Aaron Booth


Aaron James Booth is a New Zealand decathlete who won the gold medal in that event at the 2019 Summer Universiade.
Booth had been involved with the sport since age 3, and he took up the decathlon after not seeing success in any individual event group. He 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.
After a Covid interrupted season in 2020 Booth, representing Long Beach State University in California, won the 2021 Big West Outdoor Conference Championships and at the NCAA Championships he broke the school record with a score of 7644pts, finishing in sixth place.
In March 2022 Booth won his first New Zealand Senior Decathlon title.
His best decathlon score of 7827pts, at Napoli ranks him fourth on the New Zealand decathlon "all time" list.

Personal bests

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Track and field indoor

EventPerformanceLocationDate
60m7.07secBirmingham, Alabama8 March 2019
60m hurdles8.51secManhattan, Kansas12 December 2018
Long Jump7.39mFayetteville, Arkansas25 January 2019
Shot Put14.28mFayetteville, Arkansas25 January 2019
High jump2.03mBirmingham, Alabama9 March 2019
Pole Vault4.80mFayetteville, Arkansas1 February 2020
1000 m2:44.64secFayetteville, Arkansas1 February 2020
Pentathlon3973 ptsManhattan, Kansas7 December 2018
Heptathlon5819 ptsFayetteville, Arkansas26 January 2019