Niklas Kaul became the youngest decathlon world champion in history when he won gold in Doha 2019 with a personal best of 8691 points. He had previously set a world U20 record of 8435 points with U20 implements while winning the European U20 title
Aleksandr Grebenyuk won the European decathlon title in Prague in 1978 and the European Cup individual title in Villeneuve d’Ascq in 1977. Representing the Soviet Union, he scored a personal best of 8400 points in Riga to lead the 1977 world
Rišardas Malachovskis was a Lithuanian decathlete who represented the Soviet Union before competing for Lithuania. He set a Lithuanian record of 8437 points in Staiki in 1988 and finished fourth at the Soviet championships in Kyiv later that
Vasili Kuznetsov was a leading figure in Soviet decathlon, winning three consecutive European titles in 1954, 1958 and 1962, alongside Olympic bronze medals in Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960. The Russian ‐born athlete twice broke the
At the 2010 Barrientos Memorial - a prestigious annual track and field meet held in Cuba - Yordani García delivered an outstanding performance in the decathlon, scoring 8381 points.
Dan O’Brien’s journey - from dramatic setbacks like missing the 1992 Olympics to dominating world championships and securing Olympic gold - cements his legacy as one of the greatest decathletes ever.
Decathlon 2000 has pretty much everything you could want to know about decathlon. Whenever I go to a decathlon, you can be sure that I’ve got a sheaf of Decathlon 2000 athlete profiles printed, tabbed, and highlighted in my notebook - Gabby Pieraccini