Simon Shirley

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Simon Shirley (born 3 August 1966 in Queensland) is a retired decathlete from Australia, who finished in fifteenth place (8036 points) at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He is a two-time national champion in the men's decathlon.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1988	Summer Olympics	Seoul, South Korea	15th	Decathlon
1994	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	11th	Decathlon
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	2nd	Decathlon
1995	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	20th	Decathlon
1996	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	19th	Decathlon

References

Australian National Champions in Men's Decathlon

1960: Pat Leane
1961–1962: Nick Birks
1963: Roy Williams (NZL)
1964: Nick Birks
1965: John O'Neill
1966: Wayne Athorne
1967: John Hamann
1968–1970: Geoff Smith
1971: Terry Beaton
1972: Sam Caruthers (USA)
1973: Robbie Goff
1974: Sanitesi Latu (TGA)
1975: Rob Lethbridge
1976–1977: Peter Hadfield
1978: Sanitesi Latu (TGA)
1979–1985: Peter Hadfield
1986: Simon Shirley
1987: Stuart Andrews
1988: Simon Shirley
1989: Chris Bradshaw
1990–1991: Paul Scott
1992: Dean Smith
1993: Peter Winter
1994: Dean Smith
1995: Leslie Kuorikoski
1996: Peter Winter
1997: Peter Banks
1998: Jagan Hames
1999: Scott Ferrier
2000: Klaus Ambrosch (AUT)
2001: Matthew McEwen
2002: Scott Ferrier
2003–2004: Matthew McEwen
2005: Eric Surjan
2006: Jason Dudley
2007: Eric Surjan
2008: Jason Dudley
2009: Brent Newdick (NZL)
2010: Stephen Cain
2011: Jarrod Sims

Persondata
Name	Shirley, Simon
Alternative names
Short description	Australian decathlete
Date of birth	3 August 1966
Place of birth
Date of death
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