Shawn Healey | Dragon KOI project Day 22 of 365: ASHTON EATON
Ashton Eaton is the American decathlete that was the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist. More importantly he was an Oregon Duck and today is his birthday! For those of you who don't know, Eugene, Oregon is known as track city USA. University of Oregon is a powerhouse track and cross country school... and my alma mater. It has been amazing hosting National NCAA championships and Olympic trials in the recent years. And it'a always pretty awesome to have "one of our own" be an Olympic superstar.
Just a little history...
American decathlete Ashton Eaton was born in Portland, Oregon, on January 21, 1988. Excelling at track and field at a young age, Eaton began professionally competing in the decathlon and heptathlon in 2008. At the NCAA National Championships that year, as well as in 2009 and 2010, he placed first in the decathlon, with respective scores of 8,055, 8,241 and 8,457. He also won the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships in 2009 and 2010. Eaton made it to the U.S. Olympic trials in 2008, but failed to make it to the Games after finishing fifth. He finally made his Olympic debut in 2012, at the Summer Games in London—the youngest member of the U.S. decathlon team that year, at age 24—and took home the gold medal. He retained his title, winning Olympic gold in the decathlon at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio.
This guy is a true inspiration...
Happy Birthday Ashton Eaton.
Until tomorrow...
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