Dominik Distelberger (born 16 March 1990) is a retired
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
n athlete who competed in the
decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
.
In 2014, he was awarded the
Austrian Athletics Federation
The Austrian Athletic Federation (German: ''Österreichischer Leichtathletik-Verband'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Austria.
Affiliations
*World Athletics
*European Athletic Association (EAA)
*Austrian Olympic Committee
...
Athlete of the Year.
He represented his country at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
in Rio de Janeiro finishing 19th, as well as the
2017 World Championships in London finishing 17th.
In May 2022, Distelberger retired from the decathlon.
International competitions
Personal bests
Information from
World Athletics
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profile unless otherwise noted.
Outdoor
Indoor
References
Austrian decathletes
Living people
1990 births
People from Scheibbs District
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games
European Games silver medalists for Austria
European Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Austria
Athletes from Lower Austria
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