Niklas Kaul (; born 11 February 1998) is a German athlete competing in the combined events. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2019 World Championships, becoming the youngest ever decathlon world champion. In addition, he won gold medals at the 2022 European Championships, 2016 World U20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships, and is the current world U20 record holder in the decathlon. Before concentrating on athletics, he played handball. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 11.16 (-0.2 m/s, Munich 2022) 400 metres – 47.87 (Munich 2022) 1500 metres – 4:10.04 (Munich 2022) 110 metres hurdles – 14.27 (+0.4 m/s, Eugene 2022) High jump – 2.11 (Tokyo 2021) Pole vault – 5.00 (Doha 2019) Long jump – 7.36 (+0.4 m/s, Tokyo 2021) Shot put – 15.19 (Gävle 2019) Discus throw – 49.20 (Doha 2019) Javelin throw – 79.05 (Doha 2019) Decathlon – 8691 (Doha 2019) Indoor 60 metres hurdles – 8.24 (Frankfurt 2019) High jump – 1.90 (Dortmund 2019) Pole vault – 5.00 (Frankfurt 2019) Shot put – 13.23 (Ludwigshafen 2018) References External links 1998 births Living people German decathletes Sportspeople from Mainz USC Mainz athletes World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany European Athletics Championships winners