Aaron Booth

Aaron James Booth (born 12 September 1996) is a New Zealand decathlete who won the gold medal in that event at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

Aaron Booth

2019 Universiade Decathlon Champion
Medal record
Men's athletics
Summer Universiade
2017 TaipeiDecathlon
2019 NaplesDecathlon

Booth has represented New Zealand at youth and senior level at the Oceania Championships in Tahiti and Cairns, and at senior level at the World University Games in South Korea, Taipei and Napoli. He was the 2013 Oceania Octathlon Champion, the 2014 New Zealand Under 20 Decathlon Champion, and the 2015 Australian Under 20 Decathlon Champion.

In 2019 Booth broke the New Zealand indoor Heptathlon record in Fayetteville with a score of 5819 points. He placed 8th at the NCAA Indoor champs in Birmingham Alabama. Booth then placed 6th at the NCAA Outdoor championships with a PB score of 7680 points. At the World University Games in Napoli he won the gold medal, adding to his bronze medal from the 2017 games, with another personal best score of 7827 points.

His best decathlon score of 7827pts, at Napoli ranks him fourth on the New Zealand decathlon "all time" list.[1]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  New Zealand
2013 2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships Tahiti 1st Octathlon 5231pts
Representing Waitakere City Athletics Club
2014 2014 New Zealand Junior Decathlon Championships Waitakere 1st Decathlon 6287pts
Representing Auckland Athletics
2015 2015 New Zealand Decathlon Championships Hamilton 2nd Decathlon 6983pts
2015 2015 Australian Junior Decathlon Championships Brisbane 1st Decathlon 7379pts
2015 2015 NZ Athletic Championships Wellington 1st Under 20 4x400 3m 20.28sec
Representing  New Zealand
2015 2015 Oceania Area Championships Cairns 2nd Decathlon 6183pts
2015 2015 Summer Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 13th Decathlon 6905pts
Representing  New Zealand
2016 2016 Australian/Oceania Decathlon Championships Sydney 7th Decathlon 6721pts
Representing  New Zealand
2017 2017 Summer Universiade Taipei 3rd Decathlon 7523pts
Representing Kansas State Wildcats
2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Texas 2nd Decathlon 7508pts
2018 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Oregon 14th Decathlon 7458pts
Representing Kansas State Wildcats
2019 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Alabama 8th Heptathlon 5719pts
2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Oklahoma 2nd Decathlon 7602pts
2019 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Texas 6th Decathlon 7680 pts
Representing  New Zealand
2019 2019 Summer Universiade Napoli 1st Decathlon 7827 pts
Representing Kansas State Wildcats
2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships Iowa 3rd Heptathlon 5639pts
2020 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Albuquerque CANCELLED Heptathlon 5639pts (qualifier)

Personal bests

New Zealand Athletics Rankings[2] Auckland Athletics Rankings[3] Tilastopaja[4] Tfrrs[5]

Combined events

EventPointsPlaceDate
Senior Decathlon7827 pointsNaples10 July 2019
Junior Decathlon7379 pointsBrisbane28 March 2015
Youth Decathlon6058 pointsHastings10 November 2014
Octathlon5231 pointsTahiti5 June 2013

Track and field outdoor

As of 12 Dec 2018
Event Performance Location Date
100 metres10.95 (+1.3)Norman, OK11 May 2019
200 metres23.28 (−2.1)Auckland31 Jan 2015
Long jump7.22m (+1.5)Austin5 Jun 2019
Shot put13.55mNorman, OK11 May 2019
High jump2.02mWanganui06 Dec 2014
400 metres49.73secAustin5 Jun 2019
110 metres hurdles15.32 (0.5)Austin6 Jun 2019
Discus throw43.43mAuckland05 Mar 2017
Pole vault4.80mNapoli10 Jul 2019
Javelin throw62.44mSydney31 Mar 2017
1500 metres4:28.17Sydney3 Dec 2017

Track and field indoor

As of 28/1/2019
Event Performance Location Date
60m7.07secBirmingham, Alabama8 Mar 2019
60m hurdles8.51secManhattan, Kansas12 Dec 2018
Long Jump7.39m Fayetteville, Arkansas25 Jan 2019
Shot Put14.28m Fayetteville, Arkansas25 Jan 2019
High jump2.03m Birmingham, Alabama9 Mar 2019
Pole Vault4.80m Fayetteville, Arkansas1 Feb 2020
1000 m2:44.64sec Fayetteville, Arkansas1 Feb 2020
Pentathlon3973 ptsManhattan, Kansas7 Dec 2018
Heptathlon5819 pts Fayetteville, Arkansas26 Jan 2019

References

  1. "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". www.anzrankings.org.nz.
  2. "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". www.anzrankings.org.nz.
  3. "Athletics Auckland > Statistics > Rankings". www.athleticsauckland.co.nz. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. "Tilastopaja Login". www.tilastopaja.net.
  5. "TFRRS". www.tfrrs.org.


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