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Robert Jacob Arnold made history by becoming the first athlete in over 20 years to win back ‐to ‐back NCAA decathlon titles in 2006 and 2007, competing for the University of Arizona. He earned bronze medals in the decathlon at the 2006 …

With his 8406 points in 2009 World Championships Nicklas Wiberg surpassed Henrik Dagard's 15 years old national record by 3 points. Until age 17 had middle distance running as his priority. With strength in the Javelin and the 1500m surprised …

Thomas van der Plaetsen won gold medal at the European Championships in Amsterdam 2016. With 6259 points, he equals the Belgian heptathlon record set by Jente Hauttekeete.

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Mihail Dudaš is a Serbian former decathlete who competed at the international level throughout the 2010s, representing Serbia at World and European Championships as well as the Olympic Games.

Pieter Braun clinched the gold medal at the European U23 Championships in Tallinn (2015), Estonia, with a personal best score of 8195 points. His absolute personal best in the decathlon is 8342 points, achieved at the prestigious Hypo …

Till Steinforth won heptathlon bronze at both the European and World Indoor Championships in 2025, setting a German record of 6388 points in Apeldoorn before scoring 6275 in Nanjing. Outdoors, he won the Ratingen 2024 decathlon with a personal …

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Gunnar Nixon is a former American decathlete, the 2012 World U20 champion, who achieved a personal best of 8312 points at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.

Willem Coertzen is a South African decathlete who set the national decathlon record with 8398 points and represented South Africa at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He also won a silver medal at the 2008 African Championships and competed in multiple …

Ilya Shkurenyov won European Indoor gold in 2015, earned multiple European Championships medals, placed 4th twice at World Championships. Winner of the 2015 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

Maicel Uibo became NCAA decathlon champion in 2014 and 2015. At the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, he earned a bronze medal in the heptathlon, setting a personal best of 6265 points. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha he …