Kevin Mayer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Mayer
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Feb 10, 1992(1992-02-10)
Age	32
Birthplace	Argenteuil
Country	France
Birth City	Argenteuil
Horoscope	Aquarius

Kevin Mayer Biography

Kevin Mayer is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on February 10, 1992 in Argenteuil, Argenteuil, France. Mayer was born on 10 February 1992 in Argenteuil, a commune in the northwest suburbs of Paris, to André and Carole Mayer. His paternal family and German surname have their origin in the northeastern region of Lorraine, where his father grew up; some of his relatives still live in the Moselle department next to the border with Germany. He has three brothers: Thibault, Thomas and Sébastien; the family was raised in La Roche-de-Glun, a small town by the Rhône river in the southeast of the country (Drôme department), where his parents still live.

Mayer started practicing athletics at the sports association EA Tain-Tournon close to his hometown; after the club’s merger with two other Drôme-based athletics associations in 2013, Mayer continued representing it through the new institution, EA Rhône Vercors 26-07. He trains at the CREPS Montpellier, a training center for high-performance athletes, since 2008; ever since moving to Montpellier, he has been coached by Bertrand Valcin. He studied for a fr:Diplôme universitaire de technologie en mesures physiques (a technological degree in physical measurements, including metrology and instrumentation) at the University of Montpellier-Sète.

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

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, 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. Highlights of his campaign include equalling or improving personal outdoor bests in four events (100 m, shot put, 400 m, pole vault) and performing seasonal bests in three others (long jump, high jump, 1500 m); he was also the best decathlete in two disciplines (the shot put, with 15.76 m and 836 points; and the pole vault, with 5.40 m and 1035 points, sharing first place with Thomas van der Plaetsen) and lead the standings at the end of the first day of the competition (i.e. after 5 out of 10 events). Furthermore, this performance ranks as the sixth- best personal best score in the men’s decathlon, and showed a marked improvement in form for Mayer, bettering his former personal best of 8521 points (set during the aforementioned silver medal run at the 2014 European Athletics Championships) by 313 points and the French national record by 260 points.

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 15th.

Kevin Mayer Net Worth

Kevin Mayer is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin Mayer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kevin Mayer (French: [kevin majɛʁ] , [mejɛʁ] or [majœr] , born 10 February 1992) is a French athlete. He is the world champion (2017), Olympic silver medalist (2016 Rio de Janeiro) and world record holder in the Decathlon.

He won the octathlon gold medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships and the decathlon gold medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

He won a silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships with a new personal best of 6297 points. At the 2013 European Cup Combined Events he topped the podium and set personal bests in the 100 metres (11.04 sec), long jump (7.63 m), shot put (14.95 m) and the discus throw (44.89 m).

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Who is Kevin Mayer Dating?

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In 2018, he broke Ashton Eaton’s world record, establishing a new mark of 9126 points in Talence, France.

Facts & Trivia

Kévin Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Kevin Mayer celebrates birthday on February 10 of every year.

Top Facts about Kevin Mayer

1. Kevin Mayer is a French decathlete born on February 10, 1992.
2. He won the gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in London.
3. Mayer holds the world record for indoor heptathlon with 6,479 points.
4. He also holds the French national record for decathlon with 9,126 points.
5. Mayer won silver at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
6. He was named European Athlete of the Year in 2018.
7. Mayer has a degree in sports science from Montpellier University.
8. His personal bests include a 10.55 second run in the 100m and a 5m45 pole vault jump.
9. In his spare time, he enjoys playing video games and watching movies.
10. Mayer is sponsored by Puma and Red Bull among others.

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How tall is Kevin Mayer?

6′ 1″

What does Kevin Mayer weigh?

181 lbs

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