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Thomas van der Plaetsen returned from cancer treatment to win the European decathlon title in Amsterdam 2016. The Belgian claimed world indoor heptathlon bronze with a national record of 6259 points in Sopot 2014 and achieved his decathlon best of …

Thomas van der Plaetsen won the decathlon at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan with 8164 points, finishing 225 points ahead of Russia’s Sergei Sviridov (7939). The Belgian’s 7. 80 m long jump and 5. 30 m pole vault helped secure gold, …

Belgium’s Thomas van der Plaetsen successfully defended his Summer Universiade decathlon title in Gwangju in 2015, scoring 7952 points to finish just 39 points ahead of France’s Bastien Auzeil (7913). Germany’s Rene Stauss took bronze with …

Belgian men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7200 points

Thomas van der Plaetsen won the men’s decathlon at the 2009 European Athletics U20 Championships in Novi Sad, scoring 7769 points for Belgium ahead of Petter Olson (7734) and Kai Kazmirek (7639).

The men’s decathlon at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava produced a close battle for the title. Belgium’s Thomas van der Plaetsen won with 8157 points, just five points ahead of Eduard Mikhan, while Mihail Dudaš …

23rd European Athletics Championships were held in Amsterdam 2016

Belgian men’s heptathlon all-time list up to 5600 points