Soccer
Gareth Bale
Wales forward; Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid winger, five-time Champions League winner
4 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Gareth Bale 100 m
Gareth Bale's recorded 100 m is 11.4 s. Source date: 2015-05-05. Age at the time: 14 (youth record). The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at worldathletics.org gives this mark. Source type: interview.
Compare your 100 m with Gareth Bale
School athlete, age 14
Source quote and limits
“when I was 14 and I ran it in 11.4.”
Self-reported 100 m time. The date is the 2015 interview publication date; the feat occurred at age 14. Timing method and wind are unspecified.
2015
- 100 m11.4 s
Quote and details
“when I was 14 and I ran it in 11.4.”
Gareth Bale Triple jump
Gareth Bale's recorded Triple jump is 12.78 m (41 ft 11 in). Source date: 2015-05-05. Age at the time: 15 (youth record). The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at worldathletics.org gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.
Schoolboy triple-jump PB, set at age 15
Source quote and limits
“12.78m triple jump PB”
World Athletics reports a 12.78 m triple-jump PB set at age 15. The cited Power of 10 profile returns 404. The new source gives no calendar date for this jump, so date uses its 5 May 2015 publication. The exact competition date and venue are unknown.
| Date | Competition / season and method | Value | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-05age 15, youth | Schoolboy triple-jump PB, set at age 15Triple jump | 12.78 | m (41 ft 11 in) | worldathletics.orgmedium confidenceEvidenceNews report; Max or PR; source date 2015-05-05. Bale’s Track Schoolboy triple-jump PB, set at age 15 “12.78m triple jump PB” World Athletics reports a 12.78 m triple-jump PB set at age 15. The cited Power of 10 profile returns 404. The new source gives no calendar date for this jump, so date uses its 5 May 2015 publication. The exact competition date and venue are unknown. |
Gareth Bale Match sprint with the ball
Gareth Bale's recorded Match sprint with the ball is 75 m (top speed 40 km/h). Performance date: 2013-09-14. Age at the time: 24. This was a competition result. The source at youtube.com gives this mark. Source type: video. Confidence is medium.
2013 La Liga, Villarreal vs Real Madrid, El Madrigal · Real Madrid winger, first match for the club
Source quote and limits
“75 METROS, 9.12 s”
Gemini (web app) read the video in two separate runs; no human watched it for this record. Both runs read the broadcast graphics "75 METROS", "9.12 s" and "40 Km/h" (peak speed; the graphic gives 30 km/h as the average), and hear the Spanish narrator give the 75 m run in 9 seconds. The narrator says he does not sprint at 100% for the whole run. The video is a fan upload of a TV segment (footnews1, 2013-09-16). Match date from the fixture: his Real Madrid debut, Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid, 14 September 2013.
2014
- Match sprint with the ball: 59.1 m (top speed 36.9 km/h)7.04 s
Quote and details
“Bale hit top gear with his superb goal at Mestalla in last year's Copa del Rey final against Barcelona, running 59.1 metres in 7.04 seconds”
2013
- Match sprint with the ball: 75 m (top speed 40 km/h)9.12 s
Quote and details
“75 METROS, 9.12 s”
Photo: حسین ظهروند, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.