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Cedric Dubler

Cedric Dubler

Australian decathlete

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 realised that Dubler was a potential decathlete.

When only 17 years of age, Dubler was placed an amazing 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]
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References

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