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{{Short description|Czech high jumper and decathlete}}
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| weight           = 88 kg<ref name=sports-reference/>
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| sport            = [[Track and field]]
| event            = [[Decathlon]], [[heptathlon]]
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| pb               = Decathlon: 9,026 points (2001)<br>Heptathlon: 6,438 points (2004)
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{{MedalGold| [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon|Decathlon]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon|Decathlon]]}}
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{{MedalGold| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]] | Decathlon}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]] | Decathlon}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 Helsinki]] | Decathlon}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]]|[[Heptathlon]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]|Heptathlon}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]|Heptathlon}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003 Birmingham]]|Heptathlon}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006 Moscow]]|Heptathlon}}
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{{MedalGold| [[2002 European Championships in Athletics|2002 Munich]] | Decathlon}}
{{MedalGold| [[2006 European Championships in Athletics|2006 Gothenburg]] | Decathlon}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 European Indoor Athletics Championships|2002 Vienna]]|Heptathlon}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships|2005 Madrid]]|Heptathlon}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships|2007 Birmingham]]|Heptathlon}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships|2000 Ghent]] | Heptathlon}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|2009 Torino]]|Heptathlon}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|2011 Paris]]|[[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
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{{MedalGold| [[1997 Summer Universiade|1997 Catania]] | Decathlon}}
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'''Roman Šebrle''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈroman ˈʃɛbr̩lɛ}}; born 26 November 1974) is a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] retired decathlete. He is considered to be one of the best [[decathlon]] athletes of all time. Originally a [[high jump]]er, he later switched to the combined events and is a former world record holder in the decathlon, holding the record for over eleven years. In 2001 in [[Götzis]] he became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9,000 points, setting the record at 9,026 points, succeeding his compatriot, [[Tomáš Dvořák]], who had scored 8,994 points two years earlier.

After placing second in the decathlon during the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], Šebrle won the gold medal in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. Tradition dictates the winner of the decathlon holds the title of "World's Greatest Athlete".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/08/Sports/World_s_Greatest_Athl.shtml |title=World's Greatest Athlete |publisher=Sptimes.com |date=8 February 2004 |access-date=26 October 2011}}</ref>

A panel of experts convened by the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' in 2008 also ranked Šebrle as the world's greatest athlete.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121392004594090355 |title=The World's Greatest Athlete? |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date=20 June 2008 |access-date=26 October 2011}}</ref> That very same year, Šebrle finished 6th in the decathlon in the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]].

==Private life==
Šebrle was born on 26 November 1974 in [[Lanškroun]], [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref name=sports-reference>{{cite sports-reference |title=Roman Šebrle |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/roman-sebrle-1.html |access-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203232701/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/roman-sebrle-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> He studied at František Martin Pelcl Gymnasium in [[Rychnov nad Kněžnou]] and at  Gymnasium Pardubice. Then he studied an extension course of [[information science|Information Science]] and [[computer technology|Computer Technology]].<ref name="Biography">{{cite web |title=My Biography |work=Roman Šebrle's homepage |url=http://www.sebrleroman.cz/o-mne/muj-zivotopis.html |access-date=2 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225811/http://www.sebrleroman.cz/o-mne/muj-zivotopis.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}} (Czech)</ref>

On 14 October 2000 Šebrle married [[Eva Šebrlová|Eva Kasalová]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Svatby celebrit |work=Blesk.cz |language=cs |publisher=[[Ringier]], iABC, Reflex, Sport, Televize |url=http://svatba.blesk.cz/Clanek48655.htm |access-date=2 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231429/http://svatba.blesk.cz/Clanek48655.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> a former Czech athlete who competed on the track in the [[400 metres|400]] and [[800 metres]]. Their son, [[Štěpán Šebrle|Štěpán]], a professional footballer, was born on 4 September 2002 and their daughter Kateřina on 30 January 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=My family |work=Roman Šebrle's homepage |url=http://www.sebrleroman.cz/o-mne/moje-rodina.html |access-date=2 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225738/http://www.sebrleroman.cz/o-mne/moje-rodina.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}} (Czech)</ref>

==Sporting career==

===Beginning===
When Roman Šebrle was six years old, he started playing [[Association football|football]], but also occasionally took part in athletics competitions. In 1987 he broke his [[fibula|calf bone]] and [[tibia|shin bone]] on one leg in a collision with the opponent goalkeeper during a football match. After this incident he had his leg in plaster for 2 months and spent one year learning to walk.<ref name="Biography" />

