Joseph "Joe" Detmer (born November 3, 1983) is an American

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, competing in the

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and

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Career

In 2010, after he won the

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and became third at the USA national championships decathlon, Joe Detmer competed in the world championship icosathlon in

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. At that occasion he improved the world record icosathlon to 14571 points. Some of his more remarkable performances include the 100 m in 10.93 s, 7.30 m in long jump, and 53.83 on the 400 m hurdles. He went to

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.World record Double Decathlon beaten by Joe Detmer!
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Statistics

Personal bests

;Outdoor ;Indoor

Palmares

Heptathlon

*2009: American indoor championship - 5720 p

Decathlon

*2007:

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championship - 7963 p *2009: American outdoor championship - 8009 p *2009:

- 7892 p *2010: Thorpe Cup - 8090 p *2011: Thorpe Cup - 7846 p

Icosathlon

*2010: World championship - 14571 p (WR)

References

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Joe Detmer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Detmer, Joe American male decathletes Living people World record holders in athletics (track and field) 1983 births People from Lodi, Wisconsin Track and field athletes from Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers men's track and field athletes