Sten Ekberg
{{short description|Swedish athletics competitor}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Sten Ekberg
| image = Sten Ekberg, 1992.jpg
| caption = Sten Ekberg, 1992
| birth_name = Sten Anders Ekberg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1964|12|25}}
| birth_place = Täby, Stockholm County, {{flag|Sweden}}
| education = Chiropractic
| alma_mater = Life University and Southern Methodist University
| occupation = Chiropractor
| country = Sweden
| sport = Track & Field
| event = Decathlon
| collegeteam = Southern Methodist University
| coach = Kenneth Riggberger
| pb=Decathlon: 8,246 points
Heptathlon: 5,802 points
- 100-meter dash: 10.99
- long jump: 7.31
- shot put: 16.15 (indoors)
- high jump: 2.10
- 400-meter run: 48.5
- 110-meter hurdles: 14.43
- discus throw: 52.16
- pole vault: 4.90
- javelin throw:63.50
- 1,500-meter run: 4:19.96
}}
Sten Anders Ekberg (born 25 December 1964 in Täby, Sweden) is a former decathlon athlete who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics for Sweden{{Cite sports-reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ek/sten-ekberg-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ek/sten-ekberg-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=5 December 2014}}{{Cite web |title=Sten Ekberg |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/sten-ekberg |website=Olympics.com |access-date=17 May 2025}}{{Cite web |title=Sten Ekberg Olympic Profile |url=https://www.olympic.org/sten-ekberg |website=Olympic.org |access-date=17 May 2025}} and was a Swedish decathlete National Record holder.{{cite web|title=Swedish National Records NR 406 |url=http://www.storagrabbar.se/grabbar_9.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014124901/http://www.storagrabbar.se/grabbar_9.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-14 }} Sten Ekberg won the Swedish Championship in both decathlon and heptathlon. Ekberg currently resides in the United States where he works as a chiropractor at his office Wellness For Life in Cumming, Georgia.
Education
Ekberg received a BBA, Magna Cum Laude, from Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business in Dallas, Texas and holds a Doctor of Chiropractic, Magna Cum Laude, from Life University in Marietta, Georgia. He competed in track and field at Southern Methodist where he still holds records.{{cite web |title=Southern Methodist Track Records – Outdoor Team Records Top 20 |url=https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/SchoolRecords.aspx?SchoolID=21377 |website=Athletic.net |access-date=22 July 2022}}
Olympics and World Championships
- Olympics: Barcelona 9th place, 1992 (8,136 points)
- Swedish National Decathlon Record: 1992 (8,246 points)
- National Championship Decathlon: Sweden 1st place, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992
- National Championship Heptathlon: Sweden 1st place, 1989, 1993
- Seven Swedish National Gold Medals
- European Championships: 10th place, 1986
- NCAA Division I: Team Championship 1st place, 1986
- NCAA Division I: Decathlon 2nd place, 1986
- NCAA Division I: Decathlon 3rd place, 1985
- Southern Methodist University Records:Southern Methodist Track Records https://www.athletic.net/TrackandField/SchoolRecords.aspx?SchoolID=21377
- 100 Meter 1985
- 400 Meter 1985
- 1500 Meter 1985
- 100 hurdles 1985
- Shot Put 1985
- Discus 1985
- Javelin 1985
- High Jump 1985
- Pole Vault 1985 (record still held)
- Long Jump 1985
- Decathlon Score 1985 (record still held)
See also
References
- [https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/sten-ekberg Olympics.com]
- [https://www.olympic.org/sten-ekberg Olympic.org]
- [http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/s/sten-ekberg.html Swedish Olympic Committee / Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ek/sten-ekberg-1.html Sports Reference / Olympic Sports]
- {{World Athletics}}
- Wikipedia / List of Decathlon National Championships (Men)
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External links
- [https://www.drekberg.com Official Dr. Ekberg's office website]
- [https://www.drekberg.shop Dr. Ekberg supplement website]
- [https://www.drekberg.com Euvexia website, Dr. Ekberg's developed supplements]
- {{YouTube|user=drekberg}} [https://www.youtube.com/@drekberg (YouTube - Dr. Sten Ekberg)]
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Category:Sportspeople from Täby Municipality
Category:Athletes from Stockholm County
Category:Olympic athletes for Sweden
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Swedish chiropractors
Category:American chiropractors
Category:SMU Mustangs men's track and field athletes
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