Search results: European Championships 2009

Daley Thompson is a legend! He dominated the decathlon for nearly a decade, winning two Olympic gold medals, two European Championships gold medals and also became decathlon World champion. Between 1980 and 1986, he went undefeated in all …

Eduard Hämäläinen is a former elite decathlete who competed internationally for both the Soviet Union/Belarus and later Finland, becoming one of the leading combined events athletes of the 1990s. He is best known for winning multiple major …

Uwe Freimuth's PB 8792 points, achieved in 1984 - making him the East German national record holder at the time. He was a four-time national champion.

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).

Robert de Wit set a Dutch decathlon record of 8447 points in Eindhoven 1988 and finished eighth at the Seoul Olympics that year. He also placed fourth in the heptathlon at the Genova 1992 European Indoor Championships with a national record of 6023 …

Mike Maczey won the individual decathlon competition at the 2002 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Bydgoszcz with 8104 points. His career best of 8461 points came in Götzis in 2000, while his indoor heptathlon best was 6015 points at …

Jon Arnar Magnusson is the Icelandic record holder at 110m hurdles, long jump and decathlon. He set numerous national records, secured multiple international indoor medals in heptathlon, and consistently ranked among the world’s elite decathletes.

Jiri Ryba won the Multistars decathlon in Desenzano del Garda 2000 with a personal best of 8339 points. The Czech decathlete finished sixth at the Edmonton 2001 World Championships and earned European U20 bronze in Nyíregyháza 1995.

Jaakko Ojaniemi finished fifth at the München 2002 European Championships with a decathlon personal best of 8192 points. The Finnish decathlete won European U20 silver in Riga 1999 and European U23 silver in Amsterdam 2001, and competed at the …

Indrek Kaseorg won decathlon silver at the Buffalo 1993 Universiade and achieved his personal best of 8179 points in Götzis 1998. A four ‐time Estonian decathlon champion in 1991, 1993, 2001 and 2003, he also placed seventh at the …

Henrik Dagård won European decathlon silver in Helsinki 1994 and World Indoor heptathlon bronze in Barcelona 1995. His decathlon best of 8403 points, set in Talence 1994, stood as the Swedish national record for nearly 15 years.

Grigori Degtyaryov won the Götzis Hypomeeting in 1983 and 1984, Friendship Games gold in Moscow 1984 and Goodwill Games gold in Moscow 1986. Representing the Soviet Union, he set a personal best of 8698 points in Kyiv 1984, a performance …

Laurent Hernu won Talence Decastar in 2003 and earned three individual medals in the European Cup Combined Events Super League. Fifth at the Paris 2003 World Championships, the French decathlete set his personal best of 8280 points in Edmonton …

Aleksandr Pogorelov was a talented decathlete with podium-level performances on major stages, but his legacy has been significantly impacted by doping findings and annulled results.

Aleksei Sysoyev achieved his decathlon personal best of 8497 points when finishing second at the Götzis Hypomeeting in 2008. The Russian won silver at the European U20 Championships in 2003, World U20 Championships in 2004 and European U23 …

Eelco Sintnicolaas won European indoor heptathlon gold in Göteborg 2013 with a Dutch record of 6372 points, following European decathlon silver in Barcelona 2010. He later claimed indoor bronze in Prague 2015 and set a national decathlon record …

Andrei Krauchanka won Olympic decathlon silver in Beijing 2008 and the European title in Zurich 2014. The Belarusian set his decathlon personal best of 8617 points in Götzis 2007 and earned two World Indoor heptathlon silver medals, setting a …

Pascal Behrenbruch reached the peak of his decathlon career at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki, winning gold with a personal best of 8558 points. The German decathlete also earned European U23 silver in Debrecen in 2007 and finished …

Andres Raja represented Estonia at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, finishing 12th in the decathlon with 8118 points. He improved by just one point to set his personal best of 8119 at the Berlin 2009 World Championships. A four ‐time Estonian …

Olexiy Kasyanov won World Championships decathlon bronze with a personal best of 8479 points in Berlin 2009. The Ukrainian also claimed European decathlon silver and two world indoor heptathlon silver medals.