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Ricky Barker is a former American decathlete who competed internationally throughout the 1990s. He scored a career-best 8404 points in College Station in 1996 and finished fourth in the heptathlon at the 1995 World Indoor Championships in Barcelona with 6120 points. Barker was also a two-time US indoor heptathlon champion.

American decathlete Ricky Barker - Decathlon 2000
USA

Date of birth: 14 November 1969
Place of birth: Euless, Texas
Height: cm / Weight: kg
Decathlon: 8404v. College Station, TX 1996
Heptathlon: 6120 Barcelona 1995
Coach: Charlie Thomas,Ted Nelson
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Ricky Barker is an American decathlete and World Indoor Championships top-four finisher
Personal bests
100 m (<=2.0 m/s) 10,59 Sacramento, CA 1995
100 m (>2.0 m/s) 10,60 (+3.3) New Orleans, LA 1998
Long jump (<=2.0 m/s) 7.44 Talence 1995
Long jump (>2.0 m/s) 7.53 (+4.0) College Station, TX 1996
Shot put 14.97 Atlanta, GA 1998
High jump 2.15 Laces 1994
400 m 48,33
110 m hurdles (<=2.0 m/s) 14,11 (-0.7) Ratingen 1995
110 m hurdles (>2.0 m/s) 14,04 (+6.7) Norwalk 1990
Discus throw 44.56
Pole vault 5.25 Ratingen 1995
Javelin throw 60.38
1500 m 4.40,19 Eugene, OR 1991
Total points based on PB 8659
Total 10 best decathlons 81375
Personal bests indoors
60 m 6,91 Manhattan, KS 1996
60 m hurdles 7,96 Manhattan, KS 1996
1000 m 2.48,69 Manhattan, KS 1996
Indoor total points PB 6348

 

Decathlons over 8000 points (8)
Pts Results 1st day 2nd day P Venue
8214
v.
10,59 - 7.53 - 14.96 - 2.10 - 49,14 -
14,41 - 42.30 - 5.00 - 56.42 - 5.01,24
4434 3780 1 Sacramento, CA 1995
8170
v
10,64 - 7.37 - 14.43 - 2.06 - 48,43 -
14,50 - 42.18 - 5.00 - 56.80 - 4.52,69
4347 3823 4 Sacramento 1995
8175 10,98 - 7.16 - 14.11 - 2.06 - 48,37 -
14,11 - 42.62 - 5.25 - 57.82 - 4.52,85
4202 3973 1 Ratingen 1995
8198 10,80 - 7.44 - 14.70 - 2.06 - 49,25 -
14,38 - 42.60 - 5.10 - 57.38 - 4.51,48
4305 3893 7 Talence 1995
8404
v.
10,72 - 7.53 - 14.53 - 2.10 - 48,60 -
14,23 - 43.78 - 5.20 - 58.88 - 4.49,56
4403 4001 2 College Station, TX 1996
8163
v
10,60 - 7.26 - 14.19 - 2.08 - 48,87 -
14,51 - 41.70 - 5.20 - 58.30 - 5.00,55
4313 3850 7 Atlanta, GA 1996
8027
v.
10,71 - 7.37 - 14.96 - 1.98 - 48,57 -
14,29 - 37.78 - 4.81 - 58.84 - 4.50,64
4283 3744 3 Palo Alto, CA 1998
8183
v
10,75 - 7.35 - 14.95 - 2.03 - 48,42 -
14,18 - 40.81 - 5.10 - 59.47 - 5.00,37
4322 3861 2 New Orleans 1998

v one event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s
v. all events with wind <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events > 2.0 m/s (IAAF rule since 01/01/2010)

Heptathlons over 5800 points (6)
5959 7,00 - 7.11 - 14.12 - 2.12 - 8,15 - 5.00 - 2.53,28 2 Moscow, ID 1995
6120 7,02 - 7.26 - 14.62 - 2.13 - 8,05 - 5.10 - 2.49,72 4 Barcelona 1995
6119 6,91 - 7.29 - 14.10 - 2.04 - 7,96 - 5.21 - 2.48,69 2 Manhattan, KS 1996
5969 6,96 - 7.19 - 14.31 - 2.04 - 8,12 - 5.02 - 2.50,86 1 Manhattan, KS 1997
5867 7,01 - 7.22 - 14.97 - 2.00 - 8,31 - 4.90 - 2.51,84 1 Atlanta, GA 1998
5955 6,92 - 7.23 - 14.52 - 2.03 - 7,98 - 4.80 - 2.51,73 2 Atlanta, GA 1999

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