Cedric Dubler

Early years As a young boy, Dubler was good at basketball, volleyball, and soccer. At Little Athletics, he excelled at every type of event including 800m, long jump and sprints, and cross-country. Dubler joined coach Eric Brown who trained him on the pole vault and Brown soon realized that Dubler was a potential decathlete.

When only 17 years of age, Dubler placed fourth at the 2012 World U20 Championships. Two years later he won silver at the IAAF U20 World Junior Championships in Eugene, setting a former Oceania Junior Record of 8094 points. He was one of Australia's finest ever junior decathlete together with his training partner Ash Moloney.

Achievements In 2016, Dubler qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Dubler competed as Australia's first decathlete in 16 years at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, placing 14th. He was the first Australian since Sydney 2000 to compete at the Games and moved up to number three Australian all-time with a score of 8024, after qualifying with 8114 points.

In 2017, Dubler defended his national title and was placed 18th at the 2017 IAAF World Championships.

Dubler continued to make improvements in the 110m hurdles, discus, and pole vault, and at the National Championships and Commonwealth Games trials he achieved PBs in the 100m, shot, 110m hurdles, pole vault, javelin, and 1500m.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Dubler gained admiration for sacrificing his own final 1500m leg of the decathlon to act as a "pacer" and motivator for Ashley Moloney. Dubler's selflessness was acknowledged by many commentators as being instrumental in Moloney's bronze medal win, and was lauded by the Australian media as one of the most memorable moments of the Tokyo Olympics. On 30 April 2022, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach presented Dubler with the inaugural Cecil Healy Award for Outstanding Sportsmanship displayed at an Olympic Games.

Personal bests

Event Performance Location Date 100 metres 10.79 Brisbane 5 March 2022 200 metres 22.19 Perth 14 January 2015 400 metres 49.58 Canberra 2 March 2024 110 metres hurdles 13.86 Perth 13 January 2018 Long jump Brisbane 27 February 2016 Brisbane 14 March 2021 High Jump Sydney 12 March 2022 Pole vault Perth 20 January 2018 Shot put Mackay 3 October 2020 Discus throw Mackay 4 October 2020 Javelin throw Brisbane 29 February 2020

Event Performance Location Date Points Decathlon Sydney 1–2 April 2022 8,393 points 100 metres 10.63 sec Gold Coast 16 February 2018 945 points Long jump Brisbane 16 December 2023 1,020 points Sydney 1 April 2022 Shot put Tokyo 4 August 2021 689 points High Jump Sydney 31 March 2016 944 points 400 metres 47.14 Sydney 1 April 2022 951 points 110 metres hurdles 14.05 Townsville 26 June 2019 968 points Discus throw Doha 3 October 2019 752 points Pole vault Gold Coast 17 February 2018 972 points Javelin throw Brisbane 20 December 2020 775 points 1500 metres 4:29.69 Götzis 26 May 2019 747 points Virtual Best Performance 8,763 points

Major competition record