Rasmus Roosleht
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 July 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Decathlon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Decathlon: 8241 (Götzis, 2025) Heptathlon: 6062 (Apeldoorn, 2025) |
Rasmus Roosleht (born 25 July 2002) is an Estonian multi-event athlete. He won the Decathlon at the Estonian Athletics Championships in 2024.[1]
Early life
From Pärnu, he studied for a degree in mathematics at Tallinn University.[2]
Career
Roosleht passed 8000 points for the decathlon for the first time with a tally of 8010 points at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, enough to finish in fifth place overall.[3] He was named the best U23 athlete in Estonia for 2023.[4]
Roosleht won the Estonian U23 Championships in the indoor heptathlon in Tallinn in January 2024.[5] He made his debut amongst senior athletes at the Hypomeeting in Götzis, Austria, in May 2024.[6] He won the senior decathlon title at the Estonian Athletics Championships in Tallinn in June 2024 with a new personal best of 8026 points.[7][8] He was named the leading U23 athlete in Estonia for 2024, retaining the award he had also won the year previously.[4]
Roosleht placed seventh overall in the indoor heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in March 2025, with a personal best 6062 points which moved him to eleventh on the Estonian all-time list.[9][10] He placed eleventh in the decathlon at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria, in June 2025, improving his personal best by more than 200 points to record a tally of 8,241 points.[11][12] He placed seventh at the Decastar event in Talence, France, the following month.[13] He placed ninth overall in the season-long World Athletics Combined Events Tour for 2025.[14]
Roosleht was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026.[15]
References
- ^ "Rasmus Roosleht". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Another talented Estonian decathlon athlete may follow the path trodden in the USA". Postimees.ee. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "LET'S GET TO KNOW ⟩ Who is Rasmus Roosleht, the new Estonian decathlon 8,000-point winner?". Postimees.ee. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Rasmus Roosleht was chosen as the U23 best male athlete of 2024". Kjkkalev.ee. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ "Estonian U23 Indoor Combined Events Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Roosleht: the main goal is a personal record". err.ee. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Estonian Championships". World Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Estonian Championships: Mägi set the season's best mark, Enok overcame 6000 points and Roosleht 8000 points". Delfi.ee. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Unprecedented level: The Estonian national record would have brought Ermi at least bronze, if not gold, at any previous indoor European Championships". Delfi.ee. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Hypomeeting". World Athletics. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Roosleht, who set a powerful record in Götzis, aspires to qualify for the World Cup". Postimees.ee. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Décastar". World Athletics. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Hall and Skotheim win World Athletics Combined Events Tour". World Athletics. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Injury concerns prompt Johannes Erm to pull out of Indoor Athletics World Championships". err.ee. 6 Mar 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.