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Oct 16, 2026
Stefan Drews set his decathlon personal best of 8233 points in Ratingen 2006 and finished seventh at the European Championships in Göteborg that summer. The German decathlete also competed at the Athens 2004 Olympics and won the national indoor heptathlon title with 6029 points in Frankfurt-Kalbach 2001. His strongest individual events included the pole vault, with a personal best of 5.55 m, and the 400 m, at 47.08 seconds.

German decathlete Stefan Drews - Decathlon 2000
Germany

Date of birth: 12 February 1979
Place of birth: Hamburg, Germany
Height: 189 cm / Weight: 85 kg
Decathlon: 8233 Ratingen 2006
Heptathlon: 6029 Frankfurt-Kalbach 2001
Coach: Axel Berndt
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Stefan Drews worked under the guidance of coach Axel Berndt, who played a pivotal role in his development as a decathlete
Personal bests
100 m 10,65 (+0.2) Filderstadt 2001
Long jump 7.54 (+0.8) Ratingen 2006
Shot put 13.99 Göteborg 2006
High jump 2.03 Bad Segeberg 2002
400 m 47,08 Filderstadt 2001
110 m hurdles (<=2.0 m/s) 13,90 (0.0) Schessel 2001
110 m hurdles (>2.0 m/s) 13,79 (+5.7) Arles 2001
Discus throw 41.67 Ratingen 2006
Pole vault 5.55 Leverkusen 2006
Javelin throw 55.96 Ratingen 2004
1500 m 4.23,76 Vaterstetten 2001
Total points based on PB 8645 Includes wind-assisted bests
Personal bests indoors
60 m 6,94 Frankfurt-Kalbach 2001
60 m hurdles 7,90 Frankfurt-Kalbach 2001
1000 m 2.38,33 Halle 2002
Indoor total points PB 6390

 

Decathlons with 8000+ points (4)
Points Results 1st day 2nd day P Venue
8049 10,67 - 7.02 - 11.74 - 1.94 - 47,47
14,11 - 37.99 - 5.30 - 53.93 - 4.23,76
4028 4021 1 Vaterstetten 2001
8032
v
10,92 - 7.12 - 13.44 - 1.89 - 47,79
13,97 - 40.67 - 5.00 - 55.96 - 4.29,09
4038 3994 3 Ratingen 2004
8233 10,70 - 7.54 - 13.68 - 1.88 - 47,86
14,24 - 41.67 - 5.35 - 50.81 - 4.25,60
4195 4038 4 Ratingen 2006
8105 10,91 - 7.51 - 13.99 - 1.94 - 48,46
14,20 - 41.09 - 5.30 - 48.93 - 4.35,38
4182 3923 7 Göteborg 2006

 

Heptathlons with 5800+ points (4)
Points Results 1st day 2nd day P Venue
6029 6,94 - 7.26 - 11.78 - 1.96 - 7,90 - 5.40 - 2.42,41 3140 2889 1 Frankfurt-Kalbach 2001
5869 7,05 - 7.26 - 11.54 - 1.98 - 7,96 - 4.90 - 2.38,33 3105 2764 2 Halle 2002
5879 7,06 - 7.30 - 12.43 - 1.91 - 7,99 - 5.20 - 2.44,87 3103 2776 1 Halle 2003
5869 7,13 - 7.17 - 13.73 - 1.94 - 8,07 - 5.10 - 2.45,65 3152 2717 1 Frankfurt-Kalbach 2006

v – event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s

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