DALEY THOMPSON
Daley Thompson
has more decathlon
honors than
anybody has
ever had,
and being
the first
person ever
to hold the
World, Commonwealth,
European and
Olympic titles
at the same
time. He had
an unbeaten
competition
record for
a total of
9 years.
Throughout
the 80’s
he was unquestionably
the world’s
greatest decathlon
athlete and
he managed
to win and
amazing 19
decathlons,
12 of them
being consecutive.
At the Moscow
Olympics in
1980 he won
a gold medal
when he proved
to be the
master of
the decathlon
at the age
of 21. He
then went
on to Win
a Gold Medal
in the Los
Angeles Olympics
in 1984, breaking
the World
Record with
8,847 points
at the same
time.
Daley was
awarded an
MBE in 1982
and then an
OBE in 1986,
advancing
to CBE in
2000. He was
also voted
BBC Sports
Personality
of theYear
in 1982, followed
by Britain’s
Athlete of
the Century
in 1999.
He retired
from athletics
in 1992, due
to any injury
and went on
to play football
for Mansfield
Town and Wimbledon.
Daley’s
career activities
since retiring
from athletics
include:-
Motivational
Speaking
Fitness and
Conditioning
Staff Team
Building
Team Coaching
Corporate/Client
Hospitality
Corporate
Activity Days
Boardroom
breakfasts/lunches
Daley also
set us a fitness
training business
– ‘Daley
Fitness’
which is based
on helping
people take
fitness to
new levels
and helping
them to adopt
a healthier
lifestyle.
Born 30th
July 1958,
London
1976 Won
Decathlon
in AAA Championship
18th in the
Olympic Games,
Montreal
1977 Won
European Junior
Championships
1978 Won
Commonwealth
Games Gold
Medal, Edmonton
Silver Medal
in European
Championships,
Prague
1980 Broke
World Record
Won Olympic
Games Gold
Medal, Moscow
1982 New
World Record
Won European
Championships
Gold Medal,
Athens
(New World
Record)
Won Commonwealth
Games Gold
Medal, Brisbane
1983 Won
Gold Medal
at 1st World
Championships,
Helsinki
1984 Won Olympic
Games Gold
Medal, Los
Angeles and
established
new World
Record (8,847
points) -
this has subsequently
been broken
by Dan O'
Brien of the
USA with 8,889
points
1986 Won
Commonwealth
Games Gold
Medal, Edinburgh
Won European
Championships
Gold Medal,
Stuttgart
1987 9th
in World Championships,
Rome
1988 4th
in Olympic
Games, Seoul
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