애슈턴 이턴

소개

애슈턴 제임스 이턴(Ashton James Eaton, 1988년 1월 21일 ~ )은 미국의 육상 선수로 10종 경기와 7종 경기를 전문적으로 활약하였다.

Ashton James Eaton is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who previously held the world record in the indoor heptathlon event. Eaton was the second decathlete to break the 9,000-point barrier in the decathlon, with 9,039 points, a score he bettered on August 29, 2015, when he beat his own world record with a score of 9,045 points, and remains the only person to exceed 9,000 points twice. His world record was broken on September 16, 2018, by Frenchman Kevin Mayer, who became the third man to pass the 9,000-point barrier, with a total of 9,126 points.