Elliot Thompson
Elliott Thompson is a British athlete. He is the 2022 British champion of decathlon. He is the son of two time Olympic Games|Olympic] champion decathlete Daley Thompson.
Biography
Thompson graduated with a degree in mechatronics and robotics from Leeds University and played rugby union as a back before suffering a serious shoulder injury. Thompson later worked as a personal trainer.Thompson took up decathlon in 2016 at the age of 24 years-old. Thompson set a new personal best decathlon score of 7204 points in June 2022. He became national champion in the decathlon at the 2022 [British Athletics Championships] in Manchester. This came 46 years after his father Daley won his first British national title.