Thomas van der Plaetsen won gold medal at the European Championships in Amsterdam 2016. With 6259 points, he equals the Belgian heptathlon record set by Jente Hauttekeete.
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Mihail Dudaš is a Serbian former decathlete who competed at the international level throughout the 2010s, representing Serbia at World and European Championships as well as the Olympic Games.
With a PB of 6388 points, Till Steinforth set a German national heptathlon record and earned bronze at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn
Damian Warner is the Canadian decathlon record holder. He was the 4th decathlete ever to break the 9000 ‐point barrier. He won Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games, setting an Olympic record of 9018 points. Damian Warner won the 2019 IAAF
Kevin Mayer set a new world record in the decathlon with 9126 points at the Decastar meeting on September 2018. He was the 3rd decathlete ever to break the 9000-point barrier.
Kai Kazmirek claimed victory in the 2013 European U23 Championships. His personal best is 8580 points in the decathlon, set at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. Overall winner of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge in 2016 and 2021.
Ilya Shkurenyov won European Indoor gold in 2015, earned multiple European Championships medals, placed 4th twice at World Championships. Winner of the 2015 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.
Maicel Uibo became NCAA decathlon champion in 2014 and 2015. At the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, he earned a bronze medal in the heptathlon, setting a personal best of 6265 points. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha he
Between 1980 and 1981, Bulgarian female athletes like Daniela Nenova, Emilia Kunova, and Valentina Dimitrova made rapid progress in pentathlon and heptathlon, setting national records and achieving personal bests in multiple competitions,
Lindon Victor is the Grenadian decathlon record holder. He won bronze medals at the World Championships in Budapest 2023 and at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. He was the overall winner of the 2022 World Athletics Combined Events Tour.
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