At the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Makenson Gletty shattered four personal bests (100m, long jump, 400m, 110m hurdles) to reach 8606 points, earning the bronze medal. Due to a faulty starting speaker, he was allowed to re‑run the
Manuel Eitel set a German U18 decathlon record in Bernhausen 2014, surpassing the previous mark held by Jan Felix Knobel. He went on to win European U23 bronze in Gävle 2019 and set a decathlon personal best of 8351 points in Götzis 2023.
Maksim Andraloits won World U20 decathlon silver with 8046 points in Bydgoszcz 2016, following European U20 bronze in Eskilstuna 2015. The Belarusian raised his senior decathlon best to 8310 points in Brest 2026 and holds a heptathlon personal
Jeff Tesselaar won European U23 decathlon silver in Bergen 2025 and achieved his personal best of 8378 points when finishing fourth at the Birmingham 2026 European Championships. The Dutch athlete also scored 5960 points in the heptathlon at the
Rasmus Roosleht set his decathlon personal best of 8336 points in Ratingen 2026 and finished seventh at the Birmingham European Championships that summer. Coached by Mikk Pahapill, the Estonian also placed seventh at the Apeldoorn 2025 European
Dario Dester holds the Italian records in both combined events, scoring 8318 points in the decathlon at Ratingen 2026 and 6121 in the indoor heptathlon at Ancona 2026. He finished sixth at the European Championships in München 2022 and Roma 2024.
Vitaliy Zhuk claimed European decathlon bronze with 8290 points in Berlin 2018 and won the individual European Cup competition in Lutsk 2019. The Belarusian achieved his personal best of 8331 points in Götzis 2021 and finished 13th at the Tokyo
Risto Lillemets won European indoor heptathlon bronze in Istanbul 2023 with 6079 points. His personal bests are 6089 in the heptathlon, achieved in Tallinn 2021, and 8156 in the decathlon from Götzis that same year.
Tim Nowak earned European U20 decathlon bronze in Rieti 2013 and world U20 bronze in Eugene 2014 before progressing to the senior championships, finishing tenth in Doha 2019. He set his decathlon personal best of 8282 points in Götzis 2024 and
Eduard Mikhan earned World U20 decathlon silver in Bydgoszcz 2008 and European U23 silver in Ostrava 2011, where he set his personal best of 8152 points. The Belarusian also achieved a heptathlon best of 6145 points in Gomel 2013 and represented
Siegfried Stark won European decathlon bronze in Prague 1978 and Athens 1982, as well as the European Cup Final in Dresden 1979. The East German athlete finished sixth at the Montreal 1976 Olympics and achieved his career best of 8534 points in
Rainer Pottel won the European Cup decathlon in Birmingham 1981 with 8334 points, the world’s leading score that season. The East German also took European Cup silver in 1977 and later became Germany’s national decathlon coach.
Igor Sobolevski won decathlon bronze at the Friendship Games in Moscow 1984. Representing the Soviet Union, he achieved his personal best of 8547 points in Kyiv that year and finished seventh at the 1983 European Cup in Sofia.
Aleksandr Nevski represented the Soviet Union at two World Championships, finishing sixth in Helsinki 1983 and eighth in Rome 1987. He achieved his decathlon best of 8491 points at Götzis 1984 and set a heptathlon world best of 6144 points in
Viktor Gruzenkin was a Russian ‐born combined events athlete who represented the Soviet Union. He set a world indoor heptathlon best of 5934 points in Ordzhonikidze in 1979 and achieved his decathlon best in Kyiv in 1984, scoring 8356 points
Wilfrid Boulineau represented France in the decathlon at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and finished sixth at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla with 8154 points. His career best of 8312 points came in Arles in 1999, while his indoor
Stephan Niklaus helped raise Swiss decathlon to a new level in the early 1980s, setting a national record of 8337 points in Lausanne in 1983 — equivalent to 8334 under the 1985 scoring tables. He finished fifth at the inaugural World
The men’s indoor heptathlon is a combined track and field event consisting of seven disciplines contested over two days. It includes the 60 metres, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60 metres hurdles, pole vault, and 1000 metres, with
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Only thing we know how to do..FIGHT! That’s what this decathlon has been for me the whole time, but I wouldn’t have it any other way - Garrett Scantling at the Tokyo Olympics