Aaron Booth

Aaron James Booth (born 12 September 1996) is a New Zealand decathlete who won the gold medal in that event at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

Booth had been involved with the sport since age 3, and he took up the decathlon after not seeing success in any individual event group. He represented New Zealand at youth and senior level at the Oceania Championships in Tahiti and Cairns, and at senior level at the World University Games in South Korea, Taipei and Napoli. He was the 2013 Oceania Octathlon Champion, the 2014 New Zealand Under 20 Decathlon Champion, and the 2015 Australian Under 20 Decathlon Champion.

In 2019 Booth broke the New Zealand indoor Heptathlon record in Fayetteville with a score of 5819 points. He placed 8th at the NCAA Indoor champs in Birmingham Alabama. Booth then placed 6th at the NCAA Outdoor championships with a PB score of 7680 points. At the World University Games in Napoli he won the gold medal, adding to his bronze medal from the 2017 games, with another personal best score of 7827 points.

After a Covid interrupted season in 2020 Booth, representing Long Beach State University in California, won the 2021 Big West Outdoor Conference Championships (7520pts) and at the NCAA Championships he broke the school record with a score of 7644pts, finishing in sixth place.

In March 2022 Booth won his first New Zealand Senior Decathlon title.

His best decathlon score of 7827pts, at Napoli ranks him fourth on the New Zealand decathlon "all time" list.

Achievements

Personal bests New Zealand Athletics Rankings Tilastopaja Tfrrs

Combined events

Track and field outdoor

Event Performance Location Date Points Decathlon 7,827 points Naples 10 July 2019 7,827 points 100 metres 10.95 (+1.3 m/s) Norman 11 May 2019 872 points Long jump (+1.5 m/s) Austin 5 June 2019 866 points Shot put Irvine 8 May 2021 704 points High jump Wellington 4 March 2023 831 points 400 metres 49.73 Austin 5 June 2019 827 points 110 metres hurdles 15.26 (3.3 m/s) Hastings 22 January 2022 818 points Discus throw Hastings 22 January 2022 759 points Pole vault Napoli 10 July 2019 849 points Javelin throw Sydney 31 March 2017 775 points 1500 metres 4:28.17 Sydney 3 December 2017 757 points Virtual Best Performance 8,058 points

Track and field indoor

Event Performance Location Date 60m 7.07sec Birmingham, Alabama 8 March 2019 60m hurdles 8.51sec Manhattan, Kansas 12 December 2018 Long Jump 7.39m Fayetteville, Arkansas 25 January 2019 Shot Put14.28m Fayetteville, Arkansas 25 January 2019 High jump 2.03m Birmingham, Alabama 9 March 2019 Pole Vault 4.80m Fayetteville, Arkansas 1 February 2020 1000 m 2:44.64sec Fayetteville, Arkansas 1 February 2020 Pentathlon 3973 pts Manhattan, Kansas 7 December 2018 Heptathlon 5819 pts Fayetteville, Arkansas 26 January 2019