Damian Warner

Damian Warner
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born November 4, 1989
London, Ontario
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st)
Sport
Sport Decathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Decathlon: 8512, 2013 Moscow, 2013[1]
Updated on August 2013.

Damian Warner (born November 4, 1989 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian decathlete. He won at a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.

Career

Warner came onto the athletics scene in 2010, when he won silver in the decathlon at the 2010 Canadian championships with a final score of 7449.[2] He continued to improve over the next two years, winning the decathlon in the next two national championships.[3][4] His winning performance of 8107 in the 2012 championships was below the Olympic A qualifying standard of 8200, but in combination with his perceived future potential, he was selected to represent Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] Warner placed fifth, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a point total of 8442, a jump of 335 points over his previous best score.[6][7]

In his first outing of 2013 Warner won at the high profile Hypo Meeting with a score of 8307 points, including bests of 2.09 m in the high jump and 62.84 m in the javelin throw.[8] Following this Warner went into the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, after the first day he was positioned in fifth place, on the second day though he tied a personal best in the pole vault and threw a personal best in the javelin to fight his way into the bronze medal position.[1] After achieving his medal he said "This is such a great feeling, all the hard work my coaches and I put into this the last couple of years. In 2011 I finished 18th, saw the three medallists running around the track with their country's flags draped over their shoulders, I told my coaches that I want that to be me, pretty special feeling to achieve that."[1] Warner's final score of 8,512 was a new personal best and was the first time a Canadian reached the podium in the decathlon at the World Championships since Mike Smith in 1995.

He ended his 2013 season with a win at the Decastar meeting with a tally of 8161 points.[9]

Personal bests (outdoor)

Event Performance Location Date
100 metres 10.29 Glasgow July 28, 2014
400 metres 47.63 California April 5, 2012
1500 metres 4:29.85 London August 9, 2012
110 metres hurdles 13.50 Hampden Park July 28, 2014
High jump 2.09 Götzis May 25, 2013
Pole vault 4.80 Calgary June 28, 2012
Long jump 7.54 London August 8, 2012
Shot put 14.23 Moscow August 10, 2013
Discus throw 45.90 London August 9, 2012
Javelin throw 64.67 Moscow August 11, 2013

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Canada's Damian Warner wins decathlon bronze at track worlds". CBC Sports. August 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.athleticsvideos.com/Live_Results/2010/Senior_Championships/index-champ.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.runnerspace.com/news.php?news_id=19563
  4. ↑ http://www.2012trials.ca/Live_Results/Trials/index.php?Day=2012_06_30_Olympic_Trials_Full_Results.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.insidehalton.com/sports/olympics/article/1388724
  6. ↑ http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-decathlon/index.html?v=20120809-215520343
  7. ↑ "Canada's Damian Warner surpasses all expectations to finish fifth in Olympic decathlon". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). August 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2013-05-26). Canada's Warner and Theisen triumph in Gotzis - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-31.
  9. ↑ van Kuijen, Hans (2013-09-15). Warner and Melnychenko win in Talence – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.

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