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Rico Freimuth
Rico Freimuth (0)
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Date of birth: 14 March 1988 |
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| Personal bests | ||
| 100 m (<=2.0 m/s) | 10,40 (+1.1) | Ratingen 2014 |
| 100 m (>2.0 m/s) |
10,36 (+5.4) |
Ratingen 2013 |
| Long jump | 7.60 (+1.5) |
Ratingen 2017 |
| Shot put | 15.62 | Ratingen 2015 |
| High jump | 2.01 |
Ratingen 2017 |
| 400 m | 47,51 | Götzis 2012 |
| 110 m hurdles | 13,63 (+0.5) |
Zurich 2014 |
| Discus throw | 51.56 | Ratingen 2017 |
| Pole vault | 4.90 | London 2012 |
| Javelin throw | 65.04 | Ratingen 2011 |
| 1500 m | 4.34,69 | Ratingen 2013 |
| Total points based on PB | 8876 | |
| Total 10 best decathlons | 84401 | |
| Personal bests indoors | ||
| 60 m | 6,90 | Filderstadt 2012 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7,83 | Karlsruhe 2014 |
| 1000 m | 2.48,22 |
Dortmund 2012 |
| Indoor total points PB | 6208 | |
| Decathlons over 8000 points (14) | |||||
| Pts | Results | 1st day | 2nd day | P | Venue |
| 8158 | 10,79 - 7.11 - 14.65 - 1.94 - 48,22 - 14,05 - 46.25 - 4.76 - 60.33 - 4.44,39 |
4164 | 3994 | 7 | Götzis 2011 |
| 8287 | 10,50 - 7.42 - 14.44 - 1.88 - 48,46 - 14,14 - 47.42 - 4.80 - 65.04 - 4.49,44 |
4228 | 4059 | 2 | Ratingen 2011 |
| 8322 | 10,62 - 7.16 - 15.14 - 1.91 - 47,51 - 13,79 - 47.26 - 4.86 - 58.05 - 4.40,55 |
4253 | 4069 | 4 | Götzis 2012 |
| 8320 | 10,65 - 7.21 - 14.87 - 1.90 - 48,06 - 13,89 - 49.11 - 4.90 - 57.37 - 4.37,62 |
4206 | 4114 | 6 | London 2012 |
| 8488 W |
10,36 - 7.55 - 14.97 - 1.94 - 48,46 - 13,85 - 49.03 - 4.80 - 57.61 - 4.34,69 |
4379 | 4109 | 2 | Ratingen 2013 |
| 8382 | 10,60 - 7.22 - 14.80 - 1.99 - 48,05 - 13,90 - 48.74 - 4.90 - 56.21 - 4.37,83 |
4288 | 4094 | 7 | Moscow 2013 |
| 8317 | 10,52 - 7.19 - 14.54 - 1.94 - 48,42 - 13,95 - 49.41 - 4.86 - 59.87 - 4.45,56 |
4228 | 4089 | 3 | Götzis 2014 |
| 8356 | 10,40 - 7.34 - 14.54 - 1.92 - 48,23 - 13,78 - 49.61 - 4.70 - 60.08 - 4.45,12 |
4285 | 4071 | 1 | Ratingen 2014 |
| 8308 | 10,71 - 7.36 - 14.39 - 1.98 - 48,53 - 13,63 - 48.81 - 4.80 - 62.74 - 4.57,27 |
4247 | 4061 | 7 | Zurich 2014 |
| 8380 | 10,53 - 7.54 - 15.47 - 1.91 - 48,70 - 13,99 - 48.07 - 4.80 - 60.96 - 4.46,16 |
4331 | 4049 | 4 | Götzis 2015 |
| 8561 | 10,51 - 7.51 - 15.50 - 1.95 - 47,82 - 13,91 - 50.17 - 4.80 - 60.61 - 4.37,05 |
4406 | 4155 | 3 | Beijing 2015 |
| 8365 | 10,53 - 7.47 - 15.21 - 1.94 - 49,40 - 13,80 - 49.45 - 4.80 - 57.77 - 4.42,67 |
4289 | 4076 | 3 | Götzis 2017 |
| 8663 | 10,44 - 7.60 - 14.87 - 2.01 - 48,76 - 13,87 - 51.56 - 4.90 - 62.33 - 4.37,04 |
4417 | 4246 | 1 | Ratingen 2017 |
| 8564 | 10,53 - 7.48 - 14.85 - 1.99 - 48,41 - 13,68 - 51.17 - 4.80 - 62.34 - 4.41,57 |
4361 | 4203 | 2 | London 2017 |
| International medals (3) |
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| Year | Venue | Championships | Event | Total | Medal |
| 2007 | Hengelo 2007 | U20 European | Decathlon | 7525 |  Bronze |
| 2015 | Beijing 2015 | World | Decathlon | 8561 | Bronze |
| 2017 | London 2017 | World | Decathlon | 8564 |  Silver |
| Winner of the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge | |||||
| Year | 1st meeting | 2nd meeting | 3rd meeting | Total | Medal |
| ’14 |
8317 Götzis 2014 | 8356 Ratingen 2014 | 8308 Zurich 2014 | 24981 |  Gold |
| ’17 |
8365 Götzis 2017 | 8663 Ratingen 2017 | 8564 London 2017 | 25592 | Gold |
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U20 European Championships Hengelo 2007
Matthias Prey captured the men’s decathlon title at the 2007 European Athletics U20 Championships in Hengelo, winning with 7908 points for Germany ahead of Rok Deržanic (7560) and Rico Freimuth (7524).
Ratingen 2014
The 2014 Ratingen decathlon took place on June 28–29 in challenging weather conditions, with athletes battling cold, rain, and strong winds. Germany's Rico Freimuth won the competition with 8356 points, edging France's Kevin Mayer by just 33 …
Ratingen 2017
Rico Freimuth of Germany won the 2017 Ratingen decathlon with 8663 points, ahead of Grenada's Kurt Felix (8509) and fellow German Kai Kazmirek (8478).