Article archive / August 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 8. Source pages: 15.
Dr. Robert Baker heads to Europe in a few weeks to compete in the Decathlon at the World Masters championships.
Baker has regularly held the national decathlon champion position. He has won over 27 national championships in mutli- events or individual events. He has won the national outdoor pentathlon champion. He has also won the national outdoor 300 meters hurdles championship. Baker competes at the national level but also the international level. He won the bronze metal in the 2003 World Championship in the decathlon.
Baker just competed in the USA Track & Field National Masters Decathlon but a strained Achilles prior to the meet limited him, and he injured his Achilles again during the pole vault. Despite the injury he earned the silver medal. “I normally win this meet,” he said, “but the combination of injuries and being the absolute oldest one in my age group made it too difficult this year.”
Baker previously told the Times that he wins some position just about every year he participates, anytime he is not nursing an injury. He has had a few injuries––five knee surgeries, some torn cartilage, hamstring injuries, which have required that he miss some events.
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