Simon Ehammer

Simon Ehammer
nation	Switzerland
birthday	7th February 2000 (age 20)
Career
discipline	Decathlon , long jump
status	active
Medal table
U20 world championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
U20 world championships bronze Tampere 2018 7642 points  U20 European Championships gold Borås 2019 7851 points
last change: July 12, 2020

Simon Ehammer (born February 7, 2000 ) is a Swiss athlete who specializes in the decathlon , but also competes in the long jump .

Athletic career

Simon Ehammer gained his first international experience in 2017 when he finished 19th at the U20 European Championships in Grosseto with 6492 points. The following year he won 7,642 points at the U20 World Championships in Tampere and in 2019 he won the U20 European Championships in Borås, Sweden with 7,851 points, setting a new U20 national record.

In 2019 and 2020 Ehammer became Swiss champion in the decathlon, in 2019 in the long jump and in 2020 indoor champion in the indoor heptathlon and in the long jump.

Personal best

• Long jump: 8.15 m (+1.3 m / s), June 27, 2020 in Schaffhausen
  • Long jump (hall): 7.80 m, February 15, 2020 in St. Gallen
• Decathlon: 8231 points, August 10, 2020 in Langenthal
  • Heptathlon (Halle): 5915 points, February 2, 2020 in Magglingen ( Swiss record )

Web links

• Simon Ehammer in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ehammer surpasses the 8000 point mark again. Swiss radio and television , accessed on August 9, 2020 .