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Harrison Williams won the US decathlon title in 2023 with a personal best of 8630 points. The American also claimed the 2019 NCAA indoor heptathlon title and finished seventh at the Budapest 2023 World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Heath Baldwin won the 2024 US Olympic Trials decathlon with a personal best of 8625 points and finished tenth at the Paris Olympics. The American claimed world indoor heptathlon silver in Toruń 2026 with 6337 points.

At the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Makenson Gletty shattered four personal bests (100m, long jump, 400m, 110m hurdles) to reach 8606 points, earning the bronze medal. Due to a faulty starting speaker, he was allowed to re‑run the …

Manuel Eitel set a German U18 decathlon record in Bernhausen 2014, surpassing the previous mark held by Jan Felix Knobel. He went on to win European U23 bronze in Gävle 2019 and set a decathlon personal best of 8351 points in Götzis 2023. …

Dan Golubovic won Commonwealth Games decathlon silver in Birmingham 2022 and Oceania silver in Suva 2024. The Australian set his personal best of 8336 points in Brisbane 2021. Born in the United States, Golubovic has represented Australia …

IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)

The first man over 9000 points in history - with an anniversary

Hakim McMorris won the US indoor heptathlon title with 6255 points in Indianapolis 2026. The American finished second at the Talence Décastar later that year, setting his decathlon personal best of 8599 points.

After completing the zero ‐point audit in Part 8, the Fair Decathlon Model now turns to a deeper question: what should a decathlon scoring table actually measure? Part 9 explores why performances cannot be separated from the two ‐day …

A decathlon is not ten separate events. It is one competition, unfolding over two days, with one clock running from the first start to the final finish. Part 10 of the Fair Decathlon Model asks what happens when we look at the decathlon this way …

Steven Bastien finished tenth in the Tokyo 2021 Olympic decathlon after setting a personal best of 8485 points at the US Olympic Trials. He also placed sixth at the Belgrade 2022 World Indoor Championships and won consecutive US indoor heptathlon …

Maksim Andraloits won World U20 decathlon silver with 8046 points in Bydgoszcz 2016, following European U20 bronze in Eskilstuna 2015. The Belarusian raised his senior decathlon best to 8310 points in Brest 2026 and holds a heptathlon personal …

Jeff Tesselaar won European U23 decathlon silver in Bergen 2025 and achieved his personal best of 8378 points when finishing fourth at the Birmingham 2026 European Championships. The Dutch athlete also scored 5960 points in the heptathlon at the …

Rasmus Roosleht set his decathlon personal best of 8336 points in Ratingen 2026 and finished seventh at the Birmingham European Championships that summer. Coached by Mikk Pahapill, the Estonian also placed seventh at the Apeldoorn 2025 European …

Vilém Stráský won World University Games decathlon gold in Chengdu in 2023. Coached by Josef Karas, the Czech athlete achieved a wind ‐assisted best of 8136 points in Naklo nad Notecia 2025 and an indoor heptathlon personal best of 6188 …

Vitaliy Zhuk claimed European decathlon bronze with 8290 points in Berlin 2018 and won the individual European Cup competition in Lutsk 2019. The Belarusian achieved his personal best of 8331 points in Götzis 2021 and finished 13th at the Tokyo …

Risto Lillemets won European indoor heptathlon bronze in Istanbul 2023 with 6079 points. His personal bests are 6089 in the heptathlon, achieved in Tallinn 2021, and 8156 in the decathlon from Götzis that same year.

Tim Nowak earned European U20 decathlon bronze in Rieti 2013 and world U20 bronze in Eugene 2014 before progressing to the senior championships, finishing tenth in Doha 2019. He set his decathlon personal best of 8282 points in Götzis 2024 and …