Niklas Kaul

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Niklas Kaul
2019

nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 11th February 1998 (age 22)
place of birth Mainz , Germany
size 190 cm
Weight 90 kg
job Student teacher
Career
discipline Decathlon , javelin throw
Best performance 8691 (decathlon)
79.05 m (javelin throw)
society USC Mainz , first club: TuS Saulheim
Trainer Michael and Stefanie Kaul (parents), Holger Reinhart, formerly with:
Francis Gross, first trainer: Kati Barthel
status active
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
U23 European Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
U20 world championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
U20 European Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
U18 world championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
IAAF logo World championships
gold Doha 2019 Decathlon
EAA logo U23 European Championships
gold Gävle 2019 Decathlon
IAAF logo U20 world championships
gold Bydgoszcz 2016 Decathlon
EAA logo U20 European Championships
gold Grosseto 2017 Decathlon
IAAF logo U18 world championships
gold Cali 2015 Decathlon
silver Cali 2015 Javelin throw
last change: October 3, 2019

Niklas Kaul (born February 11, 1998 in Mainz ) is a German decathlete . His greatest sporting success is winning the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha . He is thus the youngest world champion in the history of the decathlon. He won other world and European championships in the U18, U20 and U23 areas. In addition, he previously set world records in the U18 and U20 decathlon.

career path

After graduating from high school in Nieder-Olm , Kaul began a teaching degree at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2017 , initially with just a few hours per week in physics . He later took sport as a second major.

Athletic career

Niklas Kaul's sporting roots lie with TuS Saulheim, where he practiced athletics and handball . He practiced the latter for ten years, until there was no more time because of the athletics training. In addition to the all-around competition , Kaul developed a special strength in the javelin throw . In 2011, as a 13-year-old, he exceeded the 50-meter mark with 51.83 m.

In 2013, Kaul won the German U16 championship title in the nine-to-one fight in individual and with the team.

In 2014 he became German U18 winter throwing champion and German U18 runner-up in javelin throwing. At the German Youth All-Around Championships U18 / U16 in Bernhausen , Kaul and the team won the decathlon title. At the end of the year he led the German U16 annual best list with 5695 points in the nine-way fight and 71.25 m in the javelin throw (600 grams) and was third in the U18s with 7058 points in the decathlon.

In 2015, Kaul was again German U18 winter throwing champion and German U18 runner-up in javelin throwing and won the German U18 championship title in the nine-to-one match in individual and with the team. In the middle of May Kaul had exceeded the German U18 best of Tom Meier ( LC Jena ) by more than seven meters at the Halle Werfertage with 83.94 m . This put him in second place worldwide, because only U18 world record holder Braian Toledo from Argentina was ever better with the 700 gram javelin and achieved 89.34 m. Internationally, Kaul in Cali was U18 world champion in the decathlon with championship record, world annual best and U18 world record of 8002 points . This made him the first 17-year-old to surpass the 8,000 point mark. In the javelin throw he was U18 runner- up with 78.05 m . At the end of the year Kaul led the German U18 annual best list with 8002 points in the decathlon and with 83.94 m in the javelin throw (700 grams).

In 2016 Kaul became German U20 winter throwing champion in javelin throw and in Bydgoszcz U20 world champion in decathlon with championship and U20 world records of 8162 points. At the end of the year he led the German U20 annual best list with 8162 points in the decathlon.

In 2017, Kaul skipped the indoor season in favor of preparing for the Abitur exams. On May 20, he set a new personal best of 72.89 m at the Halle Throwing Days with the 800 gram javelin. In Grosseto he said goodbye as U20 European champion and with a U20 world record from the junior class by beating the ancient record of 8387 points set by GDR decathlete Torsten Voss from 1982 with 8435 points. He achieved three personal bests: long jump 7.20 m, discus 48.48 m and 1,500 meter run 4: 15.52 min. Even since the introduction of the lower U20 weights and hurdles, no U20 athlete had even approached this mark within 200 points. At the end of the year Kaul led the German U20 annual best list with 8435 points in the decathlon and with 72.89 m in the javelin throw (800 grams).

In 2018 Kaul took part in the Götzis all-around meeting . With 8205 points, he finished sixth and was the first 20-year-old to score more than 8000 points in his first active competition. He was nominated as a replacement for the European Championships in Berlin in 2018 , as Kai Kazmirek had to cancel a week before the European Championships . In Berlin he reached fourth place, just 70 points behind the bronze medal.

