Ashton Eaton
American decathlete · United States · On the map · Born 1988 · age 38
Ashton James Eaton is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who previously held the world record in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon event.
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, The decathlon is unique, in that once you start doing it you realise ‘I’m not really competing against the other guys, I’m competing against myself.
You’re always your own worst critic. You’re always the hardest on yourself.
I didn’t get the world record. I was competing against my previous self. Almost like a ghost running on the track, and I lost against myself. And that’s a pain in the butt.
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Eaton was the second decathlete to break the 9,000-point barrier in the decathlon, with 9,039 points, a score he bettered on August 29, 2015, when he beat his own world record with a score of 9,045 points, and remains the only person to exceed 9,000 points twice. His world record was broken on September 16, 2018, by Frenchman Kevin Mayer, who became the third man to pass the 9,000-point barrier, with a total of 9,126 points.
