Aaron James Booth (born 12 September 1996) is a New Zealand decathlete who won the gold medal in that event at the 2019 Summer Universiade.
Booth had been involved with the sport since age 3, and he took up the decathlon after not seeing success in any individual event group. He represented New Zealand at youth and senior level at the Oceania Championships in Tahiti and Cairns, and at senior level at the World University Games in South Korea, Taipei and Naples. He was the 2013 Oceania Octathlon Champion, the 2014 New Zealand Under 20 Decathlon Champion, and the 2015 Australian Under 20 Decathlon Champion.
In 2019 Booth broke the New Zealand indoor Heptathlon record in Fayetteville with a score of 5819 points. He placed 8th at the NCAA Indoor champs in Birmingham Alabama. Booth then placed 6th at the NCAA Outdoor championships with a PB score of 7680 points. At the World University Games in Naples he won the gold medal, adding to his bronze medal from the 2017 games, with another personal best score of 7827 points.
After a Covid interrupted season in 2020 Booth, representing Long Beach State University in California, won the 2021 Big West Outdoor Conference Championships (7520pts) and at the NCAA Championships he broke the school record with a score of 7644pts, finishing in sixth place.
In March 2022 Booth won his first New Zealand Senior Decathlon title.
His best decathlon score of 7827pts at Naples ranks him fourth on the New Zealand decathlon "all time" list.
Achievements Representing 20132013 Oceania Youth Athletics ChampionshipsTahiti1stOctathlon5231ptsRepresenting Waitakere City Athletics Club20142014 New Zealand Junior Decathlon ChampionshipsWaitakere1stDecathlon6287ptsRepresenting Auckland Athletics20152015 New Zealand Decathlon ChampionshipsHamilton2ndDecathlon6983pts20152015 Australian Junior Decathlon ChampionshipsBrisbane1stDecathlon7379pts20152015 NZ Athletic ChampionshipsWellington1stUnder 20 4x4003m 20.28secRepresenting 20152015 Oceania Area ChampionshipsCairns2ndDecathlon6183pts20152015 Summer UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea13thDecathlon6905ptsRepresenting 20162016 Australian/Oceania Decathlon ChampionshipsSydney7thDecathlon6721ptsRepresenting 20172017 Summer UniversiadeTaipei3rdDecathlon7523ptsRepresenting Kansas State Wildcats 2018Big 12 Outdoor ChampionshipsTexas2ndDecathlon7508pts20182018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsOregon14thDecathlon7458ptsRepresenting Kansas State Wildcats20192019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsAlabama8thHeptathlon5719pts2019Big 12 Outdoor ChampionshipsOklahoma2ndDecathlon7602pts20192019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsTexas6thDecathlon7680 ptsRepresenting 20192019 Summer UniversiadeNaples1stDecathlon7827 ptsRepresenting Kansas State Wildcats2020Big 12 Indoor ChampionshipsIowa3rdHeptathlon5639pts20202020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsAlbuquerqueCANCELLEDHeptathlon5639pts (qualifier)Representing Long Beach State2021Big West Outdoor ChampionshipsIrvine, CA1stDecathlon7520pts20212021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsOregon6thDecathlon7644ptsRepresenting Auckland Athletics20222022 New Zealand Decathlon ChampionshipsHastings1stDecathlon7337pts
Personal bests New Zealand Athletics Rankings Auckland Athletics Rankings Tilastopaja Tfrrs
Combined events EventPointsPlaceDateSenior Decathlon7827 pointsNaples10 July 2019Junior Decathlon7379 pointsBrisbane28 March 2015Youth Decathlon6058 pointsHastings10 November 2014Octathlon5231 pointsTahiti5 June 2013
Track and field outdoor
Event Performance Location Date Points Decathlon 7,827 points Naples 10 July 2019 7,827 points 100 metres 10.95 (+1.3 m/s) Norman 11 May 2019 872 points Long jump (+1.5 m/s) Austin 5 June 2019 866 points Shot put Irvine 8 May 2021 704 points High jump Wellington 4 March 2023 831 points 400 metres 49.73 Austin 5 June 2019 827 points 110 metres hurdles 15.26 (3.3 m/s) Hastings 22 January 2022 818 points Discus throw Hastings 22 January 2022 759 points Pole vault Naples 10 July 2019 849 points Javelin throw Sydney 31 March 2017 775 points 1500 metres 4:28.17 Sydney 3 December 2017 757 points Virtual Best Performance 8,058 points
Track and field indoor
Event Performance Location Date 60m 7.07sec Birmingham, Alabama 8 March 2019 60m hurdles 8.51sec Manhattan, Kansas 12 December 2018 Long Jump 7.39m Fayetteville, Arkansas 25 January 2019 Shot Put14.28m Fayetteville, Arkansas 25 January 2019 High jump 2.03m Birmingham, Alabama 9 March 2019 Pole Vault 4.80m Fayetteville, Arkansas 1 February 2020 1000 m 2:44.64sec Fayetteville, Arkansas 1 February 2020 Pentathlon 3973 pts Manhattan, Kansas 7 December 2018 Heptathlon 5819 pts Fayetteville, Arkansas 26 January 2019
References
External links
Aaron Booth at Athletics New Zealand