Pieter Braun

Pieter Braun

Pieter Braun in 2015
Personal information
Born	21 January 1993 Terheijden, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Decathlon
Coached by	Vince de Lange

Pieter Braun (born 21 January 1993 in Terheijden) is a Dutch athlete competing in the combined events events.^[1] He won the gold medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships. He also competed in the decathlon in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Netherlands
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	16th	Decathlon (junior)	7055 pts
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	11th	Decathlon	7540 pts
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	12th	Heptathlon	4832 pts
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	Decathlon	8195 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	12th	Decathlon	8114 pts
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7th	Decathlon	7945 pts
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	–	Decathlon	DNF

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.97 (+0.5 m/s) (Götzis 2015)
• 400 metres – 48.02 (Tallinn 2015)
• 1500 metres – 4:28.18 (Götzis 2015)
• 110 metres hurdles – 14.13 (+0.7 m/s) (Tallinn 2015)
• High jump – 2.04 (Beijing 2015)
• Pole vault – 5.00 (Amsterdam 2015)
• Long jump – 7.53 (+1.3 m/s) (Götzis 2015)
• Shot put – 14.19 (Tallinn 2015)
• Discus throw – 42.80 (Götzis 2015)
• Javelin throw – 60.48 (Florence 2014)
• Decathlon – 8197 (Götzis 2015)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.23 (Prague 2015)
• 1000 metres – 2:40.19 (Sheffield 2014)
• 60 metres hurdles – 8.09 (Amsterdam 2014)
• High jump – 2.02 (Apeldoorn 2014)
• Pole vault – 4.90 (Apeldoorn 2015)
• Long jump – 7.39 (Apeldoorn 2014)
• Shot put – 13.85 (Prague 2015)
• Heptathlon – 5837 (Apeldoorn 2015)

References

1. Pieter Braun profile at IAAF