Dan O’Brien won an Olympic gold medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996). He is triple decathlon World champion (1991, 1993, 1995) and a former World Record holder (8891 points scored in Talence 1992).
Dean Macey finally won the elusive gold medal at World level at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Previously, he had claimed silver at the 1999 World Championships and a bronze at the 2001 World Championships.
Steve Fritz missed an Olympic medal by 20 points in Atlanta 1996. He had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points. That got him 4th place.