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Tim Duckworth

b. 1996

British decathlete

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Born 1996. Tim Duckworth is a British athletics competitor.

Tim Duckworth (born June 18, 1996) is a retired British-American decathlete. He competed internationally for Great Britain and is the third-highest scoring decathlete in British history behind Daley Thompson and Dean Macey.

College In 2018, Duckworth set the British national record in the heptathlon and joined Ashton Eaton as the only other NCAA male track and field athlete to win both the decathlon and the heptathlon in the same year.

International Duckworth placed fifth in the decathlon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships and earned a silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships. In 2018 and 2019, he won back-to-back gold medals in the long jump at the British Athletics Championships and became the English decathlon champion in 2021.

In 2022, Duckworth retired from athletics due to persistent injuries.

Personal bests Outdoor +Individual events Event Performance Location Date 100 metres 11.34 Chula Vista 14 June 2014 110 metres hurdles 14.35 Gainesville 30 March 2018 Long jump Birmingham 1 July 2018 Knoxville 12 May 2018 High jump Jacksonville 28 May 2016 Pole vault Charlottesville 23 April 2016

+Combined events Event Performance Location Date Score Decathlon Eugene 6–7 June 2018 8,336 points 100 metres 10.40 Athens, GA 6 April 2018 999 points Long jump Athens, GA 6 April 2018 1,068 points Shot put Athens, GA 6 April 2018 711 points High jump Berlin 7 August 2018 963 points 400 metres 48.78 Eugene 6 June 2018 872 points 110 metres hurdles 14.25 Azusa 18 April 2019 942 points 14.19 Fayetteville 27 April 2018 Discus throw Athens, GA 7 April 2018 749 points Pole vault Eugene 7 June 2018 944 points Javelin throw Eugene 7 June 2018 697 points 1500 metres 4:57.65 Götzis 26 May 2019 573 points Virtual Best Performance 8,518 points

Indoor +Individual events Event Performance Location Date 60 metres 6.80 Lexington 3 February 2018 200 metres 22.37 Bloomington 11 December 2015 60 metres hurdles 8.03 Bloomington 8 December 2017 Long jump Nashville 24 February 2017 High jump Lexington 20 January 2017 Pole vault Nashville 25 February 2017

+Combined events Event Performance Location Date Score Heptathlon College Station 9–10 March 2018 6,188 points 60 metres 6.77 College Station 10 March 2017 966 points Long jump Glasgow 2 March 2019 1,007 points Shot put Seattle 31 January 2020 700 points High jump College Station 9 March 2018 963 points 60 metres hurdles 8.10 Lincoln 4 February 2017 957 points Pole vault College Station 11 March 2017 991 points 1000 metres 2:49.44 Glasgow 3 March 2019 771 points Virtual Best Performance 6,355 points

Progression +Decathlon Date Location 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110mH DT PV JT 1500m Score 14–15 May 2015 Starkville 83211.13 8387.10 54911.05 8312.03 74651.51 86514.87 61437.48 7904.60 63553.15 4655:18.95 7,156 12–13 May 2016 Tuscaloosa 89410.85 9207.44 55611.17 9062.11 76051.21 86914.84 66039.79 9265.05 66355.01 5555:00.84 7,709 8–9 April 2017 Athens 94710.62 1,0277.87 62212.25 9062.11 85349.18 89414.64 s 67940.71 m 9014.97 m 67055.45 m 4745:15.40 s 7,973 6–7 June 2018 Eugene 95910.57s 1,0638.01 67613.15 9252.13 87248.78 92714.37 72142.76 9445.11 69757.27 5225:01.27 8,336 25–26 May 2019 Götzis 94910.61 9907.27 65512.80 8872.09 81250.06 91814.44 71042.22 8804.90 60751.27 5734:57.64 7,981 25–26 June 2021 Manchester 83811.10 9207.44 67413.11 8132.01 65553.62 90014.59 68841.16 8924.94 53946.66 5285:05.63 7,447

+Heptathlon Date Location 60m LJ SP HJ 110mH PV 1000m Score 23–24 January 2015 Lexington 8447.11 8627.20 58011.57 8502.05 8628.49 8194.70 6373:02.78 5,454 22–23 January 2016 Lexington 8797.01 9227.45 56211.27 9152.12 8628.49 9105.00 6453:02.02 5,695 10–11 March 2017 College Station 9666.77 1,0027.77 67313.09 9532.16 9578.10 9915.26 6233:04.24 6,165 9–10 March 2018 College Station 9406.84 9957.74 70313.59 9632.17 9258.25 9605.16 7022:56.23 6,188 2–3 March 2019 Glasgow 9366.85 1,0077.79 66512.97 9252.13 9428.16 9105.00 7712:49.44 6,156

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British decathlete

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Tim Duckworth was born on 18 June 1996 in California.

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