Tim Duckworth (born June 18, 1996) is a retired American-born

decathlete 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 ἄθ� ...

. Born to British parents, he competed internationally for

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and is the third-highest scoring decathlete in British history behind

Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958) is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. He was unbeaten in competit ...

and Dean Macey.

College

Duckworth competed for the

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, where he set the British national record in the heptathlon with a score of 6,188 points and joined

Ashton Eaton Ashton James Eaton (born January 21, 1988) is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in the indoor heptathlon event. Eaton was the second decathlete (after Roman Šebrle) to break the 9,000-poi ...

as the only other man to win the NCAA heptathlon and decathlon in the same year.

International

Duckworth finished fifth in the decathlon at the

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, earned a silver medal in the heptathlon at the

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, and won back-to-back gold medals in the

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at the

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in 2018 and 2019,

Post-career

Persistent injuries caused Duckworth to retire from athletics. He now serves as an assistant coach in the combined events and pole vault program at the

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Personal life

Duckworth is married to pole vault athlete Olivia Gruver.

Personal bests

Information from

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profile unless otherwise noted.

Outdoor

Indoor

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* 1996 births Living people Track and field athletes from California American male decathletes American male long jumpers British male decathletes British male long jumpers British Athletics Championships winners Kentucky Wildcats men's track and field athletes American people of British descent NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century American sportsmen 21st-century British sportsmen {{UK-athletics-bio-stub