Ladji Doucoure won the men’s decathlon at the 2001 European U20 Championships in Grosseto with 7747 points, leading Lars Albert and Atis Vaisjuns in a closely contested junior combined-events competition.
Nicklas Wiberg won the men’s decathlon at the 2003 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, taking the European junior title with 7604 points ahead of Aleksei Sysoyev and Steffen Willwacher.
Andrei Krauchanka won the men’s decathlon at the 2005 European Athletics U20 Championships in Kaunas, scoring 7997 points to take the European junior title ahead of Arthur Abele and Mauri Kaattari.
Matthias Prey captured the men’s decathlon title at the 2007 European Athletics U20 Championships in Hengelo, winning with 7908 points for Germany ahead of Rok Deržanic (7560) and Rico Freimuth (7524).
Thomas van der Plaetsen won the men’s decathlon at the 2009 European Athletics U20 Championships in Novi Sad, scoring 7769 points for Belgium ahead of Petter Olson (7734) and Kai Kazmirek (7639).
Kevin Mayer won the men’s decathlon at the 2011 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, scoring 8124 points for France ahead of Mathias Brugger (7853) and Johannes Hock (7806).
Niklas Kaul won the men’s decathlon at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, scoring a championship ‐leading 8435 points ahead of Johannes Erm (8141) and Karel Tilga (8002), making this a key result in the European U20
Simon Ehammer won the men’s decathlon at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås with 7851 points, ahead of Leon Mak (7700) and Markus Rooth (7692).
Glenn Lindqvist claimed the men’s decathlon title at the 1995 European U20 Championships in Nyíregyháza with 7363 points, ahead of Rick Wassenaar and Jiří Ryba in the championship standings.
Eduard Hämäläinen is a former elite decathlete who competed internationally for both the Soviet Union/Belarus and later Finland, becoming one of the leading combined events athletes of the 1990s. He is best known for winning multiple major
Trościanka's performance included a world U20 decathlon best of 46,21 seconds in the 400 meters and a championship best of 68.87 meters in the javelin throw.
Johannes Erm, the Estonian decathlete, is the 2024 European champion with a personal best of 8764 points, the second ‐highest score in Estonian history after Olympic champion Erki Nool. He also placed 6th at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won
2021 in Frankfurt Jente Hauttekeete breaks heptathlon world junior record with 6062 points. With 6259 points, he equals the Belgian heptathlon record set by Thomas van der Plaetsen in 2014.
Attila Zsivoczky is a Hungarian decathlete best known for winning World Championships bronze in 2005 and European Championships silver in 2006, while also competing in three Olympic Games.
Chiel Warners rose to prominence as a junior with European gold in 1997 and went on to place fifth at the 2004 Athens Olympics with a personal best of 8343 points. After retiring, he took on leadership roles in athlete representation, including
Daley Thompson is a legend! He dominated the decathlon for nearly a decade, winning two Olympic gold medals, two European Championships gold medals and also became decathlon World champion. Between 1980 and 1986, he went undefeated in all
Valter Külvet was a highly gifted Estonian decathlete who competed for the Soviet Union during his main international career. He set Estonian senior decathlon records: 8332 points in 1987 and 8506 points in 1988.
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.