Cedric Dubler
Cedric Dubler (born 13 January 1995) is an Australian decathlete. Early years As a young boy, Dubler was good at basketball, volleyball and soccer. At Little Athletics, he excelled at every type of event including 800m, long jump and sprints and cross-country. Dubler joined coach Eric Brown who trained him on the pole vault and Brown soon realised that Dubler was a potential decathlete. When only 17 years of age, Dubler was placed an amazing fourth at the 2012 World U20 Championships. Two years later he won silver at the IAAF U20 World Junior Championships in Eugene, setting a former Oceania Junior Record of 8094 points. He was one of Australia's finest ever junior decathlete together with his training partner Ash Moloney. Achievements In 2016, Dubler qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Dubler competed as Australia's first decathlete in 16 years at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, placing 14th. He was the first Australian since Sydney 2000 to compete at the Games and moved up to number three Australian all-time with a score of 8024, after qualifying with 8114 points. In 2017, Dubler defended his national title and was placed 18th at the 2017 IAAF World Championships.