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Larbi Bourrada set an African decathlon record of 8521 points when finishing fifth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Algerian also placed fifth at the Beijing 2015 World Championships and won five African decathlon titles between 2008 and 2022.

Attila Zsivoczky is a Hungarian decathlete best known for winning World Championships bronze in 2005 and European Championships silver in 2006, while also competing in three Olympic Games.

Christian Schenk was not sure he was the World`s Greatest Athlete after winning the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon in Seoul 1988

Nathaniel sent me an e-mail and here is his message to all readers of Decathlon 2000.

For us decathlon fans, Estonia has a very special meaning.

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.

Uwe Freimuth's PB 8792 points, achieved in 1984 - making him the East German national record holder at the time. He was a four-time national champion.

Tom Pappas became the Decathlon World Champion in Paris 2003. He was the winner of the 2003 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

Stefan Schmid set his decathlon personal best of 8485 points in Ratingen in 2000 and finished ninth at the Sydney Olympics later that year. His career also included seventh ‐place finishes at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships, but his …

Oleksandr Yurkov represented Ukraine in the decathlon, achieving a personal best of 8574 points in Götzis 2000. A European U23 silver medallist in Turku 1997, he went on to claim consecutive individual European Cup victories in Oulu 2000 and …

Sebastian Chmara is the Polish Decathlon record holder who became World Indoor champion in 1999 and European Indoor champion in 1998. He cemented his legacy in Polish athletics with a stunning 8566 ‐point decathlon in 1998, securing his …

Ramil Ganiyev holds the Uzbekistan national record in decathlon with 8445 points from his performance in Athens 1997. Also holds the indoor heptathlon record for Uzbekistan with 5918 points scored in Sofia 1990.

At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Paul Meier captured the bronze medal with a personal best score of 8548 points. On 30 April 2004, he married high jumper Heike Henkel. They have a daughter, Marlene Meier.

Michael Smith has won silver medal at the World Championships in Tokyo 1991 and bronze medal at World Championships in Göteborg 1995.