Ken Mullings

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Ken Mullings
Personal information
NationalityBahamian
Born (1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Decathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Heptathlon: 6340 (Champaign, 2024)
Decathlon: 8226 (Paris, 2024, NR)

Ken Mullings (born 28 April 1997) is a multi-event athlete from The Bahamas. [1]

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Early life

Mullings has a twin sister Kennedi and a brother Aaron. His mother Eulease is an accounts clerk. Mullings attended CC Sweeting High School before going on to study at the University of the Bahamas. [2]

Career

Mullings competed for the University of the Bahamas. [3] He set a new national record in the decathlon in finishing sixth at the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru. [4] In January 2020, he broke his own national record for the heptathlon, in Indiana. [5]

He set a personal best decathlon points tally of 7,734 on June 27, 2021 at Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. The following year, he finished in 17th place overall in the men’s decathlon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon with a total of 7,866 points. [6] He also won the NACAC (North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association) Combined Events Area Championships, scoring 7,537 combined points at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa, Canada, in 2022. [7]

Mullings competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile, in the decathlon. [8] He set a new decathlon PB of 8,060 in 2023. In a heptathlon in Illinois at the end of January 2024, Mullings set PBs in six of the seven disciplines, winning with a national record of 6340. That month he also set a new national record for the pole vault, in Illinois. [9] [10]

He was selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in which he finished fourth overall. [11] [12]

He ran a 10.45 personal best for the 100 metres at the HypoMeeting in Gotzis in May 2024.

He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in 13th place overall, with a new national record tally of 8226 points. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ken Mullings". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Stubbs, Brent (9 February 2018). "Ken Mullings Day: University of the Bahamas honours most versatile athlete". The Tribune. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ken Mullings wins Penn Relays decathlon, helping put University of Bahamas on the map". Inquirer.com. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Longley, Sheldon (August 8, 2019). "Mullings breaks national record; finishes sixth". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ken Mullings bests his own national heptathlon record; ranked second in the world". ewnews. January 13, 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Stubbs, Brent. "Decathlete Ken Mullings makes history". Tribune242. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Longley, Sheldon (May 16, 2022). "Mullings wins NACAC decathlon title". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  8. ↑ Stubbs, Brent (1 November 2023). "Ken Mullings ends up with DNF in decathlon". Tribune242. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Mullings soars to new record". Tribune 242. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "WIC Glasgow 24 preview: combined events". World Athletics. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 men's heptathlon results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Charlton headlines Bahamas six-member team for World Indoor Champs". SportsMax. February 17, 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Men's Decathlon es Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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