He competed in his first decathlon competition in 1991 in [[Týniště nad Orlicí]], reaching 5,187 points. Then he met coach Jiří Čechák who convinced him to change school from [[Rychnov nad Kněžnou]] to [[Pardubice]], where he joined the Track and Field Club in 1992. He improved his decathlon personal best to 7642 points, although he did just light training.<ref name="Biography" />

===TJ Dukla Praha===
In 1995 he started his two-year compulsory [[military service]] in the [[Military of the Czech Republic|Czech Armed Forces]]. He joined the army sports club [[Dukla Prague]] and its group of decathletes led by coach [[Zdeněk Váňa]], and has stayed a member since that time.<ref name="Biography" /> Thus he is still automatically a soldier of the [[Czech Army|Czech army]], although in fact he does not take part in any military operations or, with a few exceptions,<ref>{{cite web |title=Major Šebrle ready to fire! |work=Ministry of Defense of the Czech Rep. |url=http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=7954 |access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> in any military training.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Šebrle |work=radio.cz |date=12 September 2002 |url=http://www.radio.cz/en/article/32257/limit |access-date=17 March 2007}} (Czech)</ref>

===Achievements===
In 1996 Šebrle achieved a score of over 8,000 points for the first time, reaching 8,210 points at a meeting in [[Prague]]. His first big success came in 1997, when he won the [[Universiade|World University Games]] in [[Sicily]] and came ninth at the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships in Athens]]. In 1999 he was successful at the [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships in Maebashi]], where he won bronze  in the [[heptathlon]], and one year later at the [[2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships|European Indoor Athletics Championships in Ghent]], where he took silver.

By the end of the [[discus throw|discus]] discipline at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games]] in [[Sydney]], after [[Estonia]]n [[Erki Nool]] was red-flagged three times by the discus judge, it seemed that Roman Šebrle was on course for the gold medal. However, the competition referee overruled the decision and Šebrle finally took silver.<ref name="IAAF">{{cite web |title=Biography:Roman Šebrle |work=IAAF |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/athlete=130083/BioPopUp.html |access-date=1 September 2007}}</ref>

In March 2001 he won the first major tournament&nbsp;– the [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships in Lisbon]]&nbsp;– and in May he shocked the world with a new [[world records in athletics|world record]] of 9,026 points at the [[2001 Hypo-Meeting|Hypo-Meeting]] in [[Götzis]], marking the first time a decathlete has ever broken the illustrious 9,000 point barrier. However, due to an injury he couldn't do himself justice and finished a disappointed 10th in the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships in Edmonton]].

[[File:Osaka07 D8A Sebrle Celebrating.jpg|thumb|left|Šebrle celebrates at Osaka, 2007]]
Šebrle then left the Váňa's group and started to train with coach [[Dalibor Kupka]] in the same club. In 2002 he won both [[2002 European Indoor Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships in Vienna]] and [[2002 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships in Munich]]. In 2004 in [[Athens]] he finally won the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], reaching 8,893 points and thus beating the 20-year-old Olympic record set by the British decathlete [[Daley Thompson]] in the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Roman Šebrle's profile |work=olympic.org |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=122358 |access-date=1 March 2007}}</ref> After the victory in Athens, the Czech minister of defence promoted him to the rank of [[Major (rank)|major]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kühnl promoted Šebrle to Major |work=sport.cz |url=http://www.sport.cz/clanek/40831-kuhnl-povysil-sebrleho-na-majora.html |access-date=17 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124337/http://www.sport.cz/clanek/40831-kuhnl-povysil-sebrleho-na-majora.html |archive-date=29 September 2007}} (Czech)</ref>

Šebrle's best [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] results were gold in 2007 ([[2007 World Championships in Athletics|Osaka]]) and silver in 2003 ([[2003 World Championships in Athletics|Paris]]) and 2005 ([[2005 World Championships in Athletics|Helsinki]]). He was also successful at the [[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]] in heptathlon, taking gold in 2001 (Lisbon) and 2004 ([[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|Budapest]], beating the European record with 6,438 points), and bronze in 1999 (Maebashi), 2003 ([[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|Birmingham]]) and 2006 ([[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|Moscow]]). In 2005 he won the European Indoor Championships in heptathlon ([[2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships|Madrid]]), in 2006 the European Championships in decathlon for the second time ([[2006 European Championships in Athletics|Gothenburg]]) and in 2007 he got his third European indoor gold ([[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships|Birmingham]]).<ref name="IAAF" />

