Jeremy Taiwo

Jeremy Taiwo (born January 15, 1990, in Ballard, Washington) is an American decathlete His father, Joseph Taiwo, is a Nigerian former triple jumper who competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.

His mother Irene is Colombian and a lawyer In Seattle for the National Relations Board Taiwo qualified for the USA team on July 3, 2016, at the Eugene Track and Field Hayward Field TrackTown USA qualifying matches.

He scored a total of 8425 points for a silver medal 325 points behind Ashton Eaton.