Ashton Eaton, who came out of Central Oregon to become the best decathlete the world ever has known, announced Wednesday he would retire as an athlete.
Eaton, 28, first came to prominence at the University of Oregon, where he won three NCAA decathlon titles and set the world record in the indoor heptathlon.
Eaton's wife, Brianne Theisen-Eaton, reigning world champion in the indoor pentathlon, also announced her retirement.
The Eatons made the announcements jointly on their website.
Eaton wrote: "Frankly there isn't much more I want to do in sport. I gave the most physically robust years of my life to the discovery and pursuit of my limits in this domain.