David Gómez (decathlete)

David Gómez Martínez (born February 13, 1981, in O Rosal, Pontevedra) is a Spanish decathlete.

Shortly after his first international success, Gomez was eventually selected to compete for Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed twenty-fifth in the men's decathlon event, with a solid score of 7,865 points.

[4] At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Gomez competed for the second time in men's decathlon, despite having a serious physical injury.

Gomez, however, failed to clear a height in the pole vault, which cost him a chance for a medal.

In the end, he finished abruptly in twenty-fifth place, with a total score of 6,876 points.