and is the current world U20 record holder in the decathlon.
Before concentrating on athletics, he played handball.
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2015 | World Youth Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | Javelin throw | 78.05 m |
1st | Decathlon (youth) | 8002 pts | |||
2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | Decathlon (junior) | 8162 pts |
2017 | European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 1st | Decathlon (junior) | 8435 pts |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th | Decathlon | 8220 pts |
2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 1st | Decathlon | 8572 pts |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | Decathlon | 8691 pts |
Personal bests [2][]
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.17 (+1.9 m/s, Gävle 2019)
- 400 metres – 48.09 (Friedberg 2018)
- 1500 metres – 4:15.52 (Grosseto 2017)
- 110 metres hurdles – 14.38 (+1.3 m/s, Ratingen 2021)
- High jump – 2.11 (Tokio 2021)
- Pole vault – 5.00 (Doha 2019)
- Long jump – 7.36 (+0.4 m/s, Tokio 2021)
- Shot put – 15.19 (Gävle 2019)
- Discus throw – 49.20 (Doha 2019)
- Javelin throw – 79.05 (Doha 2019)
- Decathlon – 8691 (Doha 2019)
Indoor
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.24 (Frankfurt 2019)
- High jump – 1.90 (Dortmund 2019)
- Pole vault – 5.00 (Frankfurt 2019)
- Shot put – 13.23 (Ludwigshafen 2018)
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Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- German decathletes
- Sportspeople from Mainz
- USC Mainz athletes
- World Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- German athletics biography stubs