Dean Macey

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dean Macey
Occupation	Decathlete
Date Of Birth	Dec 12, 1977(1977-12-12)
Age	47
Birthplace	Romford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Dean Macey Biography

Dean Macey is one of the most popular and richest Decathlete who was born on December 12, 1977 in Romford, England, United Kingdom. Decathlete who played in and was crowned the winner of in the Commonwealth Games once and earned two World Championship medals during his career from 1995 to 2008. He also came in fourth place at each of and the 2000 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games in the competition.

He took on the other decathlete He competed against fellow decathlete Bryan Clay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Macey was born in Rochford, Essex. He started out in athletics as a high jumper, triple jumper and javelin thrower but graduated up through the octathlon to settle on the decathlon. He was also on the books of Arsenal as a youngster but gave up football to train for the World Junior Championships in

1995. Macey’s major breakthrough was when he won silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain with a personal best of 8556 points finishing behind gold medallist Tomáš Dvořák of the Czech Republic. Macey was the inaugural winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality in 1999.

The following year at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia, after an injury ravaged year, Macey recorded another personal best score of 8567 points but could only finish fourth. The title was won by Estonian, Erki Nool but only after an appeal when earlier in the day the referee overruled his field judges and ruled out Erki’s discus throw of 43.66 metres. The appeal was successful and the Estonian took gold ahead of the Czech, Roman Šebrle and American Chris Huffins.

He is married with his name being Lisa.

Dean Macey Net Worth

Dean Macey is one of the richest Decathlete from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dean Macey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started his career as an athlete in athletics events. Later, he was a part of Arsenal’s youth soccer league however he opted to stop in order to prepare to prepare for his participation in the World Junior Championships for decathlon in 1995.

In April of 2011 He was the first to set the record for the Qualifier for the fastest time in the cult British Reality TV show Total Wipeout. He is the host of an own reality show On Coarse in Discovery Channel UK. Discovery Channel UK.

Dean Macey (born 12 December 1977) is an English athlete from Canvey Island. He is best known for competing in the decathlon, which he did from 1995 to 2008, winning the Commonwealth Games decathlon, two World Championship medals, as well as twice finishing fourth in the Olympic Games. Retiring from decathlon due to injury, he has competed in the bobsleigh since 2008.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Dean Macey Dating?

According to our records, Dean Macey married to Lisa Macey. As of December 1, 2023, Dean Macey’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2008 after a failure to reach the B Qualifying standard for the 2008 Olympic Games, at the Hexham International Combined Events Meeting, Macey admitted that he was considering his future. Young decathlete Daniel Awde was selected for the Olympics. On 15 July, he decided to retire from athletics. Macey wrote a regular Olympic column in the Southend Echo newspaper entitled “Deano’s Diary” in which he shared his views on the Beijing Games.

Facts & Trivia

Dean Ranked on the list of most popular Decathlete. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Dean Macey celebrates birthday on December 12 of every year.

After his retirement from athletics, Macey accepted a challenge to attempt to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics, in the bobsleigh. He trained with former sprinter Jason Gardener. The pair finished sixth in the two-man event at the 2008 British Bobsleigh Championships held in Cesana Pariol, Italy. Subsequently he worked for Eurosport as a regular part of the commentary team for the channel’s bobsleigh coverage.

Top Facts about Dean Macey

1. Dean Macey was born on 12 December 1977, in Rochford, Essex.
2. Macey was a keen athlete competing in decathlon from 1995 to 2008.
3. He won a Commonwealth Games decathlon, two World Championship medals, and twice finished fourth in the Olympic Games.
4. Macey is a keen angler and has presented multiple angling TV series.
5. Macey was the inaugural winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality in 1999.
6. He set a record time (0:56) on the Total Wipeout Qualifier.
7. Macey was a former footballer but gave up football to train for the World Junior Championships in 1995.
8. He won a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain with a personal best of 8556 points.
9. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Macey recorded a personal best score of 8567 points but could only finish fourth.
10. At the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, Macey improved on his personal best yet again, with 8603 points and won a bronze medal.
11. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Macey led after the first day with a personal best of 15.83 metres in the last round of the shot put.
12. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Macey’s below par pole vault and javelin throw left him in fourth place.
13. Macey finished his decathlon career after failing to reach the B Qualifying standard for the 2008 Olympic Games.
14. After his retirement from athletics, Macey accepted a challenge to attempt to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics in the bobsleigh.
15. Macey has worked for BBC TV, Eurosport, Radio 5 Live, Al Jazeera Sports and Channel 4’s broadcasting teams.

Who was the last British decathlete?

Personal information
Personal best(s)| Decathlon 8,847 points

Who is British decathlon champion?

YearMen’s championWomen’s champion
2019| John Lane| Holly Mills
2020| nc| nc
2021| Tim Duckworth| Katie Stainton
2022| Elliot Thompson| Jodie Smith

Who is the greatest decathlon player of all time?

The official decathlon world record holder is Kevin Mayer of France, with a score of 9,126 points set during the 2018 Décastar in Talence, France, which was ratified by World Athletics.

Why are there no GB decathletes?

He has a fractured skull, neck and multiple haemorrhages to his brain. He’s in a coma and on life support. “I’ve never felt so scared, helpless and sick to the stomach.

Who is the best heptathlon athlete?

The world record in the heptathlon remains unbroken for over 30 years. Here are the women’s top 10 heptathlon records. In this sport the current world record is held by Jackie Joyner-Kersee , with 7291 points, which she achieved in 1988.