{{Short description|Bahamian athlete}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ken Mullings | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Bahamian | sport = Athletics | event = Decathlon | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|4|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Freeport, The Bahamas <ref>https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ken-mullings_1981764</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''Heptathlon:''' 6340 (Champaign, 2024)<br>'''Decathlon:''' 8226 (Paris, 2024) '''NR''' | }} '''Ken Mullings''' (born 28 April 1997) is a multi-event athlete from The Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/bahamas/ken-mullings-14641921|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 February 2024|title=Ken Mullings}}</ref>
==Early life== Mullings has a twin sister Kennedi and a brother Aaron. His mother Eulease is an accounts clerk. Mullings attended CC Sweeting High School before going on to study at the University of the Bahamas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/feb/09/ken-mullings-day-university-bahamas-honours-most-v/|title=Ken Mullings Day: University of the Bahamas honours most versatile athlete|journal=The Tribune|first=Brent|last=Stubbs|date=9 February 2018|accessdate=17 July 2024}}</ref>
==Career== Mullings competed for the University of the Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/colleges/penn_relays/penn-relays-ken-mullings-decathlon-decathlete-university-of-bahamas-20180425.html|date=25 April 2018|accessdate=28 February 2024|title= Ken Mullings wins Penn Relays decathlon, helping put University of Bahamas on the map|website=Inquirer.com}}</ref> He set a new national record in the decathlon in finishing sixth at the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thenassauguardian.com/sports/mullings-breaks-national-record-finishes-sixth/article_b504b31b-a780-5dc3-8ed0-e28582be3635.html|website=The Nassau Guardian|accessdate=28 February 2024|title= Mullings breaks national record; finishes sixth|first= Sheldon|last=Longley|date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> In January 2020, he broke his own national record for the heptathlon, in Indiana.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ewnews.com/ken-mullings-bests-his-own-national-heptathlon-record-ranked-second-in-the-world|website=ewnews|accessdate=28 February 2024|title= Ken Mullings bests his own national heptathlon record; ranked second in the world|date=January 13, 2020}}</ref>
At the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ Easter Track Classic in April 2021, he scored a personal best 7,642 points, finishing second to Kendrick Thompson.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://ewnews.com/ub-mingoes-multi-event-specialist-kendrick-thompson-breaks-national-record-at-easter-classic/|accessdate=7 July 2025|title= UB Mingoes multi-event specialist Kendrick Thompson breaks national record at Easter Classic |website=Eyewitness News|date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> He again set a personal best decathlon points tally of 7,734 on June 27, 2021 at Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. The following year, he finished in 17th place overall in the men’s decathlon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon with a total of 7,866 points.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tribune242.com/news/2022/jul/25/decathlete-ken-mullings-makes-history/|website=Tribune242|accessdate=28 February 2024|title= Decathlete Ken Mullings makes history|first=Brent|last=Stubbs}}</ref> He also won the NACAC (North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association) Combined Events Area Championships, scoring 7,537 combined points at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa, Canada, in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thenassauguardian.com/sports/mullings-wins-nacac-decathlon-title/article_a00bbcfe-b514-5e69-beaa-a54e6e9cd492.html|website=The Nassau Guardian|accessdate=28 February 2024|title= Mullings wins NACAC decathlon title|first=Sheldon|last=Longley |date=May 16, 2022}}</ref>
Mullings competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile, in the decathlon.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.tribune242.com/news/2023/nov/01/ken-mullings-ends-dnf-decathlon/|website=Tribune242|accessdate=28 February 2024|title=Ken Mullings ends up with DNF in decathlon|first=Brent|last=Stubbs|date=1 November 2023}}</ref> He set a new decathlon PB of 8,060 in 2023. In a heptathlon in Illinois at the end of January 2024, Mullings set PBs in six of the seven disciplines, winning with a national record of 6340. That month he also set a new national record for the pole vault, in Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tribune242.com/news/2024/jan/08/mullings-soars-new-record/|website=Tribune 242|accessdate=28 February 2024|title= Mullings soars to new record|date=8 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/news/preview/wic-glasgow-24-preview-heptathlon-pentathlon|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 February 2024|title= WIC Glasgow 24 preview: combined events|date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
He was selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in which he finished fourth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5139/men-s-heptathlon-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|date=2 March 2024|title= World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 men's heptathlon results}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/studentwriters/itemlist/tag/ken%20mullings|website=SportsMax|accessdate=28 February 2024|title=Charlton headlines Bahamas six-member team for World Indoor Champs|date=February 17, 2024}}</ref>
He ran a 10.45 personal best for the 100 metres at the HypoMeeting in Gotzis in May 2024.
He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in 13th place overall, with a new national record tally of 8226 points.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5821/men-s-decathlon-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=30 August 2024|title= Men's Decathlon es Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}}</ref>
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