Eelco Sintnicolaas

Eelco Sintnicolaas ( born April 7, 1987 in Dordrecht ) is a Dutch decathlete.

In 2008 and 2010 he was the national indoor champion in the heptathlon. His first result in the decathlon was a score of 8.052 in 2009, in the multi - fight meeting Götzis. In 2009 he was European U23 champion. At the World Athletics Championships in Berlin he was injured in the high jump and had to retire.

The European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, ​​he won the silver medal, while improved his personal record of 8159 points ( placed fifth in the all-around meeting Götzis 2010) to 8436 points. The following year, he scored at the European Indoor Championships in Paris with 6175 points, a Dutch record in the heptathlon. As a fourth place he missed a medal by only three points. In 2012, he reached the second place in Götzis meeting with personal Bestergebnis of 8506 points. At the Olympic Games in London, he was eleventh.

In March 2013 he won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

2007, 2008 and 2009, he was Dutch Indoor Champion in the long jump.

Eelco Sintnicolaas is 1,86 m tall and weighs 80 kg. He studied Economics at the Randstad topsport Academy in Deventer and starts for the club AV'34 Apeldoorn.