Personal information | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | 11 June 2002 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Decathlon |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | Decathlon: 8287 (Ratingen, 2024) |
Till Steinforth (born 11 June 2002) is a German multi-event athlete. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [1]
From Saxony-Anhalt, he attended University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the United States to study architecture. Steinforth was named the 2024 Nebraska Male Athlete of the Year and the 2024 Indoor Midwest Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year. [2] [3]
He finishes fourth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2023 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [4] He won bronze in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. [5]
Steinforth achieved a personal best score in the decathlon of 8287 points at the Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen in June 2024. [6] He was originally named as an alternate, but was a late entry to compete in the decathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing in 15th place overall. [7] [8] [9]
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