Leo Neugebauer Explained

Leo Neugebauer
Nationality:German
Sport:Athletics
Event:Decathlon
Club:VfB Stuttgart
Birth Date:19 June 2000
Birth Place:Görlitz, Germany
Height:2.01 m[1]
Weight:109 kg[2]
Collegeteam:Texas Longhorns
Pb:
  • 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[3] and Olympic silver medalist in the decathlon, having placed second at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Neugebauer was born in Görlitz and grew up in Stuttgart from the age of six weeks onwards.[4] [5] His mother, Diana, is from Germany, and his father, Terrance, is a soccer player from Cameroon.[6] He has one sister.[7]

Neugebauer joined the athletics club LG Leinfelden-Echterdingen, south of Stuttgart.[8] He moved to the University of Texas in the United States on a sport scholarship to initially study mechanical engineering in 2019, but later switched to economics.[9]

Career

2022

Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships Neugebauer finished tenth overall in the men's decathlon.[10]

2023

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 8,836 points that placed him in the top-10 of all time. The previous collegiate record of 8,720 was set by Kyle Garland in 2022. Neugebauer also broke the meet record of 8,457 set by Ashton Eaton in 2010 and equalled by Ayden Owens-Delerme in 2022.[11] 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.[12] Neugebauer also took the German national record of 8832 set in 1984 by Jürgen Hingsen.[13]

In November 2023, he joined the track and field department of VfB Stuttgart.[14]

2024

In 2024, Neugebauer joined VfB Stuttgart.[15] He won the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.[16] His tally of 6,347 points added more than 50 points to a German national record that had stood for 22 years.[17] 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. [18]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Neugebauer won the silver medal in the Men's decathlon competition.[19] [20] This was Germany's first Olympic medal in the event since Frank Busemann was also awarded silver at the 1996 games.[21] [22]

Achievements

International championships

2022World ChampionshipsEugene, USA10thDecathlon8182 pts
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5thDecathlon8645 pts
2024Olympic GamesParis, Francebgcolor=silver2ndDecathlon8748 pts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NEUGEBAUER Leo Paris 2024 . olympics.com . 3 August 2024 .
  2. Web site: The Best Athlete in America Is a Giant German . . 3 August 2024 .
  3. Web site: Leo Neugebauer. June 9, 2023. World Athletics.
  4. News: Siemes . Christof . 2024-08-04 . Leo Neugebauer: Auf dem Weg zum Thron . 2024-08-04 . Die Zeit . de-DE . 0044-2070.
  5. Web site: 2024-08-04 . Studium, YouTube-Kanal, Party mit der Oma: So tickt Olympia-Zehnkämpfer Leo Neugebauer privat . 2024-08-04 . www.t-online.de . de.
  6. Web site: Große Medienresonanz bei Leo Neugebauers Stippvisiste in der Heimat. wlv-sport.de. German.
  7. Web site: https://www.eurosport.de/geoblocking.shtml . 2024-08-04 . www.eurosport.de.
  8. Web site: After 39 years, Jürgen Hingsen's decathlon record is broken. welt.de. June 9, 2023. June 9, 2023.
  9. Web site: L.Neugebauer. Texassports.com. 9 June 2023.
  10. Web site: Review: World Championships decathlon, Eugene 2022. Decathletes of Europe. 1 August 2022. 9 June 2023.
  11. Web site: Joe. Battaglia. Leo Neugebauer Of Texas Breaks Collegiate Record To Win NCAA Decathlon. flotrack.org. June 9, 2023. June 9, 2023.
  12. Web site: Leo Neugebauer Smashes Collegiate Decathlon Record, Climbs to No. 9 All-Time. June 9, 2023. June 9, 2023.
  13. Web site: Sensation: Leo Neugebauer sets a new German decathlon record. June 9, 2023. June 9, 2023. Svenja. Sapper. Leichtathletik.de.
  14. Web site: Neuzugang Leo Neugebauer – VfB Stuttgart Leichtathletik . 2024-08-04 . de-DE.
  15. Web site: VfB-Leichtathletik stellt Team für Paris 2024 auf. vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 14 November 2023. 3 August 2024.
  16. Web site: Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships. ncaa.com. 10 March 2024. 9 March 2024.
  17. Web site: Williams, Ramsden and Neugebauer among winners at NCAA Indoor Championships. World Athletics. 10 March 2024. 10 March 2024.
  18. Web site: LetsRun.com . 2024-06-07 . NCAA Day 2: Leo Neugebauer Breaks Decathlon CR (8961), McKenzie Long 21.95 WL, 1500 Ladies Run Super Fast . 2024-06-07 . LetsRun.com . en.
  19. Web site: Pscherer . Catiana . August 3, 2024 . Paris 2024: Leo Neugebauer gewinnt Silber im Zehnkampf . August 4, 2024 . Olympics.
  20. Web site: 2024-08-04 . 'It's unbelievable': Texas' Leo Neugebauer wins silver in decathlon for Germany . 2024-08-04 . Dallas News . en.
  21. Web site: Paris . Bettina Lenner . Wie Busemann vor 28 Jahren: Zehnkämpfer Neugebauer krönt sein Olympia-Debüt mit Silber . 2024-08-04 . sportschau.de . de.
  22. Web site: 2024-08-04 . Olympia 2024: Neugebauer gewinnt Silber und freut sich . 2024-08-04 . ZDFheute . de.

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