{"id":10758,"date":"2024-01-03T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roma2024.eu\/meet-the-athletes-kevin-mayer\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T17:32:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T15:32:23","slug":"meet-the-athletes-kevin-mayer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.roma2024.eu\/en\/meet-the-athletes-kevin-mayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the athletes: Kevin Mayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10758\" class=\"elementor elementor-10758 elementor-10678\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac80fb0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac80fb0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cff66e2 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cff66e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kevin Mayer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4133074 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4133074\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ac1f09 col-athl-mob elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet\" data-id=\"8ac1f09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b7217c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b7217c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Date of birth<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff;\">1<\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>0 February 1992<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23f3c37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23f3c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Weight<strong><br \/>82 kg<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109a45f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"109a45f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Height<strong><br \/>1,85 cm<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1048b76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1048b76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Nationality<strong><br \/>France<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-32ce910 col-athl-mob elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet\" data-id=\"32ce910\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a6a12c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a6a12c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Discipline<br \/><strong>Decathlon<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52237d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52237d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Medals:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Olympics<br \/><\/span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f948.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">World Cup<br \/><\/span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">3<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">European<br \/><\/span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">3<\/span><\/strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f948.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f5da8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86f5da8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Social<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d10fe2 e-grid-align-left e-grid-align-mobile-center elementor-grid-2 elementor-shape-rounded elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"4d10fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-repeater-item-2c74164\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mayer.deca\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3648b39 col-ath elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"3648b39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78a6872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78a6872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Date of birth<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>0 February 1992<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ba904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69ba904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Weight<strong><br \/>82 kg<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4f62f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4f62f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Height<strong><br \/>1,85 cm<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fec85c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fec85c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Nationality<strong><br \/>France<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e48394 col-ath elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"7e48394\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff988b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff988b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Discipline<br \/><strong>Decathlon<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f69ee0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f69ee0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Medals:<br>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Olympics<br><\/span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f948.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2<br><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">World Cup<br><\/span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">3<br><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">European<br>\n<\/span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">3<\/span><\/strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f948.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd48\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-048bc0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"048bc0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Social<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e066636 e-grid-align-left e-grid-align-mobile-center elementor-grid-2 elementor-shape-rounded elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"e066636\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-repeater-item-2c74164\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mayer.deca\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a100e0d tab-ath elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a100e0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be942f7\" data-id=\"be942f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acaad95 elementor-tabs-alignment-center tab-descr elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"acaad95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1811\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1811\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Career Start<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1812\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1812\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Victories and Successes<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1813\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1813\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Curiosities<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1811\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Career Start<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1811\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1811\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><strong>Kevin Mayer, the iron man.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muscle, head, heart. He has won World Championships twice, has a degree in physical measurements, and no one so far has been able to break his world record in the decathlon. Kevin Mayer (Argenteuil, Feb. 10, 1992) is among the world&#8217;s most celebrated French athletes, certainly the most complete, capable of expressing himself at the highest level in each of the ten specialties and perfectly embodying the role of the &#8216;iron man.