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Jiri Sykora captured the world U20 decathlon title with 8135 points in Eugene 2014 and European U23 gold in Bydgoszcz 2017. The Czech decathlete set his senior personal best of 8122 points in Arona 2021 and achieved 6020 in the indoor heptathlon in …

Jeremy Taiwo finished eleventh in the Rio 2016 Olympic decathlon after setting his personal best of 8425 points at the US Olympic Trials. He also won US indoor heptathlon titles in 2015 and 2018 and cleared a heptathlon high jump world best of 2. …

Kurt Felix won the 2012 NCAA Division I decathlon title with a Grenadian national record of 8062 points and later set his personal best of 8509 in Ratingen 2017. He earned Commonwealth Games bronze in Glasgow 2014 and Pan American Games silver in …

Zach Ziemek won world decathlon bronze in Eugene 2022 with a personal best of 8676 points. The American competed at three Olympics, finishing sixth in Tokyo 2021, and won the NCAA indoor heptathlon title in Birmingham 2016.

Devon Williams won the NCAA indoor heptathlon title in 2017 with 6177 points and finished tenth in the decathlon at the London World Championships later that year. The American improved his decathlon personal best to 8402 points in Ratingen 2026.

Rik Taam set his decathlon personal best of 8326 points in Ratingen 2023 and represented the Netherlands at the Paris 2024 Olympics. He also finished fourth at the Toruń 2021 European Indoor Championships with a heptathlon best of 6111 points.

Niklas Kaul became the youngest decathlon world champion in history when he won gold in Doha 2019 with a personal best of 8691 points. He had previously set a world U20 record of 8435 points with U20 implements while winning the European U20 title …

Johannes Erm won the European decathlon title in Roma 2024 with a personal best of 8764 points, placing him second on Estonia’s all ‐time list behind Olympic champion Erki Nool. He also finished sixth at the Paris 2024 Olympics, won the …

Pierce LePage claimed the world decathlon title with a personal best of 8909 points in Budapest 2023, following silver in Eugene 2022. The Canadian also earned Commonwealth Games silver in Gold Coast 2018 and Pan American Games bronze in Lima 2019.

Cedric Dubler is Australia’s most prolific decathlete with the most scores over 8000. Coach Eric Brown noticed his aptitude for pole vault, and saw that he had the potential for the decathlon. He set a new personal best of 8393 points in the …

Jorge Ureña won European indoor heptathlon gold in Glasgow 2019, alongside silver medals in Belgrade 2017 and Toruń 2021. The Spaniard set a national heptathlon record of 6249 points in Prague 2017 and achieved his decathlon personal best of …

Garrett Scantling won the US Olympic Trials decathlon in 2021 and finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics with 8611 points. The American raised his personal best to 8867 points in Fayetteville 2022, the same year he won the US indoor heptathlon …

Mathias Brugger won heptathlon bronze at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland, following European U20 decathlon silver in Tallinn in 2011. The German combined events athlete set his decathlon personal best of 8304 points in Götzis in …

East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.

Interview with Colombian decathlon record holder José Gregorio Lemos (7913p, Barranquilla 2018)

Karel Tilga finished fourth at the Budapest 2023 World Championships with a personal best of 8681 points and won that year’s World Athletics Combined Events Tour. The Estonian claimed NCAA titles in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon in …