Elliott Thompson (born 10 August 1992) is a British

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. He is the 2022 British champion of

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. He is the son of two time

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champion decathlete

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Biography

Thompson graduated with a degree in mechatronics and robotics from

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and played

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as a back before suffering a serious shoulder injury. Thompson later worked as a personal trainer. Thompson took up

in 2016 at the age of 24 years-old. Thompson set a new personal best decathlon score of 7204 points in June 2022. He became national champion in the decathlon at the

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. This came 46 years after his father Daley won his first British national title.

Personal life

He is the son of two time

champion decathlete

. Elliot's brother Alex Clayton played

for the

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and England Sevens.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Elliot 1992 births Living people English male decathletes Alumni of the University of Leeds Black British sportsmen English people of Nigerian descent English people of Scottish descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent English people of Yoruba descent 21st-century English sportsmen