Kladno TNT-Fortuna meet’s full history features all-time decathlon records and champions, spotlighting the event’s top performances and most celebrated winners through the years.
The 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge brought together the world’s leading decathletes, with Cuba’s Leonel Suárez claiming the overall title after scoring a combined 25172 points from his three counting decathlons.
Larbi Bourrada set an African decathlon record of 8521 points when finishing fifth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Algerian also placed fifth at the Beijing 2015 World Championships and won five African decathlon titles between 2008 and 2022.
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).
Dmitri Karpov won Olympic decathlon bronze in Athens 2004 with an Asian record of 8725 points, alongside world bronze medals in Paris 2003 and Osaka 2007. The Kazakh also won two Asian Games titles, the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge
Romain Barras won European decathlon gold in Barcelona 2010 with a personal best of 8453 points and claimed that year’s IAAF World Combined Events Challenge title. The French decathlete also won Universiade gold in Daegu 2003 and Mediterranean
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.
Maurice Smith won world decathlon silver in Osaka 2007 with a Jamaican record of 8644 points, following Pan American Games gold earlier that season. He also earned Commonwealth silver in Melbourne 2006 and set a national indoor heptathlon record
Hans van Alphen won Götzis 2012 with a Belgian decathlon record of 8519 points and finished fourth at the London Olympics. The Bangkok 2007 Universiade silver medallist also won the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge in 2012, securing
Andrei Krauchanka won Olympic decathlon silver in Beijing 2008 and the European title in Zurich 2014. The Belarusian set his decathlon personal best of 8617 points in Götzis 2007 and earned two World Indoor heptathlon silver medals, setting a
Leonel Suarez won Olympic decathlon bronze in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, alongside World Championships silver in Berlin 2009 and bronze in Daegu 2011. The Cuban set a national record of 8654 points in Havana 2009 and claimed Pan American Games
Olexiy Kasyanov won World Championships decathlon bronze with a personal best of 8479 points in Berlin 2009. The Ukrainian also claimed European decathlon silver and two world indoor heptathlon silver medals.
Yordani Garcia progressed from world U18 octathlon champion in Marrakech 2005 to Pan American Games decathlon silver in Rio de Janeiro 2007. The Cuban achieved a personal best of 8496 points in Havana 2009 and won Central American and Caribbean
Jake Arnold won consecutive NCAA decathlon titles in 2006 and 2007 and US indoor heptathlon titles from 2008 to 2010. He also won Multistars in 2009 and 2010 and set his decathlon personal best of 8253 points in Götzis 2010.
Willem Coertzen set an African decathlon record of 8398 points when finishing third at the Götzis Hypomeeting in 2015. The South African also won the Talence Décastar that year and earned African Championships silver in 2008 and bronze in 2016.