The 2008 Ratingen decathlon was won by Cuba’s Leonel Suárez with 8451 points, ahead of Germany’s Arthur Abele (8372) and Andre Niklaus (8273), in a high-quality competition featuring multiple athletes over the 8200-point mark.
The 2009 Ratingen decathlon was won by Cuba’s Yordani Garcia with 8348 points, narrowly ahead of Germany’s Norman Müller (8295), while Stefan Drews completed the podium in third with 7858 points.
The 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas saw Eelco Sintnicolaas of the Netherlands rise to the top of the men’s decathlon with 8112 points, the only athlete in the competition to break the 8000 ‐point barrier. France’s
The 2010 Ratingen decathlon was won by Cuba's Yordani Garcia with 8288 points, narrowly beating compatriot Leonel Suárez (8243), while Austria’s Dominik Distelberger finished third with 7713 points.
The 2012 Ratingen decathlon was won by Germany's Jan Felix Knobel with 8228 points, ahead of Cuba's Yordani Garcia (8005) and Junior Diaz (7735), after Larbi Bourrada's higher score of 8332 points was later disqualified due to doping.
The Decathlon's nice in that you get to know the other athletes. It's almost like everyone helps each other out. We're all out there trying to win, but at the same time there's a friendship there too. It's always fun going to meets and catching up with the other guys - Tom Pappas