Karel Tilga
Tilga in 2022
Personal information
Born (1998-02-05) 5 February 1998
Sport
CountryEstonia
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
College teamGeorgia Bulldogs
Achievements and titles
Personal best8681 (2023)

Karel Tilga (born 5 February 1998) is an Estonian athlete who competes in the decathlon.

From Tartu, and a student at the University of Georgia. In 2021 he won for Georgia Bulldogs (men) their fifth ever NCAA individual title (second in the heptathlon) by scoring a school record 6,264 to win the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships with the No. 2 all-time collegiate performance.[1] He scored a near 400 point-improvement on his decathlon lifetime best at the Specs Town Invitational in Athens, Georgia in April 2021 besting Garrett Scantling by just 8 points. Tilga's score reached the Olympic qualifying standard of 8350 points for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[2] At the Olympics he received 0 in pole vault and eventually finished 20th.[3] He did not finish the 2022 European Championships after also receiving 0 in pole vault.

He is the 2021 NCAA champion in decathlon.[4]

Tilga finished 9th at the 2022 World Indoor Championships.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
Representing  Estonia
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 3rd Decathlon U20 8002 pts
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany – Decathlon DNF
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 20th Decathlon 7018 pts
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 9th Heptathlon 5964 pts
European Championships Munich, Germany – Decathlon DNF
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th Decathlon 8681 pts

References

  1. ↑ "Karel Tilga - 2020-21 - Track & Field". University of Georgia Athletics.
  2. ↑ "European Athletics | European Athletics". european-athletics.com.
  3. ↑ "Athletics – Men's Decathlon – Results" (PDF). IOC. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Karel Tilga at World Athletics
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