Maicel Uibo

Maicel Uibo
Maicel Uibo
nation	Estonia
birthday	27th December 1992 (age 27)
place of birth	Põlva ,  Estonia
size	188 cm
Weight	86 kg
Career
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Indoor world championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
World championships silver Doha 2019 Decathlon  Indoor world championships bronze Birmingham 2018 Heptathlon
last change: October 5th, 2019

Maicel Uibo (born December 27, 1992 in Põlva ) is an Estonian athlete who specializes in the decathlon . In 2019 he won the silver medal at the World Championships in Doha .

Athletic career

Maicel Uibo has been competing in international competitions since 2009, back then in the high jump. At the U18 World Championships in Bressanone , he finished tenth with a skipped 2.04 m. A year later, in addition to the high jump, he also took part in long jump and shot put competitions on a national level and completed his first decathlon, in which he finished second in the national U20 championships.

After graduating from high school, he moved to the United States and took part in college-level decathlon alongside his studies. He qualified for the 2013 World Championships in Moscow and thus took part in competitions in the adult sector for the first time. With 7890 points, he took 19th place. Previously, he competed in the long jump at the U23 European Championships in Tampere, Finland. There he failed with 7.24 m in qualification. Two years after the World Championships in Moscow, he returned to Beijing in 2015 . There he increased his score compared to Moscow by almost 400 points, which meant tenth place for him in the end. In 2014 and 2015, Uibo also won the US college championships in the decathlon for the University of Georgia .

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he only got 7170 points and came in 24th overall. In 2017 he had to abandon his competitions at both the European Indoor Championships and the World Championships . He was also unable to finish the decathlon at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin . He previously won the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham . With 6265 points, he set his personal best in the hall, with improvements in five of the seven sub-disciplines.

A year later he set up his greatest sporting success to date by winning the silver medal at the World Championships in Doha . He improved his score from the previous year at the all- around meeting in Götzis by almost 100 points to 8604, with improvements in three sub-disciplines.

In 2020, Uibo participated in the Ultimate Garden Clash from Clermont, Florida on June 7th during the Covid-19 pandemic .

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	Score / width / height
Starts for Estonia
2009	U18 world championships	Brixen	10.	high jump	2.04 m
2013	U23 European Championships	Tampere	21st	Long jump	7.24 m
	World championships	Moscow	19th	Decathlon	7850 points
2015	World championships	Beijing	10.	Decathlon	8245 points
2016	Olympic games	Rio de Janeiro	24.	Decathlon	7170 points
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade		Heptathlon	DNF
	World championships	London		Decathlon	DNF
2018	Indoor world championships	Birmingham	3.	Heptathlon	6265 points
	European championships	Berlin		Decathlon	DNF
2019	World championships	Doha	2.	Decathlon	8604 points

Private

At the University of Georgia he met the 400-meter runner Shaunae Miller from the Bahamas . They married in 2017, and Miller has been using the double name Miller-Uibo ever since. They live together in Athens , Georgia. At the 2019 World Championships, both became vice world champions in their disciplines.

Personal best

(As of June 18, 2020)

• 100 meters : 10.99 s (+ 1.8 m / s) , April 11, 2013, Athens
• 400 m : 50.18 s, August 7, 2018, Berlin
• 1500 m : 4: 25.53 min, August 29, 2015, Beijing
• 110 m hurdles : 14.43 s (+ 0.2 m / s) , October 3, 2019, Doha
• High jump : 2.18 m, May 14, 2015, Starkville
• Pole vault : 5.40 m, October 3, 2019, Doha
• Long jump : 7.82 m, April 11, 2013, Athens
• Shot put : 15.12 m, October 2, 2019, Doha
• Discus throw : 49.14 m, April 12, 2013, Athens
• Javelin throw : 64.51 m, August 29, 2015, Beijing
• Heptathlon (Hall): 6265, March 3, 2018 Birmingham
• Decathlon : 8,604 points, October 3, 2019, Doha

Web links

• Maicel Uibo in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Maicel Uibo in the database of European Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georgia's Maicel Uibo Wins Title To Highlight Day Two At NCAAs georgiadogs.com June 12, 2015
2. ↑ Golden Girl Meets Her Match Tribune242, February 7, 2017