Cedric Dubler

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Cedric Dubler
Cedric Dubler Headshot 2022-2.jpg
Personal information
Born (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29)
Brisbane, Australia
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Website Official Website
Sport
Country Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Sport Athletics
Event Decathlon
ClubTigers Athletics Club
Coached byChris Gaviglio
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Decathlon: 8393 (2022)
Decathlon (Junior): 8094
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Decathlon
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Decathlon
Oceania Area Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Townsville Decathlon
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Eugene Decathlon

Cedric Dubler (born 13 January 1995) is an Australian decathlete. [1]

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Early years

As a young boy, Dubler was good at basketball, volleyball, and soccer. At Little Athletics, he excelled at every type of event including 800m, long jump and sprints, and cross-country. Dubler joined coach Eric Brown who trained him on the pole vault and Brown soon realized that Dubler was a potential decathlete.

When only 17 years of age, Dubler placed fourth at the 2012 World U20 Championships. Two years later he won silver at the IAAF U20 World Junior Championships in Eugene, setting a former Oceania Junior Record of 8094 points. [2] He was one of Australia's finest ever junior decathlete together with his training partner Ash Moloney. [3]

Achievements

In 2016, Dubler qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Dubler competed as Australia's first decathlete in 16 years [4] at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, placing 14th. [5] He was the first Australian since Sydney 2000 to compete at the Games and moved up to number three Australian all-time with a score of 8024, after qualifying with 8114 points.

In 2017, Dubler defended his national title and was placed 18th at the 2017 IAAF World Championships.

Dubler continued to make improvements in the 110m hurdles, discus, and pole vault, and at the National Championships and Commonwealth Games trials he achieved PBs in the 100m, shot, 110m hurdles, pole vault, javelin, and 1500m. [3]

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Dubler gained admiration for sacrificing his own final 1500m leg of the decathlon to act as a "pacer" and motivator for Ashley Moloney. Dubler's selflessness was acknowledged by many commentators as being instrumental in Moloney's bronze medal win, [6] and was lauded by the Australian media as one of the most memorable moments of the Tokyo Olympics. [7] [8] On 30 April 2022, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach presented Dubler with the inaugural Cecil Healy Award for Outstanding Sportsmanship displayed at an Olympic Games. [9]

Personal bests

As of 18 December 2023 [1]
EventPerformanceLocationDateDecathlon Points
Decathlon8,393 points Sydney 2 April 20228,393 points
100 metres 10.63 sec (+1.7 m/s) Gold Coast 16 February 2018945 points
Long jump 7.92 m (+3.2 m/s)* Sydney 1 April 2022•
7.90 m (+2.5 m/s) Brisbane 16 December 20231,035 points
Shot put 13.35 m Tokyo 4 August 2021685 points
High Jump 2.15 m Sydney 31 March 2016944 points
400 metres 47.14 sec Sydney 1 April 2022951 points
110 metres hurdles 13.86 sec (+1.1 m/s) Perth 13 January 2018993 points
Discus throw 46.01 m Mackay 4 October 2020788 points
Pole vault 5.20 m Gold Coast 17 February 2018972 points
Javelin throw 62.48 m Brisbane 20 December 2020775 points
1500 metres 4:29.69 sec Götzis 26 May 2019747 points
Virtual Best Performance8,835 points

* not legal

Major competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain4thDecathlon (Junior) 7584
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, USA2ndDecathlon (Junior) 8094
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil14thDecathlon 8024
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom18thDecathlon 7728
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia3rdDecathlon 7983
2019 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria8thDecathlon 8185
Oceania Championships Townsville, Australia2ndDecathlon 8031
World Championships Doha, Qatar11thDecathlon 8101
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan21stDecathlon 7008
2022 World Championships Eugene, USA8thDecathlon 8246
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom3rdDecathlon 8030
2023 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria14thDecathlon8009
World Championships Budapest, Hungary —Decathlon DNF

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References

  1. 1 2 Cedric Dubler | Profile | worldathletics.org Accessed 21 December 2020
  2. ↑ Eugene 2014 Results Archived 13 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 31 August 2016
  3. 1 2 "Cedric Dubler". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Cedric Dubler | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Archived 19 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 12 August 2016
  5. ↑ Rio 2016 Results Archived 4 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 7 September 2016
  6. ↑ "Aussie star's selfless act instantly becomes iconic Olympic moment". NewsComAu. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Seven moments that moved us". www.abc.net.au. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tokyo delivered, and reminded us what really matters". Fox Sports. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Succession as President of Australian Olympic Committee". Inside The Games. 1 May 2022.
Records
Preceded by Oceanian Junior Record for Decathlon
23 July 2014 – 11 July 2018		Succeeded by
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