Mathias Brugger (born 6 August 1992) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon.
He rebounded, however, with a silver medal at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships the following season.
[1][2] Brugger broke new ground at the start of 2016 with a heptathlon personal best of 6060 points, taking second at the Tallinn Indoor Meeting.
[3][4] At the world competition he went exceeded himself again, scoring a total 6126 points to take the bronze medal in Portland, Oregon ahead of home athlete Curtis Beach.
On his way to the podium, he set three personal bests: 5.10 m for the pole vault, 7.30 m for the long jump, and 2:34.10 minutes for the 1000 metres.