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Yevgeniy Likhanov led Russia to gold and silver in the decathlon at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Rieti. He scored 7975 points ahead of Aleksey Cherkasov’s 7790 and Germany’s Tim Nowak with 7778. Janek Õiglane finished fourth with …

Glenn Lindqvist won the decathlon at the 1995 European Junior Championships in Nyíregyháza with 7363 points. Rick Wassenaar claimed silver for the Netherlands with 7299, while Jiri Ryba edged Bart Bennema by 19 points to secure bronze with 7271.

Christer Holger secured Sweden’s decathlon gold at the 1993 European Junior Championships in San Sebastián with 7534 points. Jan Podebradsky took silver for the Czech Republic with 7396, while Germany’s Stefan ‐Hubert Vogt completed the …

Vitali Kolpakov claimed the decathlon title at the 1991 European Junior Championships in Thessaloniki with 7813 points. Tomaš Dvorak finished 65 points behind to take silver with 7748, while Finland’s Jarkko Finni earned bronze with 7479.

Mikhail Romanyuk edged Torsten Voss by just six points to win the decathlon at the 1981 European Junior Championships in Utrecht. His championship record of 7918 points secured gold, while Estonia’s Sven Reintak took bronze representing the …

Siegfried Wentz won the decathlon at the 1979 European Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with a championship record of 7822 points. Dietmar Jentsch and Peter Hummel completed the podium for East Germany, while Norway’s Gudmund Olsen finished …

Daley Thompson claimed his first major international decathlon title at the 1977 European Junior Championships in Donetsk. He scored 7647 points to finish ahead of Ronald Wiese and Jürgen Hingsen, marking an early chapter in his celebrated …

Eckart Müller claimed the decathlon title at the 1975 European Junior Championships in Athens with a championship record of 7706 points. Georg Werthner took silver for Austria, while Anatoli Novikov won bronze ahead of Estonia’s Tõnu Kaukis, …

Paris hosted the first official European Junior Championships in 1970 at the historic Stade Olympique de Colombes. Aleksandr Blinyayev won the decathlon with 7632 points under the scoring tables then in use, ahead of Eberhard Stroot and Frank Nusse.

Christian Schenk's personal best was 8500 points, achieved in August 1993 in Stuttgart.

The traditions of Bulgarian decathlon stars during XX century were longlive and deserved some respect and good memories...

Jente Hauttekeete won European U20 decathlon gold in Tallinn 2021 and world U20 silver in Nairobi that same year. The Belgian set a world U20 heptathlon record of 6062 points in Frankfurt 2021, achieved his senior decathlon best of 8268 in Talence …

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 …

Torsten Voss has won gold medal at the World Championships in Roma 1987. In 1981, he claimed silver at the European U20 Championships, and in 1982 set a junior world record in decathlon with 8397 points.

This story captures Jürgen Hingsen’s incredible achievements and records while highlighting the recurring theme of being overshadowed by Daley Thompson

One of the most consistent and prominent female multi-event athletes of the 20th century, East German Burglinde Pollak left a well-recognized legacy in the history of women’s athletics