Felix Hepperle

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Felix Hepperle (born November 23, 1989 ) is a German athlete who specializes in the decathlon .

Career

On August 25th and 26th, 2012 he took part in the German all-around championships in Hanover and finished the decathlon with 7596 points. While he only finished fourth in the individual ranking, he and Thorsten Seyb and Matthias Laube won the German championship in the team ranking for the LG Neckar-Enz .

On August 23 and 24, 2014, he started at the German all- around championships in Vaterstetten and finished the decathlon competition with 7612 points. In addition, he was able to set two new personal bests in the pole vault with 5.30 meters and in the javelin with a width of 53.26 meters. In the individual ranking he secured second place and thus the silver medal behind René Stauß and in front of Mathias Brugger .

After no German all-around championships were held in 2015, he started at the German all- around championships in Kienbaum in 2016 because he had not qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games . In the decathlon competition on August 13 and 14, 2016, he won the competition with 7,461 points. A year later, because he had not qualified for the 2017 World Championships , he defended his title in Kienbaum with 7328 points.

Before he defended his German championship title, he started at the Thorpe Cup in Düsseldorf . There he played the best decathlon of his career to date and finished the competition with the new personal best of 7699 points. He was also able to set new personal bests in the 400-meter run with 48.26 seconds and in the 110-meter hurdles with 15.19 seconds.

Top performances

100 m 10.92 s June 29, 2016 United StatesUnited States Fayetteville
Long jump 7.18 m April 30, 2017 GermanyGermany Bönnigheim
Shot put 12.99 m June 16, 2018 GermanyGermany Ratingen
high jump 2.02 m May 24, 2014 GermanyGermany Braunschweig
400 m 48.26 s 29th July 2017 GermanyGermany Dusseldorf
110 m hurdles 15.19 s July 30, 2017 GermanyGermany Dusseldorf
Discus throw 40.24 m June 25, 2017 GermanyGermany Ratingen
Pole vault 5.30 m August 24, 2014 GermanyGermany Vaterstetten
Javelin throw 53.26 m August 24, 2014 GermanyGermany Vaterstetten
1500 m 4: 22.77 min June 26, 2016 GermanyGermany Ratingen
Decathlon 7699 points July 30, 2017 GermanyGermany Dusseldorf

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personal data
SURNAME Hepperle, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1989