In 2019 Kaul reached fourth place at the all-around meeting in Götzis with the new best performance of 8336 points. At the U23 European Championships in Gävle , he again won the gold medal with a new best performance in the decathlon and a new championship record of 8572 points. This achievement meant second place on the annual world best list and the fulfillment of the norm for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo . At the 2019 World Championships in Doha , Kaul surprisingly won with a personal best of 8,691 points and, at the age of 21, crowned himself the youngest world champion in the history of the decathlon. While he was in 11th place after the first day of competition, on the second day he benefited from the injury-related elimination of the leading world record holder and former world champion Kevin Mayer from France and from personal bests in three disciplines.

In 2020 Kaul took part in the Ultimate Garden Clash from Mainz on June 7th during the Covid 19 pandemic .

With a height of 1.90 m, he has a competition weight of 90 kg.

Club affiliations

Kaul was with TuS Saulheim until 2009 and then moved to USC Mainz .

Awards

family

Kaul's mother Stefanie Kaul was Austrian champion over 400 meter hurdles and 400 meters. His father Michael Kaul was German champion over 400 meter hurdles.

Top performances

(As of October 3, 2019)

U18 decathlon:

  • 8002 points, Cali ( Colombia ), July 16, 2015 (U18 world record)

U20 decathlon:

  • 8435 points, Grosseto ( Italy ), July 23, 2017 (U20 world record)

Decathlon:

8691 points, world champion October 3rd, 2019
discipline power Placement of the course of the
competition
100 meters 11.27 s 20th
Long jump 7.19 m 16.
Shot put 15.10 m 16.
high jump 2.02 m 12.
400 meters 48.48 s 11.
110 meter hurdles 14.64 s 11.
Discus throw 49.20 m 9.
Pole vault 5.00 m 6th
Javelin throw 79.05 m 3.
1500 meters 4: 15.70 min 1.
Personal best
discipline power date place
0
100 meters 11.17 s 13th July 2019 Gävle
Long jump 7.29 m May 26, 2018 Götzis
Shot put 15.19 m 13th July 2019 Gävle
high jump 2.10 m July 16, 2016 Bydgoszcz
400 meters 48.09 s April 28, 2018 Friedberg
110 meter hurdles 14.55 s 01st July 2018 Heilbronn
Discus throw 49.20 m 03rd Oct 2019 Doha
Pole vault 5.00 m 03rd Oct 2019 Doha
Javelin throw 79.05 m 03rd Oct 2019 Doha
1500 meters 4: 15.52 min 23rd July 2017 Grosseto

successes

national
international

Web links

Commons : Niklas Kaul  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Danny Schott: Niklas Kaul: Don't be afraid of adult competition. In: Leichtathletik.de . January 18, 2018, accessed January 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Reception of the U18 world champion Niklas Kaul. In: saulheim.de . July 28, 2015, accessed January 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c Torben Schröder: A Saulheimer at the Olympics? In: Allgemeine-zeitung.de . October 24, 2015, accessed January 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Press Archive 2011 - Kaul increases best distance. In: lvrheinhessen.de . June 17, 2011, accessed January 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Sandra Arm: Niklas Kaul pulverizes German U18 best. In: Leichtathletik.de . May 17, 2015, accessed January 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Silke Bernhart: My moment 2017: Niklas Kaul's fabulous U20 world record. In: Leichtathletik.de . November 30, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ Niklas Kaul wins with U20 world record. In: tenkampfteam.de . July 23, 2017, accessed October 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ Decathlon: The Kauls - a success story. In: zdf.de . ZDF Mittagsmagazin, July 24, 2017, accessed on January 19, 2018.
  9. ↑ Tommy Rhein: Only the back brakes: USC decathlete Niklas Kaul in Götzis despite injury at the end of sixth. In: Allgemeine-zeitung.de . May 27, 2018, accessed October 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ Decathlon sky striker Kaul creates Olympic standard. In: swp.de . July 15, 019, accessed October 4, 2019.
  11. ↑ U18 World Championships 2015 Cali Team brochure of the DLV, p. 11 (PDF; 1.0 MB)
  12. ↑ Nürnberger Nachrichten of October 5, 2019, p. 3
personal data
SURNAME Kaul, Niklas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German decathletes and javelin throwers
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz