Karel Tilga
Tilga in 2022
Personal information
Born (1998-02-05) 5 February 1998
Sport
CountryEstonia
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
College teamGeorgia Bulldogs
Achievements and titles
Personal best8681 (2023)

Karel Tilga (born 5 February 1998) is an Estonian athlete who competes in the decathlon.

From Tartu, and a student at the University of Georgia. In 2021 he won for Georgia Bulldogs (men) their fifth ever NCAA individual title (second in the heptathlon) by scoring a school record 6,264 to win the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships with the No. 2 all-time collegiate performance.[1] He scored a near 400 point-improvement on his decathlon lifetime best at the Specs Town Invitational in Athens, Georgia in April 2021 besting Garrett Scantling by just 8 points. Tilga's score reached the Olympic qualifying standard of 8350 points for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[2] At the Olympics he received 0 in pole vault and eventually finished 20th.[3] He did not finish the 2022 European Championships after also receiving 0 in pole vault.

He is the 2021 NCAA champion in decathlon.[4]

Tilga finished 9th at the 2022 World Indoor Championships.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
Representing  Estonia
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 3rd Decathlon U20 8002 pts
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany Decathlon DNF
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 20th Decathlon 7018 pts
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 9th Heptathlon 5964 pts
European Championships Munich, Germany Decathlon DNF
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th Decathlon 8681 pts

References

  1. "Karel Tilga - 2020-21 - Track & Field". University of Georgia Athletics.
  2. "European Athletics | European Athletics". european-athletics.com.
  3. "Athletics – Men's Decathlon – Results" (PDF). IOC. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2021.
  4. Karel Tilga at World Athletics
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