Incredi-brle Se-brle (2)
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Roman Sebrle! - the man is a living legend. Some of us saw him in Götzis in 2001 when he was the first man on the planet to smash the 9000 barrier. Ever since in one way or another his presence threw a shadow on the other athletes. The New York Times chose him in 2008 when there was a discussion about “who to send to intergalactic games” if that would have been possible! “A panel of five sports scientists and exercise physiologists was given a list drawn up by the Journal of 79 male athletes.
Candidates had to be active in their sport and among the all-time best …The judges graded athletes on speed, reflexes, stamina, coordination, as well as power, strength and size.”” The finalists, they said, exhibited a wide range of athletic skill in highly competitive environments.” First was Roman Sebrle followed by LeBron James. “Mr. Sebrle could jump over Shaquille O'Neal and throw a 16-pound ball the length of a 53-foot (16 meters) yacht. From a running start, he could leap over a two-lane highway”. The judges said “Mr. Sebrle has ideal size.” The final category “examined success, records held and victories, as well as competitive-ness, based on the sport's popularity.” Ashton Eaton broke his world record and is and will be an exceptional decathlete, there’s no doubt about that, but what are a few things that makes Roman Sebrle so special? Let us have a look at some of his unofficial world records(*). Or can we call them official?
Decathlon Barriers per 100 points over 7900:
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9000 or more
8900 or more 8800 or more 8700 or more
8600 or more 8500 or more
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1* 1*
3 1 1
6* 5 4
10 8 7
13* 12 9 9
20* 14 12 12
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8400 or more 8300 or more 8200 or more 8100 or more 8000 or more
7900 or more |
23* 17 17
30* 21 21
37* 26 26
42* 30 27 27
49* 35 34
50* 40 37 37 |
10 WR’s (*)
Heptathlon Barriers per 100 points over 5700:
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6600 or more 6500 or more 6400 or more 6300 or more 6200 or more |
1
2
3 2 1 1 1 1 1
5* 3 2 2 2 2
11* 6 5 5 |
6100 or more 6000 or more 5900 or more 5800 or more 5700 or more |
19* 10 8
22* 13 13
22* 18 15 15
28* 21 17 15
29* 22 18 |
7 WR’s (*)
Averages
For 10 best decathlons:
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8799.9* 8780.1 8779.4 |
For 20 best decathlons:
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8679.9* 8620.5 8553.5 |
For 30 best decathlons:
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8575.2* 8474.1 8433.4 |
For 40 best decathlons
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8484 * 8353.2 8223.9 |
For 50 best decathlons: Roman Sebrle 8401.1*
For 10 best heptathlons:
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6316.3 * 6215.8 6206.2 |
For 20 best heptathlons: Roman Sebrle 6233.3 *
Averages decathlon and heptathlon: 7 WR’s (*)
Age records
An absolute age record means that no one older has achieved a better result for ages above the world record age (and no one younger has achieved a better result for ages below the world record age).
In Decathlon:
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Name |
Years/months/days 24 05 02 26 06 01* 27 01 23 29 02 27 29 08 29* 30 00 14 31 01 13 32 00 02 32 06 25* 32 09 06* 32 11 03 33 04 15 33 05 21 34 06 05* 34 08 25* 35 11 14 36 08 03* 37 06 15* |
Performance/date 9039 9026 27 05 01 8994 8902 8893 24 08 04 8824 8815 8755 8697 20 06 07 8676 01 09 07 8569 8519 8356 8348 31 05 09 8266 20 08 09 8241 8109 29 07 11 8097 10 06 12 |
In Heptathlon:
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Years/months/days 24 01 18 26 07 24 29 03 09* 33 10 07 33 11 15 34 11 06 36 03 08* 37 02 17* |
6645 6476 6438 07 03 04 6412 6297 6203 6178 06 03 11 6105 12 02 12 |
11 WR’s in decathlon and heptathlon.
For the combination jumps – throws, Roman Sebrle has the best total ever in a decathlon:
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Points for jumps/throws 5459 5431 5415 |
Decathlon 8893 8791 8994 |
Year 2004 2008 1999 |
1 WR.
Lesser known pb’s are:
100 yards: 10.37
200 m: 21.74 0.0wind
300 m: 35.12
50 m hurdles: 6.79 indoor
Indoor pentathlon: 4388 (45 minutes)
100 minutes decathlon: 7989
In training he threw exactly 50 meters in the discus.
Bench Press: 145 kg
Doing his pb in the 1000 meters in Lissabon he ran intermediate times of 1. 33.59 for the 600m and 2. 06.75 for the 800 meters.
I wish Roman success in his attempt in London to do 8000 points for the 50th time
Feel free to correct.