Zach Ziemek
Ziemek at the 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Zachery Ziemek | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 23, 1993 Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Itasca, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Decathlon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zachery (Zach) Ziemek (born February 23, 1993) is an American athlete competing in the decathlon. Ziemek is one of only two American men to compete in 3 decathlon competitions at the Olympic Games and the only American in history to finish 3 Olympic Decathlons (2016, 2020, 2024). Ziemek won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene with a personal best score of 8676. In 2021 he finished 6th at the Tokyo Olympics. He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where he finished 15th. Ziemek finished 7th in the decathlon at the 2016 Olympics.