Manuel Eitel

Manuel Eitel

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Decathlon: 8351 (Gotzis, 2023)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  Germany European U23 Championships 2019 Gävle Decathlon World U20 Championships 2016 Bydgoszcz 4x100 m relay

Manuel Eitel (born 28 January 1997) is a German decathlete.[1]

Career

From Baltmannsweiler, he is a member of SSV Ulm 1846.[2][3] He was a 2016 World Athletics U20 Championships bronze medalist in the 4x100m relay in 2016 in Bydgoszcz.

He was a European Athletics U23 Championships bronze medallist in the decathlon in 2019. He had surgery on his ankle in 2020, and split his training time between Ulm and Leverkusen during 2020.[4]

He won the German Athletics Championships in the decathlon in August 2022, and set a new personal best for the decathlon in Bernhausen.[5] The following month improved it by four points to 8,193 points in Talence.[6]

He finished fourth in the pentathlon at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March 2023.[7][8] He placed eleventh in the decathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[9]

He was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024. Competing in the decathlon he finished in seventh place overall with a tally of 8212 points.[10][11]

References

1. "Manuel Eitel". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
2. "Zwölf Fragen an... Manuel Eitel". Leichtatletik. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
3. Moll, Martin (26 May 2015). "Manuel Eitel cracks the European Championship standard". ntz.de. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
4. "Manuel Eitel: "Ein Jahr Abstand vom Zehnkampf". Leichtatletik. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
5. "Manuel Eitel surprises himself and the competition". Teckbote.de. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
6. "Manuel Eitel wird Zweiter in Talence". wlv-sport.de. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
7. "Final day fairytales - Five stories to look out for in Istanbul". European Athletics. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
8. Smythe, Steve (March 7, 2023). "British records in Istanbul and San Juan Capistrano – weekly round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
9. "World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
10. "Historic golds for Austria and Estonia at Roma 2024". European-Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
11. "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.