Leo Neugebauer
 Neugebauer at WCH 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | German |
| Born | 19 June 2000 Görlitz, Germany |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Decathlon |
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| Personal bests |
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Leo Neugebauer (born 19 June 2000) is a German multi-event track and field athlete. In 2023 he became the German record holder in the decathlon.
Early life
His father is a soccer player from Cameroon. From Swabia, Neugebauer joined the athletics club LG Leinfelden-Echterdingen, south of Stuttgart, in his homeland. He moved to the University of Texas to study economics in 2019.
Career
2022
Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships Neugebauer finished tenth overall in the Men's decathlon.
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 8836 points that placed him in the top-10 of all time. The previous collegiate record of 8720 was set by Kyle Garland in 2022. Neugebauer a tally also broke the meet record of 8457 set by Ashton Eaton in 2010 and equalled by Ayden Owens-Delerme in 2022. 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. Neugebauer also took the German national record of 8832 set in 1984 by Jürgen Hingsen.