Lewis Church
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 27 September 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Decathlon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Decathlon: 8093 (Götzis, 2025) Heptathlon: 5831 (Stockholm, 2025) |
Lewis Church (born 27 September 1996) is a British multi-event athlete. He has won British national titles in the decathlon and indoor heptathlon.[1]
Career
Church won the senior heptathlon title at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, with a tally of 5488 points.[2]
He won the heptathlon again at the UK Indoor Combined Events Championships in Birmingham in February 2023, retaining his title with a score of 5529 points.[3] He won the decathlon at the England Athletics Senior Open Championships in July 2023 with 7660 points in Chelmsford.[4][5] In October 2023, he set the British record in the speed decathlon with 7189 points in Basingstoke.[6]
He was runner-up to Sam Talbot at the UK Indoor Combined Events Championship in Sheffield in January 2024,[7] but won the title the following year with 5778 points, 70 ahead of Sammy Ball.[8][9]
He won the Multistars decathlon in Italy in April 2025 with a score of 8067 points.[10][11] He finished thirteenth in the decathlon at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria, in 2025 with a new personal best tally of 8093 points.[12][13] He finished thirteenth overall in the season-long World Athletics Combined Events Tour for 2025.[14]
On 18 January 2026, Church retained his heptathlon title at the England Athletics Senior Indoor Combined Event Championships, with a tally of 5767 points.[15] Church was a finalist in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 14 February 2026.[16] He was provisionally named in the British squad for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[17][18]
References
- ^ "Lewis Church". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "UK Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 Feb 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "UK Indoor Combined Events Championships". World Athletics. 25 Feb 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "England Athletics Senior Open Championships". Athletics Weekly. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "Why is there no Olympic decathlon for women?". bbc.co.uk. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ "Lewis Church sets British record for the one hour Decathlon". Tonbridgeac. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "ATHLETES UNAWARE UK COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPS TITLE WAS AT STAKE IN SHEFFIELD". Athletics Weekly. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "England Athletics Senior & U20 Combined Events Championships". World Athletics. 18 Jan 2025. Retrieved 17 Jan 2026.
- ^ "England Championships Heptathlon Preview, Sheffield 2026". decathletesofeurope.co.uk. 17 Jan 2026. Retrieved 17 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Britain's Church and Poland's Slocka win the Multistars". Watch Athletics. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "Multistars 2025 Results"" (PDF). multistars.it. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Hypo-Meeting". World Athletics. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (1 June 2025). "HEPTATHLETE ANNA HALL GOES EQUAL NO.2 ALL-TIME IN GÖTZIS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Combined Events Tour Standings". World Athletics. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Senior, U20 Combined Events, Para and Walk Championships – Day 2, a great Sunday for Church". England Athletics. 18 Jan 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ "Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "NOVUNA GB & NI TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR 2026 WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN POLAND". British Athletics. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "KEELY HODGKINSON LEADS GB TEAM FOR WORLD INDOOR CHAMPS IN TORUŃ". Athletics Weekly. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.