Aaron Booth


Aaron James Booth is a New Zealand decathlete who won the gold medal in that event at the 2019 Summer Universiade.
Booth has represented New Zealand at youth and senior level at the Oceania Championships in Tahiti and Cairns, and at senior level at the World University Games in South Korea, Taipei and Napoli.
He was the 2013 Oceania Octathlon Champion, the 2014 New Zealand Under 20 Decathlon Champion, and the 2015 Australian Under 20 Decathlon Champion.
In 2019 Booth broke the New Zealand indoor Heptathlon record in Fayetteville with a score of 5819 points. He placed 8th at the NCAA Indoor champs in Birmingham Alabama. Booth then placed 6th at the NCAA Outdoor championships with a PB score of 7680 points. At the World University Games in Napoli he won the gold medal, adding to his bronze medal from the 2017 games, with another personal best score of 7827 points.
His best decathlon score of 7827pts, at Napoli ranks him fourth on the New Zealand decathlon "all time" list.

Achievements

Personal bests

New Zealand Athletics Rankings
Auckland Athletics Rankings
Tilastopaja
Tfrrs

Combined events

Track and field outdoor

EventPerformanceLocationDate
100 metres10.95 Norman, OK11 May 2019
200 metres23.28 Auckland31 Jan 2015
Long jump7.22m Austin5 Jun 2019
Shot put13.55mNorman, OK11 May 2019
High jump2.02mWanganui06 Dec 2014
400 metres49.73secAustin5 Jun 2019
110 metres hurdles15.32 Austin6 Jun 2019
Discus throw43.43mAuckland05 Mar 2017
Pole vault4.80mNapoli10 Jul 2019
Javelin throw62.44mSydney31 Mar 2017
1500 metres4:28.17Sydney3 Dec 2017

Track and field indoor

EventPerformanceLocationDate
60m7.07secBirmingham, Alabama8 Mar 2019
60m hurdles8.51secManhattan, Kansas12 Dec 2018
Long Jump7.39m Fayetteville, Arkansas25 Jan 2019
Shot Put14.28m Fayetteville, Arkansas25 Jan 2019
High jump2.03m Birmingham, Alabama9 Mar 2019
Pole Vault4.80m Fayetteville, Arkansas1 Feb 2020
1000 m2:44.64sec Fayetteville, Arkansas1 Feb 2020
Pentathlon3973 ptsManhattan, Kansas7 Dec 2018
Heptathlon5819 pts Fayetteville, Arkansas26 Jan 2019