Yevgeniy Likhanov won the men’s decathlon at the 2013 European Athletics U20 Championships in Rieti with 7975 points, ahead of Aleksey Cherkasov (7790) and Tim Nowak (7778), while Janek Õiglane finished fourth with 7604 points.
Jan Doležal won the men’s decathlon at the 2015 European Athletics U20 Championships in Eskilstuna with 7929 points, ahead of future Olympic and world champion Karsten Warholm (7764) and Maksim Andraloits (7717), making it a notable result in
With a brilliant, well-balanced performance across the competition, Ashton Eaton took decathlon gold at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, scoring 8809 points.
Trey Hardee claimed the men’s decathlon title at the 2017 US Championships in Sacramento with 8225 points, edging Zach Ziemek (8155) and Devon Williams (8131) in a closely contested American championship.
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.