Garrett Scantling
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1993 Track & Field) |
| Event | Decathlon |
Garrett Scantling (born May 19, 1993) is an American
Early life
Scantling was educated at Jacksonville Episcopal High School, in Jacksonville, Florida.
Career
Football
Scantling caught 13 touchdowns for over 1,200 yards as a senior
Athletics
In 2019 Scantling left his financial services job in Jacksonville and went to
In April 2021, at a meet in Athens he improved his personal best with 8476 points in his first decathlon competition in nearly five years, personal bests in the long jump with 7.56m and in the shot put with 16.20m.[6] In winning the US Olympic trial decathlon Scantling scored 8647 points. At the 2020 Olympics decathlon in finishing fourth Scantling scored 8611 points [7] including a 48.25 seconds personal best in the 400 metres,[8] and a personal best time in the 1500 metres of 4.35:54.[9]
Doping ban
In July 2022, Scantling was given a provisional suspension for an anti-doping whereabouts violation through 2024 Paris Olympics.[10] In November 2022 he was banned from competing for three years backdated to June 27, 2022, the date of his third whereabouts violation in a twelve-month period.[11]
References
- ^ https://www.jacksonville.com/amp/7698062002 [bare URL]
- ^ Newlin, William (June 2, 2020). "Olympic hopefuls Garrett Scantling and Devon Williams return to Athens Tokyo Dreaming". The Red and Black.
- ^ Bachman, Rachel (August 2, 2021). "The Top U.S. Olympic Decathlete's Training Aid? Estonians". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's... Garrett Scantling". World Athletics.
- ^ Pieraccini, Gabby (January 19, 2021). "World Tour of Decathlon: 2020 in Review".
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (April 12, 2021). "Grande gara di decathlon ad Athens in Georgia - SprintNews.it".
- ^ "Athletics SCANTLING Garrett - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - 400m - Heat 2 Results". Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - 1500m - Heat 1 Results". Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ U.S. Track and Field Athlete Garrett Scantling Accepts Provisional Suspension
- ^ "Garrett Scantling, world's top decathlete, banned three years". Olympics.nbcsports.com. November 18, 2022.
External links
- Garrett Scantling at World Athletics
- Garrett Scantling at www.USATF.org
- Garrett Scantling at TFRRS.org
- Garrett Scantling at ESPN.com (NFL)
- Garrett Scantling at Olympics.com
- Garrett Scantling at Olympedia
- Garrett Scantling at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Garrett Scantling at www.USATF.org
- Garrett Scantling at Team USA (archived)