The sum of his personal bests in individual disciplines is 9,326 points (the third ever best after [[Dan O'Brien]] and [[Mike Smith (decathlon)|Mike Smith]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Total points based on personal bests |work=Decathlon'2000 site |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/statistics.php?art=841 |access-date=1 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812170600/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/statistics.php?art=841 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref> He is the only decathlete who finished 40 decathlon competitions with the score over 8,000 points and 20 competitions with the score over 8,500 points ({{as of|2007|10|lc=on}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Roman Šebrle |work=Decathlon 2000 |date=25 September 2007 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/athletes.php?art=577 |access-date=21 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812170614/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/athletes.php?art=577 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
Šebrle was also voted the Best Czech Athlete of the Year five times in a row (2002–2006),<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners of the Best Athletes of the Year |work=ABC Prague |url=http://www.abcprague.com/2006/11/13/winners-of-the-best-athletes-of-the-year |access-date=1 March 2007 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211103416/http://www.abcprague.com/2006/11/13/winners-of-the-best-athletes-of-the-year |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2004 he received the title of the Czech Sportsman of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners of the Czech Sportsman of the Year |work=Klub sportovních novinářů ČR |url=http://www.ksn.cz/index.php?dok=0045 |language=cs |access-date=1 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930021107/http://www.ksn.cz/index.php?dok=0045 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> In 2002 he received the [[Guth-Jarkovský Trophy]] for his world record, which is awarded by the [[Czech Olympic Committee]] for the best performance by a Czech athlete achieved during the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Šebrleho ocenil Český olympijský výbor |work=Idnes.cz |date=15 January 2002 |language=cs |url=http://sport.idnes.cz/sebrleho-ocenil-cesky-olympijsky-vybor-f0i-/atletika.aspx?c=A020115_105145_atletika_par |access-date=1 September 2007}}</ref>

===Javelin injury===
On 22 January 2007, Šebrle was hurt by a javelin thrown by a [[South Africa]]n female javelin thrower, [[Sunette Viljoen]], from a distance of 55&nbsp;metres while training in [[South Africa]].<ref name=bbc-injury>{{cite news |title=Lucky to be alive |work=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/6378215.stm |access-date=28 February 2007 |date=20 February 2007}}</ref> The javelin pierced the edge of his right shoulder from the front, 12&nbsp;cm deep. Shocked, Šebrle ripped the javelin out immediately, which could have caused even more damage. It did not cause any serious injury however, because it slipped between a muscle and his skin. He was taken to a hospital, but left soon with just eleven stitches. However, he was limited in training for some time, especially in the [[pole vault]]. Later he stated that he was only 20&nbsp;cm away from being killed and 1&nbsp;cm from an injury that would have ended his career.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Decathlon recordholder Sebrle speared but not seriously injured |work=World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/world-decathlon-recordholder-sebrle-speared-b |access-date=12 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820214921/https://worldathletics.org/news/news/world-decathlon-recordholder-sebrle-speared-b|archive-date=20 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Šebrle's shoulder decorated with 11 stitches |work=Idnes.cz |date=23 January 2007 |url=http://sport.idnes.cz/sebrleho-rameno-zdobi-jedenact-stehu-dsd-/atletika.asp?c=A070123_164502_atletika_pes |access-date=1 April 2007}} (includes photo, text in Czech)</ref>

