Leo Neugebauer
 Neugebauer at WCH 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 19 June 2000 Görlitz, Germany |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Decathlon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Leo Neugebauer (born 19 June 2000) is a German multi-event track and field athlete. He is the German record holder in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon.[1]
Early life[edit]
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[edit]
2022[edit]
Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships Neugebauer finished tenth overall in the Men's decathlon.[5]
2023[edit]
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]
2024[edit]
He won the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.[9] His tally of 6347 points added more than 50 points to a German national record that had stood for 22 years.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Leo Neugebauer". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Große Medienresonanz bei Leo Neugebauers Stippvisiste in der Heimat". wlv-sport.de (in German).
- ^ "After 39 years, Jürgen Hingsen's decathlon record is broken". welt.de. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "L.Neugebauer". Texassports.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Review: World Championships decathlon, Eugene 2022". Decathletes of Europe. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Battaglia, Joe (9 June 2023). "Leo Neugebauer Of Texas Breaks Collegiate Record To Win NCAA Decathlon". flotrack.org. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "LEO NEUGEBAUER SMASHES COLLEGIATE DECATHLON RECORD, CLIMBS TO NO. 9 ALL-TIME". 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Sapper, Svenja (9 June 2023). "Sensation: Leo Neugebauer sets a new German decathlon record". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa.com. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Williams, Ramsden and Neugebauer among winners at NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
