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.

A Russian one ‐two highlighted the men’s decathlon at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships in Erfurt. Aleksei Drozdov claimed the European U23 title with an impressive 8196 points, with compatriot Aleksei Sysoyev taking silver …

Bryan Clay becomes the first American decathlete to win Götzis, scoring 8677 points in 2006 ahead of Dmitri Karpov and Maurice Smith.

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