===Personal bests===
Information from [[World Athletics]] profile unless otherwise noted.<ref name="Aktualne">{{cite web |title=Šebrle's Golden Era Continues |work=Sport.Aktuálně.cz |date=4 March 2007 |url=http://aktualne.centrum.cz/sportplus/ostatni-sporty/atletika/clanek.phtml?id=370240 |access-date=1 September 2007}} (Czech)</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Results 01 - 28 February 1999 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/pdf/1999/rptFeb7M99.pdf |access-date=2 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023723/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/pdf/1999/rptFeb7M99.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="Home">{{cite web |title=Sport profile |work=Roman Šebrle's homepage |url=http://www.sebrleroman.cz/atletika/ |access-date=1 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921031401/http://www.sebrleroman.cz/atletika/ |archive-date=21 September 2007 |url-status=dead}} (Czech)</ref>
===Outdoor===
{{updated|10 July 2025}}
[[File:Osaka07 D7M Roman Sebrle.jpg|thumb|Roman Šebrle in Osaka, 2007]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! Performance
! Location
! Date
|-
| rowspan=2    | [[Long jump]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|7.87}} (+1.8&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Prague]]
| align=right  | 5 June 1999
|-style="border-top: 2px solid white;"
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|8.04}} (+2.1&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Thum]]
| align=right  | 20 May 2001
|-
| [[High jump]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|2.09}}
| align=center | [[Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig]]
| align=right  | 9 May 1999
|-
| [[Pole vault]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|5.20}}
| align=center | [[Turnov]]
| align=right  | 18 May 2003
|-
| [[100 metres]]
| align=right  | 10.92 (+0.6&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Linz]]
| align=right  | 2 August 2004
|-
| [[200 metres]]
| align=right  | 21.74 (+1.4&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Prague]]
| align=right  | 7 August 2004
|-
| [[300 metres]]
| align=right  | 35.12
| align=center | [[Prague]]
| align=right  | 13 June 2005
|-
| rowspan=2    | [[110 metres hurdles]]
| align=right  | 13.79 (+0.3&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Ostrava]]
| align=right  | 27 June 1999
|-style="border-top: 2px solid white;"
| align=right  | 13.68 (+2.6&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Thum]]
| align=right  | 20 May 2001
|-
| [[Shot put]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|16.19}}
| align=center | [[Pardubice]]
| align=right  | 3 August 2006
|-
| [[Discus throw]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|49.46}}
| align=center | [[Prague]]
| align=right  | 24 May 2009
|-
| [[Javelin throw]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|66.19}}
| align=center | [[Villeneuve d'Ascq]]
| align=right  | 8 June 2007
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! Performance
! Location
! Date
! Points
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| '''[[Decathlon#Records|Decathlon]]'''
| {{n/a}}
| align=center | [[Götzis]]
| align=right  | 26–26 May 2001
| align=right  | 9,026 points
|-
| [[100 meters]]
| align=right  | 10.64 (+1.3&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Götzis]]
| align=right  | 3 June 2000
| align=right  | 942 points
|-
| [[Long jump]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|8.11}} (+1.9&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Götzis]]
| align=right  | 26 May 2001
| align=right  | 1,089 points
|-
| [[Shot put]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|16.47}}
| align=center | [[Kladno]]
| align=right  | 20 June 2007
| align=right  | 880 points
|-
| [[High jump]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|2.15}}
| align=center | [[Götzis]]
| align=right  | 3 June 2000
| align=right  | 944 points
|-
| [[400 meters]]
| align=right  | 47.76
| align=center | [[Götzis]]
| align=right  | 29 May 1999
| align=right  | 921 points
|-
| [[110 meters hurdles]]
| align=right  | 13.87 (-1.4&nbsp;m/s)
| align=center | [[Sydney]]
| align=right  | 28 September 2000
| align=right  | 991 points
|-
| [[Discus throw]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|49.12}}
| align=center | [[Arles]]
| align=right  | 4 June 2006
| align=right  | 852 points
|-
| [[Pole vault]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|5.10}}
| align=center | [[Munich]]
| align=right  | 8 August 2002
| align=right  | 941 points
|-
| [[Javelin throw]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|71.18}}
| align=center | [[Osaka]]
| align=right  | 1 September 2007
| align=right  | 907 points
|-
| [[1500 meters]]
| align=right  | 4:21.98
| align=center | [[Götzis]]
| align=right  | 27 May 2001
| align=right  | 798 points
|-
| colspan=4 align=right       | '''Virtual Best Performance'''
| align=right bgcolor=#cffcff | 9,265 points
|}

