Manuel Eitel (born 28 January 1997) is a German decathlete.[1]
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Decathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Decathlon: 8351 (Gotzis, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editFrom Baltmannsweiler, he is a member of SSV Ulm 1846.[2][3] He was a 2016 World Athletics U20 Championships bronze medalist in the 4x100m relay in 2016 in Bydgoszcz.
He was a European Athletics U23 Championships bronze medallist in the decathlon in 2019. He had surgery on his ankle in 2020, and split his training time between Ulm and Leverkusen during 2020.[4]
He won the German Athletics Championships in the decathlon in August 2022, and set a new personal best for the decathlon in Bernhausen.[5] The following month improved it by four points to 8,193 points in Talence.[6]
He finished fourth in the pentathlon at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March 2023.[7][8] He placed eleventh in the decathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[9]
He was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024. Competing in the decathlon he finished in seventh place overall with a tally of 8212 points.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Manuel Eitel". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Zwölf Fragen an... Manuel Eitel". Leichtatletik. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ Moll, Martin (26 May 2015). "Manuel Eitel cracks the European Championship standard". ntz.de. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Manuel Eitel: "Ein Jahr Abstand vom Zehnkampf". Leichtatletik. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Manuel Eitel surprises himself and the competition". Teckbote.de. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Manuel Eitel wird Zweiter in Talence". wlv-sport.de. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Final day fairytales - Five stories to look out for in Istanbul". European Athletics. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (March 7, 2023). "British records in Istanbul and San Juan Capistrano – weekly round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Historic golds for Austria and Estonia at Roma 2024". European-Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
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