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BIOGRAPHY

Trey Hardee
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Trey Hardee, born February 7, 1984 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the decathlon.

Growing up, Hardee wanted to be a basketball player, but was cut from the varsity team his junior year. As a result of being cut from basketball, he moved on to track and field. As a high school pole vaulter, he admittedly lacked focus. "I didn't even want to warm up," he told the Austin American-Statesman. "I loved to vault. I just grabbed my pole and wanted to get out there and jump"

His many achievements soon followed. In 2008, Hardee was the Olympic Trials runner-up (8,534 PR). At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Hardee was in 4th place prior to dropping out following no mark in pole vault. At the Texas Relays, Hardee was 1st (8,371).

At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, in Berlin, Hardee won gold in the decathlon with a points total of 8790, which is his personal record. He was awarded the Jim Thorpe All-Around Award by the United States Sports Academy for his achievements that year.

At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Hardee won a silver medal in the heptathlon. Hardee finished with a points total of 6184, 20 points.