Simon Ehammer
Appearance
Simon Ehammer competing at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Born | 7 February 2000[1] |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Decathlon, heptathlon, Long jump, 110 meters hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | Decathlon: 8,575 NR (2025) Heptathlon: 6,506 NR (2025) |
Medal record | |
Simon Ehammer (born 7 February 2000) is a Swiss athlete who competes in the decathlon, heptathlon, long jump, and 110 meters hurdles.[2][3][4] He won the long jump event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships and was the bronze medalist in the long jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Personal bests
[edit]Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Indoor
- As of 15 July 2025
| Event | Performance | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres | 6.82 | St. Gallen | 23 January 2022 |
| 200 metres | 22.01 | Magglingen | 25 January 2020 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.55 | St. Gallen | 18 February 2024 |
| Long jump | 8.22 m (26 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Magglingen | 26 February 2022 |
| High jump | 2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Zurich | 12 January 2019 |
| Pole vault | 5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in) | St. Gallen | 17 February 2024 |
| Shot put | 14.22 m (46 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | St. Gallen | 24 January 2021 |
| Event | Performance | Location | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heptathlon | — | Apeldoorn | 7–8 March 2025 | 6,506 points |
| 60 metres | 6.72 | Belgrade | 18 March 2022 | 984 points |
| Long jump | 8.26 m (27 ft 1 in)[5][b] | Aubière | 29 January 2022 | 1,128 points |
| Shot put | 15.31 m (50 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Magglingen | 6 February 2021 | 809 points |
| High jump | 2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Aubière | 28 January 2023 | 831 points |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.62 | Glasgow | 3 March 2024 | 1,080 points |
| Pole vault | 5.21 m (17 ft 1 in) | Aubière | 8 January 2024 | 976 points |
| 1000 metres | 2:41.76 | Apeldoorn | 8 March 2025 | 874 points |
| Virtual Best Performance | 6,662 points | |||
Outdoor
- As of 20 September 2025
| Event | Performance | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | 10.51 (+0.9 m/s) | Nottwil | 4 September 2021 |
| 200 metres | 21.14 (+1.9 m/s) | Frankfurt | 15 August 2020 |
| 300 metres | 33.64 | Willisau | 6 May 2023 |
| 400 metres | 48.37 | Schaan | 17 May 2025 |
| 110m hurdles | 13.38 (−0.1 m/s) | Winterthur | 29 June 2024 |
| Long jump | 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in) (−0.6 m/s) | Rome | 7 June 2024 |
| High jump | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Aarau | 8 September 2018 |
| Pole vault | 5.35 m (17 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Frauenfeld | 23 August 2025 |
| Shot put | 14.26 m (46 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Basel | 1 May 2022 |
| Discus throw | 42.72 m (140 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | Schaan | 17 May 2025 |
| Javelin throw | 52.40 m (171 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Basel | 1 May 2022 |
| Event | Performance | Location | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decathlon | — | Götzis | 31 May–1 June 2025 | 8,575 points |
| 100 metres | 10.34 (+1.3 m/s) | Götzis | 18 May 2024 | 1,013 points |
| Long jump | 8.45 m (27 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (+0.2 m/s)[6][a] | Götzis | 28 May 2022 | 1,178 points |
| Shot put | 14.68 m (48 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | Ratingen | 7 May 2022 | 770 points |
| High jump | 2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Munich | 15 August 2022 | 878 points |
| 400 metres | 47.18 | Götzis | 31 May 2025 | 949 points |
| 110m hurdles | 13.55 (−0.4 m/s) | Götzis | 19 May 2024 | 1,033 points |
| Discus throw | 41.54 m (136 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Brescia | 27 April 2025 | 696 points |
| Pole vault | 5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in) | Munich | 16 August 2022 | 972 points |
| Javelin throw | 55.98 m (183 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Götzis | 29 May 2022 | 678 points |
| 1500 metres | 4:42.54 | Langenthal | 9 August 2020 | 664 points |
| Virtual Best Performance | 8,831 points | |||
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Venue | Rank | Event | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | European U20 Championships | Borås | 1st | Decathlon | 7851 points | NU20R[7][8] |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń | - | Heptathlon | DNF | [9] |
| European U23 Championships | Tallinn | 1st | Long jump | 8.10 m | SB[10] | |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6363 points | NR[11] |
| World Championships | Eugene | 3rd | Long jump | 8.16 m | [12] | |
| European Championships | Munich | 2nd | Decathlon | 8468 points | NR[13] | |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul | – | Heptathlon | DNF | [14] |
| European Games | Chorzów | 3rd | Long Jump | 7.95 m | [15] | |
| World Championships | Budapest | 9th | Long jump | 7.87 m | [16] | |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow | 1st | Heptathlon | 6418 points | NR[17] |
| European Championships | Rome | 3rd | Long jump | 8.31 m | ||
| Olympic Games | Paris | 4th | Long jump | 8.20 m | ||
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6506 points | |
| World Indoor Championships | Nanjing | 9th | Long jump | 7.99 m | ||
| World Championships | Tokyo | 4th | Long jump | 8.30 m | ||
| – | Decathlon | DNF |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "EHAMMER Simon". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Athlétisme: La Suisse tient son dieu du stade avec Simon Ehammer" [Simon Ehammer is Switzerland's stadium god]. Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Simon Ehammer Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ "Athletics - Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ "Ehammer scores world heptathlon lead of 6285 points in Aubiere". european-athletics.com. January 30, 2022.
- ^ Hypo Meeting Götzis 2022 - Sport-Bild 29.05.2022. June 3, 2022. Event occurs at 0:47 – via YouTube.
- ^ "European Athletics Under 20 Championships 2019 Results book" (PDF). European Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ "2019 European U20 Championships Men's Decathlon Results". European Athletics. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "2021 European Athletics Under 23 Championships Results Long Jump Men - Final" (PDF). European Athletics. 9 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021.
- ^ "2022 World Indoor Athletics Championships Belgrade Heptathlon Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2023.
- ^ "2022 World Athletics Championships Oregon Results Long Jump Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2023.
- ^ "2022 European Athletics Championships Munich Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). European Athletics. 16 August 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2022.
- ^ "European Athletics". www.european-athletics.com.
- ^ "European Athletics". www.european-athletics.com.
- ^ "2023 World Athletics Championships Budapest Results Long Jump Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2024.
- ^ "2024 World Indoor Athletics Championships Glasgow Heptathlon Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2024.
External links
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- European Games bronze medalists for Switzerland
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Diamond League winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Switzerland
- Swiss heptathletes
- Swiss men hurdlers
- Swiss hurdlers
- Swiss long jumpers
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