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Eelco Sintnicolaas

Sintnicolaas in 2011
Personal information
Born	7 April 1987 (age 37)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	239 (Decathlon) 4699 (Overall)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  Netherlands European Championships 2010 Barcelona Decathlon European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg Heptathlon 2015 Prague Heptathlon European U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas Decathlon

Eelco Sintnicolaas (Dutch: [ˈeːlkoː sɪntˈnikoːlaːs]; born 7 April 1987) is a Dutch track and field athlete, specialising in the decathlon.

His personal best in the decathlon is a score of 8.052 points at the Götzis Meeting in 2009. That same year he earned a gold medal at the U23 European Championships, with 8.112 points, whereas his best result was a silver medal at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics in Barcelona with 8.436 points. At the Götzis Meeting in 2012 he finished second with personal best result 8506 pts.

He cleared 8000 points at the 2013 Decastar meeting, taking third place with a total of 8018.^[1]

 

• Eelco Sintnicolaas at World Athletics
• Eelco Sintnicolaas at Olympedia
• Eelco Sintnicolaas at Olympics.com
• Eelco Sintnicolaas at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
• Eelco Sintnicolaas at Atletiek.nl (archived) (in Dutch)

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• 1987 births
• Living people
• Dutch decathletes
• Sportspeople from Dordrecht
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
• European Athletics Championships medalists
• World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
• Dutch Athletics Championships winners
• 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
• Dutch athletics biography stubs