Pieter Braun

{{short description|Dutch athlete}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Pieter Braun

| image = Pieter braun -1436729269.jpg

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| caption = Pieter Braun in 2015

| sport = Track and field

| event = Decathlon

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|01|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Terheijden, Netherlands

| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|83|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| education =

| club =

| coach = Vince de Lange

| medaltemplates =

}}

Pieter Braun (born 21 January 1993 in Terheijden) is a Dutch athlete competing in the combined events.{{World Athletics}} He won the gold medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships. He also competed in the decathlon in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing the {{NED}}
2012

|World Junior Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|16th

|Decathlon (junior)

|7055 pts

2013

|European U23 Championships

|Tampere, Finland

|11th

|Decathlon

|7540 pts

rowspan=3|2015

|European Indoor Championships

|Prague, Czech Republic

|12th

|Heptathlon

|4832 pts

European U23 Championships

|Tallinn, Estonia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Decathlon

|8195 pts

World Championships

| Beijing, China

| 12th

| Decathlon

| 8114 pts

rowspan=2|2016

|European Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|7th

|Decathlon

|7945 pts

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| –

|Decathlon

|DNF

2017

|World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|16th

|Decathlon

|7890 pts

2018

|European Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|7th

|Decathlon

|8105 pts

2019

|World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|7th

|Decathlon

|8222 pts

2021

|European Indoor Championships

|Toruń, Poland

| –

|Heptathlon

|DNF

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

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