Where did Ashton Eaton compete?

Ashton Eaton competed in the decathlon at major international events, including the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he won gold medals and set world and Olympic records.

What records did Ashton Eaton set?

Ashton Eaton set world records in the decathlon with scores of 9,045 points at the 2011 World Championships and 8,893 points at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Where did Ashton Eaton attend college?

Ashton Eaton attended the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, where he competed in track and field.

Ashton Eaton

American decathlete

Person human Q1789

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: January 21, 1988
Place of birth: Portland
Country of citizenship: United States^[5]
Occupation: combined track and field event athlete
Educated at: University of Oregon, Mountain View High School^[6]^[7]
Award received: The Bowerman^[8]
Spouse: Brianne Theisen-Eaton^[4]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Country for sport: United States^[17]
End of work period: 2017^[20]
Family name: Eaton^[11]
Given name: Ashton^[12]
Height: +185^[21]
Mass: +82^[22]
Name in native language: Ashton James Eaton^[18]
P14843: 24316^[28]
Participant in: athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics^[14]^[15]
Record held: decathlon world record progression, decathlon world record progression, men's heptathlon world record progression, men's heptathlon world record progression, men's heptathlon world record progression^[13]
Social media followers: 79k (79k–92k, n=4)^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]
Sport: athletics^[10]
Sports discipline competed in: decathlon^[23]
Start of work period: 2006^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en Ashton Eaton en Ashton James Eaton ar أشتون إيتون el Άστον Ίτον fa اشتون ایتون he אשטון איטון it Ashton James Eaton ja アシュトン・イートン ko 애슈턴 이턴 ru Ashton Eaton ru Итон, Эштон ru Эштон Итон sv Ashton James Eaton tr Ashton James Eaton uk Ештон Ітон zh 阿什顿·伊顿

🔖 Identifiers · 34

VIAF cluster ID: 9163154622418544710002
Library of Congress authority ID: no2018174058
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Ashton Eaton 2 Daegu 2011.jpg ↗
All-Athletics.com ID (archived): 83430
Athletics Podium person ID: 18865
BBC Things ID: e0f22b4a-bb10-4b86-899a-519a45d27362
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: eaton-ashton
Diamond League athlete ID: 14237014
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Ashton-Eaton
Freebase ID: /m/065zmwx
GTAA ID: 236780
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000045707031824

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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Ashton_Eaton
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4070890
InterSportStats athlete ID: 3000015988
JRC Names ID: 1249297
Munzinger Sport number: 01000008399
NE.se ID: ashton-eaton
Olympedia people ID: 126672
Olympic.org athlete ID (archived): ashton-eaton
Olympics.com athlete ID: ashton-eaton
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): ea/ashton-eaton-1
TFRRS athlete ID: 1249344
TeamUSA.com athlete ID: ashton-eaton-880861
TeamUSA.org athlete ID (archived): EA/Ashton-Eaton
Tilastopaja male athlete ID: 75823
Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID: 17992
Trading Card Database name ID: 80165
Treccani ID: ashton-james-eaton
USA Track & Field athlete legacy ID (archived): Ashton-Eaton
WikiTree person ID: Eaton-11471
World Athletics athlete ID: 231489, 14237014
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJpjddxbdCytcFmHYMyPQq
X (Twitter) username: AshtonJEaton

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🔗 Connections

Record held 5

decathlon world record progression, decathlon world record progression, men's heptathlon world record progression, men's heptathlon world record progression, men's heptathlon world record progression

← Winner 5

athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's decathlon, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's decathlon, 2013 World Championships in Athletics – men's decathlon, 2015 World Championships in Athletics – men's decathlon, 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – men's heptathlon

Participant in 2

athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Participated in 2

athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's decathlon, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's decathlon

Award received 1

The Bowerman

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

University of Oregon

Family name 1

Eaton

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Portland

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

athletics

Sports discipline competed in 1

decathlon

Spouse 1

Brianne Theisen-Eaton

Spouses 1

Brianne Theisen-Eaton

← Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1

Fra Bartolomeo

← SNARC ID 1

Calais

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Summary

Ashton Eaton was born on January 21, 1988^[1], in Portland^[2]. He has worked as a combined track and field event athlete^[3].

FAQs

Where was Ashton Eaton born?

Ashton Eaton was born in Portland^[2].

Who was Ashton Eaton married to?

Ashton Eaton's spouses include Brianne Theisen-Eaton^[4].

What did Ashton Eaton do for work?

Ashton Eaton worked as a combined track and field event athlete^[3].

Where did Ashton Eaton go to school?

Ashton Eaton was educated at University of Oregon^[6] and Mountain View High School^[7].

What awards did Ashton Eaton receive?

Honors received include The Bowerman^[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ashton Eaton — place of birth (P19): Portland. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ashton Eaton — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ashton Eaton — spouse (P26): Brianne Theisen-Eaton. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ashton Eaton — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ashton Eaton — educated at (P69): University of Oregon. T&F NCAAdb. uoalumni.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ashton Eaton — educated at (P69): Mountain View High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ashton Eaton — occupation (P106): combined track and field event athlete. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ashton Eaton — award received (P166): The Bowerman. ustfccca.org. Retrieved 2020-10-13. ustfccca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ashton Eaton — date of birth (P569): January 21, 1988. Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ashton Eaton — sport (P641): athletics. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ashton Eaton — family name (P734): Eaton. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ashton Eaton — given name (P735): Ashton. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ashton Eaton — record held (P1000): men's heptathlon world record progression. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ashton Eaton — participant in (P1344): athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ashton Eaton — participant in (P1344): athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ashton Eaton — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ashton Eaton — country for sport (P1532): United States. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ashton Eaton — name in native language (P1559): Ashton James Eaton. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ashton Eaton — start of work period (P2031): 2006. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ashton Eaton — end of work period (P2032): 2017. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ashton Eaton — height (P2048): 185 cm. teamusa.org. teamusa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ashton Eaton — mass (P2067): 82 kg. teamusa.org. teamusa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ashton Eaton — sports discipline competed in (P2416): decathlon. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ashton Eaton — social media followers (P8687): 83,445. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ashton Eaton — social media followers (P8687): 91,934. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Ashton Eaton — social media followers (P8687): 81,021. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Ashton Eaton — social media followers (P8687): 78,505. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Ashton Eaton — P14843 (P14843): 24316. wikidata.org.

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