Kip Janvrin (born July 8, 1965 in

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) is an American former decathlete. Janvrin is a native of

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and is now the Co-Head Track & Field Coach at the

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College career

Janvrin is a 1988 graduate of

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, an

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school in

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. He won three NCAA Division III titles in the decathlon, as well as individual titles in the

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and

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International career

Janvrin won the decathlon at the 1989 Olympic Festival with 7,863 points held at Memorial Stadium in

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.http://www.ucmo.edu/athletics/track/guide/1011_Guide/2011%20TrackMG_Rosters&Bios.pdf Former President Ronald Reagan attended the event and spoke at the opening ceremony. Janvrin took the bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games and won the 1995 Pan American Games. Janvrin achieved his then personal best result of 8,345 points at the USA Olympic Trials in June 1996 in

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. He finished fourth and his score was the most points for a non-qualifying athlete ever in the history of the event He would not make the team for the

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in Atlanta which consist of the top three qualifiers,

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, Steve Fritz and

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. Later that summer Janvrin would establish his all-time personal best of 8462 points at the Thorpe Cup, which is a decathlon meet between Germany and the USA, and was held in Edwardsville, Illinois. Janvrin finished in fourth place at both the 1998 and 1999

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. At the 2000 USA Olympic Trials Janvrin placed third. As the third-place finisher, Janvrin had to meet the then Olympic A standard of 8050 points to qualify for the Olympic team. This meant that at the trials he need to run a 4:13.0 in the 1500 m run, which is the final event in the decathlon. Janvrin ran a 4:12.01, which was the fastest time of the day and gave him 8057 points and qualified him for the 2000 Olympics. The USA Decathlon team consisted of Janvrin along with the first two qualifiers

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and

. At the

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in Sydney Janvrin finishing twenty-first with a score of 7726 points. He is the oldest United States decathlete to ever compete in the Olympics. In 2001, he won his only US title at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 21–22, attaining 4,030 on day one and 4,211 on day two for 8241 total points. This was his 13th attempt for the title and he is the oldest person to ever win the US title. On August 6–7 at the 2001 World Championships held in

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, Canada, he finished seventeenth with 7,905 points. At the 2004 United States Olympic trials in

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, Janvrin finished 12th with 7,210 points. Although he did not qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics at

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as an athlete, he attended the Athens Olympics as a coach for

, who was ranked #1 in the U.S. and #2 in the world. Janvrin has won the decathlon a record 15 times at the Drake Relays, the most by any athlete in the history of the competition. In April 1996, he scored a Drake Relays decathlon record 8,198 points and was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame for the decathlon.

World records

He was the world record holder in the

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, which is the double decathlon, from September 8, 2002 to September 25, 2010 with scores of 6,912 on day one and 7,273 on day two for 14,185 points total. Since he was 37 at the time, that mark stands as the Masters M35 record, however the score has been Age graded to 14,991. On August 24, 2005, at San Sebastian, he scored 8618 points in the Men Outdoor Decathlon to set the

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(WMA) record for the M40 age group.http://world-masters-athletics.org/records_output/rec_list_outdoor_m.php World Masters Athletics (WMA) record database He holds the world record for most career decathlon wins (41) and is the American record holder for most career decathlons over 8,000 points (26). He won the decathlon a record 15 times at the

, which is the most by any athlete in the history of the competition.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Janvrin, Kip 1965 births Living people American male decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) World record holders in masters athletics American masters athletes People from Indianola, Iowa People from Panora, Iowa Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games American Masters Athlete that competed in Olympics