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Leo Neugebauer

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Leo Neugebauer
Neugebauer at WCH 2023
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (2000-06-19) 19 June 2000 (age 23)
Görlitz, Germany
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
College teamTexas Longhorns
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100m: 10.61 (2023, Austin)
  • Long jump: 8.00m (2023, Budapest)
  • Shot put: 17.46 m (2024, Eugene)
  • High jump: 2.09m (2024, Boston)
  • 400m: 47.08 (2023, Austin)
  • 110m hurdles: 14.10 (2023, Austin)
  • Discus: 58.70m (2024, Walnut, California)
  • Pole vault: 5.21m (2023, Austin and 2024, Eugene)
  • Javelin: 58.99m (2024, Austin)
  • 1,500m: 4:42.68 (2022, Eugene)
  • Decathlon: 8,961 NR (2024, Eugene)

Indoors

  • Heptathlon: 6,347 NR (2024, Boston)

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 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] He also won the decathlon at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships in a new collegiate and national record of 8,961 points. Additionally, he set the world decathlon best in the discus throw with a throw of 57.70 m. [11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Leo Neugebauer". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Große Medienresonanz bei Leo Neugebauers Stippvisiste in der Heimat". wlv-sport.de (in German).
  3. ^ "After 39 years, Jürgen Hingsen's decathlon record is broken". welt.de. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  4. ^ "L.Neugebauer". Texassports.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Review: World Championships decathlon, Eugene 2022". Decathletes of Europe. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  6. ^ Battaglia, Joe (9 June 2023). "Leo Neugebauer Of Texas Breaks Collegiate Record To Win NCAA Decathlon". flotrack.org. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  7. ^ "LEO NEUGEBAUER SMASHES COLLEGIATE DECATHLON RECORD, CLIMBS TO NO. 9 ALL-TIME". 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  8. ^ Sapper, Svenja (9 June 2023). "Sensation: Leo Neugebauer sets a new German decathlon record". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Williams, Ramsden and Neugebauer among winners at NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  11. ^ LetsRun.com (7 June 2024). "NCAA Day 2: Leo Neugebauer Breaks Decathlon CR (8961), McKenzie Long 21.95 WL, 1500 Ladies Run Super Fast". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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