Jake Stein

Jake Stein
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1994-01-17)January 17, 1994[1]
Penrith, New South Wales
Residence Luddenham, New South Wales[2]
Sport
Country Australia Australia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Decathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Decathlon: 7601 (2014)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for the  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Youth Championships 1 0 0
World Junior Championships 0 1 0
Total 1 1 0
World Youth Championships
2011 Lille Octathlon
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona Decathlon

Jake Stein (born 17 January 1994) is an Australian athlete specialising in the Decathlon.

In 2014 Stein won his first National open title and was chosen to represent Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

He also represented Australia at the 2011 World Youth Championships and the 2012 World Junior Championships. He finished first with a World Youth Best Performance in 2011 and finished second in 2012 behind Gunnar Nixon in a then Oceania Junior Record score of 7955 points.

Records and rankings

Stein has won one National Title at the Australian National Track & Field Championships in the Decathlon and has won a handful of medals at the Australian Junior Championships in the Junior Decathlon, Shot Put, Discus Throw & 110m Hurdles.[3]

Competitions

World Youth Championships

Stein competed in the 7th edition of the World Youth Championships in 2011. He finished 1st with a new World Youth Best Performance, setting 6 personal bests on the way to gold.[4]

World Junior Championships

In 2012 Stein competed in the World Junior Championships. There were two men other than Stein predicted to challenge for the title, Gunnar Nixon the eventual winner and Dutch National Junior Record holder Pieter Braun. In the end it came down to the 1500m where Stein went in with the lead but unfortunately Nixon finished too strongly and captured the title with Stein finishing in Second.[5]

Statistics

Personal bests

Event Performance Venue Date
Decathlon 7601 Canberra February 1, 2014
100 metres 11.22 (-0.7 m/s) Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre March 31, 2012
Long jump 7.50m (+2.5 m/s) Mannheim June 23, 2012
Shot put 15.01m Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre November 10, 2012
High jump 2.04m Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre February 4, 2011
400 metres 50.63 Hampden Park July 28, 2014
110 metres hurdles 14.85 (-1.3 m/s) Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre March 2, 2014
Discus throw 50.63m Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre March 2, 2014
Pole vault 4.50m Canberra February 1, 2014
Javelin throw 69.61m Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys July 11, 2012
1500 metres 4:43.71 Lakeside Stadium April 6, 2014

[1][6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 1st Octathlon 6491 WYB[7]
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd Decathlon 7955

References

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