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1812\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Victories and Successes<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1812\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1812\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>In Tournon-sur-Rhone, where he got his start in athletics, they named the athletics stadium after him in 2019 just in appreciation. It was Italy that gave Kevin Mayer his first international joy, gold at the under-18 World Championships in Bressanone in the octathlon, a youth version of multiple trials. From there he managed to string one success after another until he started competing with the big boys, already at the Olympics when he was only 20 years old, 15th in London 2012. <br \/>Two silver medals at the Games, in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, shine in his trophy case, and the Olympics at home in Paris is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to crown a fantastic career. Of world golds he has already scored three: in London 2017, indoors in Birmingham 2018 (in the heptathlon) and again outdoors in Oregon in 2022. Never too lucky, however, at the European Championships: in Berlin out by three nulls in the long run, in Munich k.o. by injury in the first of ten races. However valuable the silver in Zurich and the three golds and one silver indoors.<br \/>The day of days: Sept. 16, 2018: on the Sunday when athletics had already crinkled its eyes at Eliud Kipchoge&#8217;s world record in the Berlin Marathon, the other lightning bolt comes from Talence, France. It is the French superman who completes an unprecedented two days for the decathlon: 9126 points, 81 more than such a legend of multiple trials as the American Ashton Eaton.<br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Four personal bests, three races over 1,000 points, a consistency of performance never seen before, and two photocopy days in terms of scoring (4563 points on Saturday, as many on Sunday). It is a wonderful ride: 10.55 (+0.3) in the 100, 7.80 (+1.2) in the long, 16.00 in the weight, 2.05 in the high, 48.42 in the 400. And then, the second day, 13.75 (-1.1) in the 110 hurdles, 50.54 in the discus, 5.45 in the pole vault, 71.90 in the javelin and 4:36.11 in the 1500.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1813\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Curiosities<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1813\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1813\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>Spreading the culture of multiple trials and the importance of physical activity in general is a mission for Kevin Mayer. This is why the Mayer Experience traveling event (last held last October in Brussels) was created to promote the various specialties of running, jumping and throwing. And it is also the goal of the book &#8220;Bougez plus, vivez mieux&#8221; (Move more, live better) co-written with French physician Michel Cymes.<br \/>Mayer is a great lover of astronomy, sparked by watching Christopher Nolan&#8217;s masterpiece Interstellar: he has a telescope at home and reads specialized books.<br \/>He loves basketball: he even recently took on former Nba champion Tony Parker in a 3 vs. 3 tournament organized by a French streamer with a large following on Twitch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87235ee tog-disc elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-event-type-toggle elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"87235ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-active elementor-tab-title\" id=\"elementor-tab-title-1411\" tabindex=\"1411\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1411\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCareer Start\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display: block;\" id=\"elementor-tab-content-1411\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1411\"><p><strong>Kevin Mayer, the iron man.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muscle, head, heart. He has won World Championships twice, has a degree in physical measurements, and no one so far has been able to break his world record in the decathlon. Kevin Mayer (Argenteuil, Feb. 10, 1992) is among the world&#8217;s most celebrated French athletes, certainly the most complete, capable of expressing himself at the highest level in each of the ten specialties and perfectly embodying the role of the &#8216;iron man.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1412\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" tabindex=\"1412\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1412\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVictories and Successes\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1412\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1412\"><p>In Tournon-sur-Rhone, where he got his start in athletics, they named the athletics stadium after him in 2019 just in appreciation. It was Italy that gave Kevin Mayer his first international joy, gold at the under-18 World Championships in Bressanone in the octathlon, a youth version of multiple trials. From there he managed to string one success after another until he started competing with the big boys, already at the Olympics when he was only 20 years old, 15th in London 2012. <br \/>Two silver medals at the Games, in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, shine in his trophy case, and the Olympics at home in Paris is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to crown a fantastic career. Of world golds he has already scored three: in London 2017, indoors in Birmingham 2018 (in the heptathlon) and again outdoors in Oregon in 2022. Never too lucky, however, at the European Championships: in Berlin out by three nulls in the long run, in Munich k.o. by injury in the first of ten races. However valuable the silver in Zurich and the three golds and one silver indoors.<br \/>The day of days: Sept. 16, 2018: on the Sunday when athletics had already crinkled its eyes at Eliud Kipchoge&#8217;s world record in the Berlin Marathon, the other lightning bolt comes from Talence, France. It is the French superman who completes an unprecedented two days for the decathlon: 9126 points, 81 more than such a legend of multiple trials as the American Ashton Eaton.<\/p>\n<p>Four personal bests, three races over 1,000 points, a consistency of performance never seen before, and two photocopy days in terms of scoring (4563 points on Saturday, as many on Sunday). It is a wonderful ride: 10.55 (+0.3) in the 100, 7.80 (+1.2) in the long, 16.00 in the weight, 2.05 in the high, 48.42 in the 400. And then, the second day, 13.75 (-1.1) in the 110 hurdles, 50.54 in the discus, 5.45 in the pole vault, 71.90 in the javelin and 4:36.11 in the 1500. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1413\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" tabindex=\"1413\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1413\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCuriosities\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1413\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1413\"><p>Spreading the culture of multiple trials and the importance of physical activity in general is a mission for Kevin Mayer. This is why the Mayer Experience traveling event (last held last October in Brussels) was created to promote the various specialties of running, jumping and throwing. 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