Tom Pappas

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Tom Pappas

Tom Pappas
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing United States
World Championships
	2003 Paris	Decathlon
World Indoor Championships
	2003 Birmingham	Heptathlon

Tom Pappas (born September 6, 1976 in Azalea, Oregon) is an American track & field decathlete.

Pappas won the gold medal at the 2003 World Championships held outside Paris, France and was rated number 1 in the world that year by Track & Field News. He is a four-time US champion (2000, 2002, 2003, 2006) and was the 1999 NCAA champion while attending the University of Tennessee. He finished fifth at the 2000 Olympic decathlon, and competed in but did not finish the decathlon due to a foot injury at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best in the decathlon is 8,784 points while winning the 2003 US Championships held at Stanford University, CA.

He won the 2003 Jesse Owens Award from USATF, signifying he was Athlete of the Year.

Tom Pappas is currently the co-owner of Lane 5 Crossfit in Eugene, Oregon.

He placed 3rd at the United States Olympic Trials in the Decathlon in Eugene, Oregon in July, 2008 to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in August.

Pappas also was unable to complete the decathlon in Beijing due to injury in 2008.

Achievements

Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	DNF	Decathlon
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th	Decathlon
2001	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	3rd	Decathlon
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	1st	Heptathlon
	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	Decathlon
2004	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	2nd	Decathlon
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	DNF	Decathlon
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	DNF	Decathlon

Personal Bests

Event	Result	Date	Tournament	Venue	Extra
100 metres	10.65	6 June 2003	Hypo-Meeting	Gotzis	-0.2 m/s wind
400 metres	47.58	26 August 2003	World Championships	Paris Saint-Denis
1500 metres	4:35.14	1 January 1995
110 metre hurdles	13.90	30 May 2004	Hypo-Meeting	Gotzis	0.3 m/s wind
High Jump	2.21 m	27 September 2000	Olympics	Sydney
Pole Vault	5.20 m	30 May 2004	Hypo-Meeting	Gotzis
Long Jump	7.96 m	21 June 2003	National Championships	Palo Alto	1.4 m/s wind
Shot Put	17.26	29 June 2008	Olympic Trials	Eugene
Javelin	66.56 m	9 June 2000		Sarasota
Discus Throw	52.18	1 January 2003
Decathlon	8784	22 June 2003	National Championships	Palo Alto

External links

• Tom Pappas at World Athletics