German athlete (born 1997)
Manuel Eitel
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| Nationality | German |
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| Born | (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Event | Decathlon |
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| Personal best(s) | Decathlon: 8351 (Gotzis, 2023) |
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Manuel Eitel (born 28 January 1997) is a German decathlete.[1]
Career
From Baltmannsweiler, he is a member of SSV Ulm 1846.[2][3] He was a 2016 World Athletics U20 Championships bronze medalist in the 4x100m relay in 2016 in Bydgoszcz.
He was a European Athletics U23 Championships bronze medallist in the decathlon in 2019. He had surgery on his ankle in 2020, and split his training time between Ulm and Leverkusen during 2020.[4]
He won the German Athletics Championships in the decathlon in August 2022, and set a new personal best for the decathlon in Bernhausen.[5] The following month improved it by four points to 8,193 points in Talence.[6]
He finished fourth in the pentathlon at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March 2023.[7][8] He placed eleventh in the decathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[9]
He was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024. Competing in the decathlon he finished in
seventh place overall with a tally of 8212 points.[10][11]
References
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