18 Facts About Kevin Mayer

In 2009, at the age of 17, Mayer won the octathlon gold medal at the World Youth Championships.

In 2011, at the European Athletics Junior Championships held in Tallinn, Kevin Mayer won the decathlon gold.

Kevin Mayer won a silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships with a new personal best of 6297 points.

In 2014, at the European Athletics Championships held in Zurich, Kevin Mayer achieved a personal best of 8521 points in decathlon, winning him the silver medal.

On 12 August 2015, Kevin Mayer announced his withdrawal from the 2015 World Championships because of a hamstring injury sustained in the end of July 2015.

On 6 March 2016, Kevin Mayer announced his withdrawal from the 2016 World Indoor Championships because of a heel injury sustained during the hurdles race at the French Indoor Athletics Championships held at the end of February in Aubiere.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Kevin Mayer earned a silver medal with a new personal best of 8834 points, finishing behind only two-time gold medallist Ashton Eaton, who was the world record holder at the time.

Kevin Mayer set a new European record of 6479 points, beating the record set by Roman Sebrle in 2004 in Budapest by 41 points.

At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, Kevin Mayer completed his first decathlon of the year and won his first World Championships gold medal with a world-leading score of 8768 points, ahead of Germans Rico Freimuth and Kai Kazmirek.

In 2018, at the World Indoor Championships held in Birmingham, Kevin Mayer won gold in the heptathlon with 6348 points.

Kevin Mayer did not defend his European heptathlon title at the 2019 Indoor Championships.

At the 2019 World Championships, Kevin Mayer suffered an injury and had to withdraw from the men's decathlon event.

At the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Torun, Poland, Kevin Mayer won the Men's heptathlon event with 6392 points.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Kevin Mayer started below expectation in the Men's decathlon, ending in 5th place after the first five events.

Kevin Mayer did not compete in the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships due to an issue with his Achilles after catching Covid earlier.

Kevin Mayer took part in the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Istanbul in March 2023.

Kevin Mayer won a third European indoor heptathlon champion title after 2017 and 2021, equaling the performance of the Czech Roman Sebrle on the number of titles of this event.

Kevin Mayer was born on 10 February 1992 in Argenteuil, a commune in the northwest suburbs of Paris, to Andre and Carole Kevin Mayer.