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Arthur Abele captured a truly special moment in his career when he won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, triumphing in front of a jubilant home crowd with a memorable total of 8431 points.

Pascal Behrenbruch clinched the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki with a personal best of 8558 points. He was successful thanks to his well ‐balanced skill set across most events, despite a comparatively …

Andrei Krauchanka produced a career ‐defining 8553 ‐point victory at the Talence Decastar decathlon, one of the highest scores in meeting history, defeating a world ‐class field that included Maurice Smith, Aleksei Drozdov and …

Leonel Suarez won an Olympic bronze medal twice: at the Beijing Olympic Games (2008) and at the London Olympic Games (2012). He holds Cuban national record for the decathlon with 8654 points. Winner of the 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

Eugene Martineau was a two-time Olympic decathlete from the Netherlands, a national champion, and a consistent world-class performer with a career best over 8200 points.

Bryan Clay dominated the US Championships decathlon in Eugene in 2008, winning the national title with an outstanding 8832 points ahead of Trey Hardee and Tom Pappas.

Andres Raja represented Estonia in the decathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 12th with 8118 points, but he went just one point higher to set his personal best of 8119 at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. He was a four …

Olexiy Kasyanov’s personal best score is 8479 points, achieved at the World Championships in Berlin 2009.

Yordani Garcia claimed numerous regional titles and competed in three Olympic Games. In all three of his Olympic appearances (2008, 2012, 2016), he finished just shy of the 8000 ‐point mark. That’s unusually consistent ‐ and a …

Michael Schrader won the silver medal at the World Championships in Moscow 2013, becoming the first German decathlete to make it to the podium at the World Championships since Frank Busemann took the bronze medal in Athens 1997.

Norman Müller was a solid German decathlete who regularly scored over 8000 points, won national titles, and earned medals at junior and U23 level.

Trey Hardee won the men’s decathlon at the 2015 US Championships in Eugene with 8725 points, leading Jeremy Taiwo and Zach Ziemek.

The 7th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Kaunas, Lithuania (2009)

When the new class U20 was formed, a different specification from that of IAAF was in force in some countries and at some competitions.