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The son of former pole vaulter Greg, an American who competed again Bubka in the 1980s and 90s, and Swedish heptathlete Helena, he first set a world record for the under seven age category.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024

Lewis, a former heptathlete who won a national track championship while competing at LSU as a student, spent nearly 21 years working in the Tigers football program.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, a world champion heptathlete, fell during the Tokyo Olympics event on Wednesday, refused the wheelchair to help her off the track and managed to finish the race.

From Fox News • Aug. 4, 2021

Many Swedes did not realize that his mother, Helena, a former heptathlete, is Swedish, or that he had the option to do so because he has dual citizenship.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021

In the summer of 2017, he was living in Orlando with his second wife, Estonian heptathlete Grete Sadeiko.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2018