Niklas Kaul (; born 11 February 1998) is a German

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

competing in the

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. He won the

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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 ...

at the 2019 World Championships, becoming the youngest ever

world champion. In addition, he won gold medals at the

2022 European Championships The 2022 European Championships were the second edition of the European Championships (multi-sport event), European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Munich, Germany from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event started three d ...

, 2016 World U20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships, and is the current world U20 record holder in the decathlon. Before concentrating on athletics, he played

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

International competitions

Personal bests

Information from

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profile unless otherwise noted.

Outdoor

Indoor

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* 1998 births Living people German decathletes Sportspeople from Mainz Athletes from Rhineland-Palatinate USC Mainz athletes World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany European Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Germany-decathlon-bio-stub