Benjamin Jensen
Norwegian decathlete
Benjamin Jensen (born 13 April 1975 in Mandal, Vest-Agder) is a Norwegian decathlete. He represented Mandal og Halse IL, IK Tjalve and IL Norna-Salhus during his active career. His personal best in decathlon is 8160 points, achieved in August 1999 in Roskilde. This is the former Norwegian record.[1]
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Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | Decathlon | 7676 pts |
1997 | European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | — | Decathlon | DNF |
Universiade | Catania, Italy | – | Decathlon | DNF | |
1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 3rd | Decathlon | 7982 pts |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | — | Decathlon | DNF[2] | |
2001 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 10th | Decathlon | 8004 pts |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 14th | Decathlon | 8090 pts | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | Decathlon | DNF[3] |
References
- Benjamin Jensen at World Athletics
- ^ Norwegian all-time list decathlon Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics
- ^ Norwegian international athletes - J Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
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World U20 Champions in men's decathlon
- 1986:
Petri Keskitalo (FIN)
- 1988:
Michael Kohnle (FRG)
- 1990:
Eric Kaiser (GER)
- 1992:
Raúl Duany (CUB)
- 1994:
Benjamin Jensen (NOR)
- 1996:
Attila Zsivoczky (HUN)
- 1998:
Aki Heikkinen (FRA)
- 2000:
Dennis Leyckes (GER)
- 2002:
Leonid Andreev (UZB)
- 2004:
Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)
- 2006:
Arkadiy Vasilyev (RUS)
- 2008:
Jan Felix Knobel (GER)
- 2010:
Kevin Mayer (FRA)
- 2012:
Gunnar Nixon (USA)
- 2014:
Jiří Sýkora (CZE)
- 2016:
Niklas Kaul (GER)
- 2018:
Ashley Moloney (AUS)
- 2021:
František Doubek (CZE)
- 2022:
Gabriel Emmanuel (NED)
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