Search results: Götzis

Rik Taam - rising star from U20/U23 levels to full international, breaking 8000 points in Dutch decathlon after long drought

Niklas Kaul set a World record with U20 implements of 8435 points when winning the decathlon at the European Championships in Grosseto 2017. He became the youngest decathlon World champion in history at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in …

Fredrik Samuelsson won silver in the decathlon at the 2017 European U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz with a score of 8010 points

Johannes Erm’s motto: ten events, one dream! The Estonian Athlete of the Year 2024.

Pierce LePage won gold medal at the World Championships in Budapest 2023 and silver medal at the World Championhips in Eugene 2022.

Cedric Dubler is Australia’s most prolific decathlete with the most scores over 8000

20 years Decathlon 2000... and who’s responsible for the joy it gave us? An open letter!

After injury setbacks, Jorge Ureña made a triumphant return in June 2023 at Ratingen, Germany, posting a new PB of 8381 points ‐ lifting him to the third ‐best Spanish decathlon score ever. At the 2019 European Indoor Championships …

Garrett Scantling banned for three years for doping offences. Scantling’s three-year period of ineligibility started on June 27 2022, the date he committed a tampering violation.

In 2011, Mathias Brugger earned silver in decathlon at the European U20 Championships in Tallinn with 7853 points. At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, Mathias Brugger scored 6126 points, earning bronze.

It has been a long time since a Swiss man exceeded 8000 points for decathlon. It was in 2003, to be exact, when Rolf Schläfli achieved 8019 in Götzis and became only the 5th man ever over 8000.

Decathlon total top 20 score ranking by running, jumping and throwing category.

New Zealand decathlon all-time list up to 7600 points

Simon Ehammer is the Swiss national record holder in decathlon as well as in heptathlon

The Estonian Athlete of the Year 2023 is Karel Tilga, decathlete who took fourth place at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest - 8681 points!

Leo Neugebauer has broken the 39 ‐years old German decathlon record. He scored 8836 points at the NCAA Division Championships in Austin, Texas (2023). Year later he won second consecutive men’s decathlon title at the NCAA in Eugene, …

In February 2025, Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record, scoring 6484. In March 2025, he won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships and broke his own European …