===Indoor===
{{updated|10 July 2025}}
[[File:20090819 Roman Serble.jpg|thumb|Šebrle competing at the 2009 Berlin World Championships]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! Performance
! Location
! Date
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
|-
| [[Long jump]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|7.88}}
| align=center | [[Prague]]
| align=right  | 13 February 2000
|-
| [[High jump]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|2.10}}
| align=center | [[Prague]]
| align=right  | 15 February 1997
|-
| [[Pole vault]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|5.00}}
| align=center | [[Prague]]
| align=right  | 21 February 2004
|-
| [[60 metres]]
| align=right  | 7.01
| align=center | [[Chemnitz]]
| align=right  | 22 February 2002
|-
| [[200 metres]]
| align=right  | 22.78
| align=center | [[Belfast]]
| align=right  | 18 February 2007
|-
| [[50 metres hurdles]]
| align=right  | 6.79
| align=center | [[Reykjavík]]
| align=right  | 24 January 1999
|-
| [[60 metres hurdles]]
| align=right  | 7.84
| align=center | [[Prague]]
| align=right  | 12 February 2000
|-
| [[Shot put]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|15.96}}
| align=center | [[Germiston]]
| align=right  | 25 January 2002
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! Performance
! Location
! Date
! Points
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| '''[[Heptathlon#Men|Heptathlon]]'''
| {{n/a}}
| align=center | [[Budapest]]
| align=right  | 6–7 March 2004
| align=right  | 6,438 points
|-
| [[60 meters]]
| align=right  | 6.91
| align=center | [[Tallinn]]
| align=right  | 6 February 1999
| align=right  | 915 points
|-
| [[Long jump]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|7.97}}
| align=center | [[Tallinn]]
| align=right  | 29 January 2000
| align=right  | 1,053 points
|-
| [[Shot put]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|16.28}}
| align=center | [[Budapest]]
| align=right  | 6 March 2004
| align=right  | 869 points
|-
| [[High jump]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|2.13}}
| align=center | [[Tallinn]]
| align=right  | 6 February 1999
| align=right  | 925 points
|-
| [[60 meters hurdles]]
| align=right  | 7.86
| align=center | [[Lisbon]]
| align=right  | 11 March 2001
| align=right  | 1,017 points
|-
| [[Pole vault]]
| align=right  | {{T&Fcalc|5.05}}
| align=center | [[Tallinn]]
| align=right  | 8 February 2004
| align=right  | 926 points
|-
| [[1000 meters]]
| align=right  | 2:37.86
| align=center | [[Lisbon]]
| align=right  | 11 March 2001
| align=right  | 897 points
|-
| colspan=4 align=right       | '''Virtual Best Performance'''
| align=right bgcolor=#cffcff | 6,602 points
|}

