Karel Tilga

Karel Tilga

Tilga in 2023
Personal information
Born	(1998-02-05) 5 February 1998 (age 26)
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Sport
Country	Estonia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
College team	Georgia Bulldogs
Achievements and titles
Personal best	8681 (2023)

Karel Tilga (born 5 February 1998) is an Estonian athlete who competes in the decathlon.

From Tartu, and a student at the University of Georgia. In 2021 he won for Georgia Bulldogs (men) their fifth ever NCAA individual title (second in the heptathlon) by scoring a school record 6,264 to win the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships with the No. 2 all-time collegiate performance.^[1] He scored a near 400 point-improvement on his decathlon lifetime best at the Specs Town Invitational in Athens, Georgia in April 2021 besting Garrett Scantling by just 8 points. Tilga's score reached the Olympic qualifying standard of 8350 points for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[2] At the Olympics he received 0 in pole vault and eventually finished 20th.^[3] He did not finish the 2022 European Championships after also receiving 0 in pole vault.

He is the 2021 NCAA champion in decathlon.^[4]

Tilga finished 9th at the 2022 World Indoor Championships.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
Representing  Estonia
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	3rd	Decathlon U20	8002 pts
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	–	Decathlon	DNF
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	20th	Decathlon	7018 pts
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	9th	Heptathlon	5964 pts
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	–	Decathlon	DNF
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	Decathlon	8681 pts

References

External links

• Karel Tilga at World Athletics
• Karel Tilga – University of Georgia profile at TFRRS (Track & Field Results Reporting System)
• Karel Tilga at Olympics.com
• Karel Tilga at Olympedia