Jacob Minah

Jacob Minah (born 3 April 1982) is a decathlete from Germany. He set his personal best in the event (8099 points) on 13 August 2007 at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, earning him the gold medal. He is a nephew of former vice-president of Sierra Leone, Francis Minah.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
2007	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	13th	Decathlon
2007	World Student Games	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	Decathlon
2008	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	16th	Decathlon
2009	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	14th	Decathlon

References

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Summer Universiade champions in men's decathlon

At the first ever Summer Universiade in 1959 the men competed in the pentathlon.

1959–1961: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) 1963: Manfred Pflugbeil (FRG) 1965: Bill Toomey (USA) 1967: Hans-Joachim Walde (FRG) 1970: Mykola Avilov (URS) 1973: Ryszard Skowronek (POL) 1975–1979: Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT) 1981: Aleksandr Shablenko (URS) 1983: Dave Steen (CAN) 1985: Mike Ramos (USA) 1987: Siegfried Wentz (FRG) 1989: Dave Johnson (USA) 1991: Steve Fritz (USA) 1993: Sébastien Levicq (FRA) 1995: Dezső Szabó (HUN) 1997: Roman Šebrle (CZE) 1999 – 2001: Raúl Duany (CUB) 2003: Romain Barras (FRA) 2005: Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR) 2007: Jacob Minah (GER) 2009: Mikalai Shubianok (BLR) 2011: Vasiliy Kharlamov (RUS) 2013: Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL) 2015: Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)

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