===List of results===
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! style="background:#ddf;"| Year
! style="background:#ddf;"| Competition
! style="background:#ddf;" class="unsortable"| Place
! style="background:#ddf;"| Discipline
! style="background:#ddf;"| Points
! style="background:#ddf;" class="unsortable"| Note
! style="background:#ddf;"| Result
! style="background:#ddf;" class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
| 1997
| {{sort|2|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| [[Athens]]
| [[Decathlon]]
| 8232
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|9}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Athens WC 1997 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=641 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812170315/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=641 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 1997
| {{sort|6|[[1997 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]}}
| [[Catania]]
| Decathlon
| 8380
|
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Universiade Catania 1997 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=681 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812162156/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=681 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 1998
| {{sort|5|[[1998 IAAF European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Valencia]]
| [[Heptathlon]]
|&nbsp;–
|
| style="text-align:center;"| DNF
|<ref name="Home" />
|-
| 1998
| {{sort|4|[[1998 IAAF European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
| [[Budapest]]
| Decathlon
| 8477
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|6}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Budapest EC 1998 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=640 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812170529/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=640 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| {{sort|3|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Maebashi, Gunma|Maebashi]]
| Heptathlon
| 6319
|
|  style="background:#c96; text-align:center;"| {{nts|3}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Maebashi WC 1999 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=793 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812171621/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=793 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| {{sort|2|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| [[Seville]]
| Decathlon
|&nbsp;–
|
| style="text-align:center;"| DNF
| <ref name="Home" />
|-
| 2000
| {{sort|5|[[2000 IAAF European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Ghent]]
| Heptathlon
| 6271
|
|  style="background:silver; text-align:center;"| {{nts|2}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Gent EC 2000 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.sebrleroman.cz/App_Publisher/UserFiles/Articles/statistiky/Gent%20EC%202000.pdf |access-date=3 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225804/http://www.sebrleroman.cz/App_Publisher/UserFiles/Articles/statistiky/Gent%20EC%202000.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| {{sort|1|[[2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
| [[Sydney]]
| Decathlon
| 8606
|
|  style="background:silver; text-align:center;"| {{nts|2}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Sydney OG 2000 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=792 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812162408/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=792 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| {{sort|3|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Lisbon]]
| Heptathlon
| 6420
|
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Lisbon WC 2001 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=791 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812025543/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=791 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| {{sort|2|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| [[Edmonton]]
| Decathlon
| 8174
|
| style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|10}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Edmonton WC 2001 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=637 |access-date=7 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812163345/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=637 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| {{sort|5|[[2002 IAAF European Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Vienna]]
| Heptathlon
| 6280
|
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Vienna EC 2000 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=790 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812172714/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=790 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| {{sort|4|[[2002 IAAF European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
| [[Munich]]
| Decathlon
| 8800
|
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=München EC 2002 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=636 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812163130/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=636 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| {{sort|3|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Birmingham]]
| Heptathlon
| 6196
|
|  style="background:#c96; text-align:center;"| {{nts|3}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Birmingham WC 2003 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=808 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812161213/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=808 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| {{sort|2|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| [[Paris]]
| Decathlon
| 8634
|
|  style="background:silver; text-align:center;"| {{nts|2}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Paris WC 2003 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=670 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812173456/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=670 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| {{sort|3|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Budapest]]
| Heptathlon
| 6438
| ER
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Budapest WC 2004 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=810 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812170607/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=810 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| {{sort|1|[[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
| [[Athens]]
| Decathlon
| 8893
| OR
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Athens OG 2004 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=675 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812164337/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=675 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| {{sort|5|[[2005 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Madrid]]
| Heptathlon
| 6232
|
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Madrid EC 2005 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=812 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023806/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=812 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| {{sort|2|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| [[Helsinki]]
| Decathlon
| 8521
| 
|  style="background:silver; text-align:center;"| {{nts|2}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Helsinki WC 2005 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=678 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812173017/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=678 |archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| {{sort|3|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Moscow]]
| Heptathlon
| 6161
| 
|  style="background:#c96; text-align:center;"| {{nts|3}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Moscow WC 2006 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=832 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023744/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=832 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| {{sort|4|[[2006 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
| [[Gothenburg]]
| Decathlon
| 8526
| 
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Göteborg EC 2006 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=972 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023503/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=972 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| {{sort|5|[[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Birmingham]]
| Heptathlon
| 6196
| 
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Birmingham EC 2007 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=1080 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023708/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=1080 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| {{sort|2|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| [[Osaka]]
| Decathlon
| 8676
| 
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| {{nts|1}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Osaka WC 2007 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=1150 |access-date=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927023449/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=1150 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| {{sort|3|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Valencia]]
| Heptathlon
|&nbsp;–
| 
| style="text-align:center;"| DNF
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Valencia WC 2008 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=1210 |access-date=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228154339/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/7athlon.php?art=1210 |archive-date=28 December 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| {{sort|1|[[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
| [[Beijing]]
| Decathlon
| 8241
| 
| style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|6}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Beijing OG 2008 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=1285 |access-date=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228123125/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=1285 |archive-date=28 December 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| {{sort|2|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| [[Berlin]]
| Decathlon
| 8266
| 
| style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|11}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Berlin WC 2009 |work=Decathlon 2000 |url=http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=1372 |access-date=23 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618224748/http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/champ.php?art=1372 |archive-date=18 June 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| {{sort|2|[[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
| [[Paris]]
| Heptathlon
| 6178
| 
|  style="background:#c96; text-align:center;"| {{nts|3}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Final Results – Heptathlon Men |work=sportresult.com |url=http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/re2920040.pdf |access-date=10 December 2011 |archive-date=18 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118045339/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/re2920040.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| {{sort|2|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| [[Daegu]]
| Decathlon
| 8069
| 
| style="text-align:center;"| {{nts|14}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Final Results – Decathlon |work=Daegu 2011 |url=http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4147/AT-DEC-M-10--0--.RS2.pdf |access-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801083544/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4147/AT-DEC-M-10--0--.RS2.pdf |archive-date=1 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| {{sort|2|[[2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
| [[London]]
| Decathlon
|&nbsp;–
|
| style="text-align:center;"| DNF
| 
|}

==References==
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== External links==
* {{World Athletics|14168218}}
* {{European Athletics|14168218|old_id=s/athlete=142911-sebrle-roman|archive=20201020040123}}
* {{Olympedia|86778}}
* {{Olympics.com|roman-sebrle|org_archive=20190325081413}}
* {{ČOV profile|roman-sebrle|old_id=1518--roman-sebrle}}
* [http://www.czech.cz/en/czech-republic/history/famous-czechs-of-the-past-century/roman-sebrle/ Roman Šebrle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611075527/http://www.czech.cz/en/czech-republic/history/famous-czechs-of-the-past-century/roman-sebrle/ |date=11 June 2007 }} - profile at Czech.cz
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727091842/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825661,00.html "Roman Sebrle"], n°8 on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'''s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"

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