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30th European Athletics Indoor Championships

Mikk Pahapill won heptathlon gold at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with 6362 points. Remarkably, he established PBs in all seven disciplines, including a 7.97 m long jump, achieving historic status in indoor combined events.

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.

Andre Niklaus is double U23 European champion (2001, 2003) and he won gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow 2006.

Antonio Penalver won an Olympic silver medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. He becoming the first Spanish decathlete ever to medal at the Olympics.

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).

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.

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.

Eelco Sintnicolaas won gold medal with a new personal best and national record score of 6372 at the World Indoor Championhips in Göteborg 2013

Andrei Krauchanka's personal best score is 8617 points, achieved in May 2007 in Götzis. He won an Olympic silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games (2008). He won gold medal at the European Championships in Zurich 2014 and also at European …

Olexiy Kasyanov’s personal best score is 8479 points, achieved at the World Championships in Berlin 2009.

Thomas van der Plaetsen won gold medal at the European Championships in Amsterdam 2016. With 6259 points, he equals the Belgian heptathlon record set by Jente Hauttekeete.

Kevin Mayer set a new world record in the decathlon with 9126 points at the Decastar meeting on September 2018. He was the 3rd decathlete ever to break the 9000-point barrier.