D.O.B: 11.17.30
N.O.C: United States
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 92 kg
Final Year of Competition: 1956
Years Top 10: 5
Personal bests
100m: 10.9 (Finland 1952)
400m: 50.2 (Finland 1952)
1,500m: 4:50.8 (Finland 1952)
110m Hurdles: 13.8 (Switzerland 1952)
Long Jump: 6.98 (Finland 1952)
High Jump: 1.90 (Finland 1952)
Shot Put: 15.49 (United States 1953)
Pole Vault: 4.00 (Finland 1952)
Discus Throw: 46.89 (Finland 1952)
Decathlon: 8,450 (Finland 1952)
BOB MATHIAS was a sensation – just a few months after taking up the Decathlon, he became the YOUNGEST EVER Olympic Gold medallist in a Track & Field event, aged just 17!!! 🙌
Thereafter, Mathias dominated the event…World Records and the first man to successfully defend his Decathlon Olympic crown, backing up Gold in London 1948, with further Gold in Helsinki 1952!!!🥇🥇
