Niklas Kaul (German pronunciation: [ˈnɪklas kaʊ̯l] ^ⓘ; born 11 February 1998) is a German athlete competing in the combined events.^[1] He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2019 World Championships, becoming the youngest ever decathlon world champion. In addition, he won gold medals at the 2022 European Championships, 2016 World U20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships, and is the current world U20 record holder in the decathlon.

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Niklas Kaul

Kaul at ECH 2022
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26) Mainz, Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Club	TuS Saulheim USC Mainz
Coached by	Francis Gross
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Germany World Championships 2019 Doha Decathlon European Championships 2022 Munich Decathlon

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Before concentrating on athletics, he played handball.

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.16 (-0.2 m/s, Munich 2022)
• 400 metres – 47.87 (Munich 2022)
• 1500 metres – 4:10.04 (Munich 2022)
• 110 metres hurdles – 14.27 (+0.4 m/s, Eugene 2022)
• High jump – 2.11 (Tokyo 2021)
• Pole vault – 5.00 (Doha 2019)
• Long jump – 7.36 (+0.4 m/s, Tokyo 2021)
• Shot put – 15.19 (Gävle 2019)
• Discus throw – 49.20 (Doha 2019)
• Javelin throw – 79.05 (Doha 2019)
• Decathlon – 8691 (Doha 2019)

Indoor

• 60 metres hurdles – 8.24 (Frankfurt 2019)
• High jump – 1.90 (Dortmund 2019)
• Pole vault – 5.00 (Frankfurt 2019)
• Shot put – 13.23 (Ludwigshafen 2018)