Olympics for Aleksei Drozdov (0)

Coached by Gennadiy Morozov, Aleksei Drozdov benefited from moving to Bryansk to train, transitioning from local sprinter interest to elite multi-event athlete following encouragement from family and early exposure to combined events training.

The 5th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Erfurt, Germany (2005)

An American in the Mösle - and one who wins. Bryan Clay is the first US decathlete to win the all-around competition in Götzis.

Russian men’s heptathlon all-time list up to 5800 points

Russian men’s decathlon all-time list up to 8000 points

19th European Athletics Championships were held in Göteborg 2006

At the 2006 Talence Decathlon Meeting, Kazakhstan’s Dmitri Karpov claimed victory with 8438 points ahead of Aleksei Drozdov and Roman Šebrle.