Dario Dester


Dario Dester is an Italian decathlete, current national record holder of the decathlon outdoor and heptathlon indoor.

Career

On August 16, 2022, at the Munich 2022 European Championships he beat the decathlon Italian record of Beniamino Poserina which had stood for 26 years.

Statistics

National records

  • Heptathlon: 6076 pts - Current holder
  • * 60 m: 7.02 / 875, long jump: 7.66 / 975, shot put: 14.03 / 730, high jump: 2.01 / 813;
  • * 60 m hs: 8.13 / 949, pole vault: 5.00 / 910, 1000 m: 2:44.53 / 824.
  • Decathlon: 8235 pts - Current holder
  • *100m: 10.76 915; long jump: 7.32 891; shot put: 12.43 633; high jump: 2.02 822; 400m: 48.43 888
  • *110m hs: 14.28 939; discus throw: 41.00 685: pole vault: 4.90 880; javelin throw: 63.66 793; 1500m: 4:23.36 789

Personal Best Events

EventPerformanceVenueDatePoints
100 m10.65Hypo-Meeting31 May 2025993
Long jump7.61 mArona, Tenerife12 June 2021962
Shot put14.56 mMunich15 August 2022763
High jump2.07 mSaronno27 April 2019868
400 m47.70Arona, Tenerife4 June 2022924
110 m hs14.11Modena25 April 2022960
Discus throw43.04 mMunich16 July 2022727
Pole vault4.95 mSaronno29 May 2021895
Javelin throw57.24 mMunich16 August 2022687
1500 m4:28.64Grosseto1 May 2022754

National titles

Dester has won four national championship at individual senior level.