Sten Anders Ekberg (born 25 December 1964 in

Täby Täby () was previously a trimunicipal locality, with 76,700 inhabitants in 2024. However, as from 2016, Statistics Sweden has amalgamated this locality with the Stockholm urban area. It is the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sw ...

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) is a former

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athlete who competed in the

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for

and was a Swedish decathlete National Record holder. Sten Ekberg won the Swedish Championship in both decathlon and

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. Ekberg currently resides in the United States where he works as a

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at his office Wellness For Life in

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Education

Ekberg received a BBA, Magna Cum Laude, from

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and holds a Doctor of Chiropractic, Magna Cum Laude, from

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. He competed in track and field at Southern Methodist where he still holds records.

Olympics and World Championships

* Olympics: Barcelona 9th place, 1992 (8,136 points) * Swedish National Decathlon Record: 1992 (8,246 points) * National Championship Decathlon: Sweden 1st place, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992 * National Championship Heptathlon: Sweden 1st place, 1989, 1993 * Seven Swedish National Gold Medals * European Championships: 10th place, 1986 * NCAA Division I: Team Championship 1st place, 1986 * NCAA Division I: Decathlon 2nd place, 1986 * NCAA Division I: Decathlon 3rd place, 1985 * Southern Methodist University Records:Southern Methodist Track Records https://www.athletic.net/TrackandField/SchoolRecords.aspx?SchoolID=21377 **100 Meter 1985 **400 Meter 1985 **1500 Meter 1985 **100 hurdles 1985 **Shot Put 1985 **Discus 1985 **Javelin 1985 **High Jump 1985 **Pole Vault 1985 (record still held) **Long Jump 1985 **Decathlon Score 1985 (record still held)

References

Olympics.com

Olympic.org

# # Wikipedia / List of Decathlon National Championships (Men)

External links

Official Dr. Ekberg's office website
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(YouTube - Dr. Sten Ekberg)
1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Täby Municipality Athletes from Stockholm County Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swedish decathletes Swedish chiropractors American chiropractors SMU Mustangs men's track and field athletes {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub

Education

Olympics and World Championships

See also

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