Name: Ashton Eaton
Date of birth: January 21, 1988
Hometown: Bend, Oregon
High School: Mountain View High School (Bend, Oregon)
College: University of Oregon, 2010
Current residence: Eugene, Oregon
Coach: Harry Marra
Primary event: Decathlon, Indoor heptathlon
Personal bests:
 • Decathlon, 9,045 points, WR, 2015
 • Indoor Heptathlon, 6,645 points, WR, 2012
 • 100m, 10.21, Decathlon WR, 2012
 • Long jump, 8.23m/27-0, Decathlon WR, 2012
 • Long jump, 8.16m/26-9 ¼, Indoor Heptathlon WR, 2012
 • Shot put, 15.40m/50-6 ¼, 2014
 • High jump, 2.11m/6-11, 2012
 • 400m, 45.00, Decathlon WR, 2015
 • 110m hurdles, 13.35, 2014
 • 400m hurdles, 48.69, 2014
 • Discus, 47.36m/155-4, 2011
 • Pole vault, 5.35m/17-6 ¾, 2014
 • Javelin, 66.64m/218-8, 2013
 • 1,500m, 4:14.48, 2012
 • 200m, 20.76, 2013
 • 60m, 6.66, 2011
 • 1,000m, 2:32.67, 2010
 • 60m hurdles, 7.60, Indoor Heptathlon WR, 2011
Career achievements:
 • Decathlon
   - 2015 IAAF World Championship gold medalist
   - 2013 IAAF World Championship gold medalist
   - 2012 Olympic gold medalist
   - 2011 IAAF World Championship silver medalist
   - 2009 IAAF World Championship finalist
   - Three-time USA champion (2011, ’12, ’13)
   - Three-time NCAA champion (2008, ’09, ’10)
   - Three-time Pac-10 champion (2008, ’09, ’10)
 • Indoor Heptathlon
   - 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championship gold medalist
   - 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championship gold medalist
   - Two-time NCAA champion (2009, ’10)
Awards/Honors: 2012 Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year; 2010 The Bowerman; 2010 USTFCCCA Indoor/Outdoor Athlete of the Year.

What is your favorite and/or least favorite workout? 3x300m with 3-4m rest is my favorite workout.  My least favorite is weight lifting.

What would be your super power and why? Teleportation. In this day and age, and in the ages to come, being somewhere in an instant is highly useful. Imagine our profession. You can warm up at your regular place then, POOF, you can show up to the call room at a major meet, then, POOF, back into your own bed between rounds.  Say there is a meteor heading towards earth set to decimate the human race but NASA has created a device that will blow the object off earth’s course, they just need a way to get it on the object. Give me a spacesuit, POOF, I’m on the meteor, set the device, then, POOF, back on the ground.  Say I’m hiking on a cliff edge, Oh No, I slip. No problem, just teleport to the ground or wherever. Possibilities are endless.

What is your spirit animal/what animal do you relate to? My spirit animal is a panther. Their catlike ways emanate calm and prestige and it’s hard to rival their combination of agility, stealth and strength.

What is an interesting fact about you that we may not know? I have to have fingernail clippers on every trip.

What is your dream job after your athletic career? Become a futurologist and study technological singularity.

What is the key to your success? Video games.