Dario Dester

Dario Dester (born 22 July 2000) is an Italian decathlete, current national record holder of the decathlon outdoor and heptathlon indoor.

Career
On August 16, 2022, at the Munich 2022 European Championships he beat the decathlon Italian record of Beniamino Poserina which had stood for 26 years.

National records

 * Heptathlon: 6076 pts (Ancona, 21 February 2021) - Current holder
 * 60 m: 7.02 / 875, long jump: 7.66 / 975, shot put: 14.03 / 730, high jump: 2.01 / 813;
 * 60 m hs: 8.13 / 949, pole vault: 5.00 / 910, 1000 m: 2:44.53 / 824.


 * Decathlon: 8235 pts (Rome, 11 June 2024) - Current holder
 * 100m: 10.76 (7) 915; long jump: 7.32 (16) 891; shot put: 12.43 (23) 633; high jump: 2.02 (3) 822;	400m: 48.43 (8) 888
 * 110m hs: 14.28 (4) 939; discus throw: 41.00 (18) 685: pole vault: 4.90 (7) 880;	javelin throw: 63.66 (4) 793; 1500m: 4:23.36 (5) 789

National titles
Dester has won four national championship at individual senior level.


 * Italian Athletics Championships
 * Decathlon: 2020, 2022
 * Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
 * Heptathlon: 2021, 2022