About Leo Neugebauer

Leo Neugebauer (born 19 June 2000) is a German multi-event track and field athlete. He is the German record holder in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon and Olympic silver medalist in the decathlon, having placed second at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life
Neugebauer was born in Görlitz and grew up in Stuttgart from the age of six weeks onwards. His mother, Diana, is from Germany, and his father, Terrance, is a soccer player from Cameroon. He has one sister.

Neugebauer joined the athletics club LG Leinfelden-Echterdingen, south of Stuttgart. He moved to the University of Texas in the United States on a sport scholarship to initially study mechanical engineering in 2019, but later switched to economics.