Karel Tilga

Karel Tilga (born 5 February 1998) is an Estonian athlete who competes in the decathlon.Tilga was born in Valga[1] and grew up in Puka until the eight grade, when the family moved to Tartu.[2] He attended school at Tartu Kristjan Jaak Petersoni Gymnasium before enrolling at the University of Georgia, graduating in 2022.[1] In 2021 he won for Georgia Bulldogs (men) their fifth ever NCAA individual title (second in the heptathlon) by scoring a school record 6,264 to win the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships with the No.[1] He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in eleventh place overall.
AthleticsDecathlonGeorgia BulldogsEstonianUniversity of GeorgiaAthens, GeorgiaGarrett Scantling2020 Tokyo OlympicsOlympics2022 European Championships2021 NCAA2022 World Indoor ChampionshipsEuropean Athletics Association2024 Summer OlympicsEstoniaEuropean U20 ChampionshipsGrossetoEuropean ChampionshipsBerlinOlympic Games7018 ptsWorld Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade5964 ptsMunichWorld ChampionshipsBudapest8681 ptsParis, France8377 ptsPostimeesWorld AthleticsOlympics.comOlympediaWorld Athletics Combined Events TourErki NoolTomáš DvořákRoman ŠebrleTom PappasDmitriy KarpovAndrei KrauchankaTrey HardeeRomain BarrasLeonel SuárezHans Van AlphenRico FreimuthIlya ShkurenyovKai KazmirekArthur AbeleDamian WarnerLindon Victor