Tom Pappas won world decathlon gold in Paris and world indoor heptathlon gold in Birmingham in 2003, also claiming the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge title that year. The American set his decathlon best of 8784 points in Palo Alto 2003 and
Tom Pappas won the 2000 US Championships decathlon in Sacramento with 8467 points, finishing ahead of Chris Huffins (8285) and Kip Janvrin (8057) in a high ‐level American field. The Sacramento competition also served as the 2000 US Olympic
Tom Pappas won the 2002 US Championships decathlon in Berkeley with 8398 points, beating rising American star Bryan Clay by 168 points as Pappas strengthened his position among the leading U.S. decathletes.
Tom Pappas won the 2002 Decastar meeting in Talence with 8525 points, finishing ahead of Roman Šebrle and Lev Lobodin in a high-level decathlon competition.
Tom Pappas won the 2003 US Championships decathlon in Palo Alto with 8784 points, finishing well clear of rising American star Bryan Clay (8482) and Paul Terek (8275) in one of the leading U.S. decathlon competitions of the 2003 season.
Roman Šebrle wins Götzis 2004 for the fourth consecutive year with 8842 points, ahead of Tom Pappas and Dmitri Karpov. Dream weather, dream scenery, dream results!
Tom Pappas won the 2006 US Championships decathlon in Indianapolis with 8319 points, while several pre competition favorites including Bryan Clay and Trey Hardee failed to finish.
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