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Ashton Eaton captured the 2013 US Championships decathlon title in Des Moines with 8291 points, holding off Gunnar Nixon by 93 points.

Damian Warner is the Canadian decathlon record holder. He was the 4th decathlete ever to break the 9000 ‐point barrier. He won Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games, setting an Olympic record of 9018 points. Damian Warner won the 2019 IAAF …

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.

Trey Hardee dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2014 US Championships in Sacramento, winning the national title with an impressive 8599 points and finishing 792 points ahead of runner up Wesley Bray.

Ashton Eaton dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2016 US Championships in Eugene, winning the national title with 8750 points ahead of Jeremy Taiwo (8425) and Zach Ziemek (8413) in one of the strongest American decathlon fields of the year.

Zach Ziemek is an American decathlete and three-time Olympian, highlighted by a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships.

Zach Ziemek captured the men’s decathlon title at the 2018 US Championships in Des Moines with 8294 points, dominating the American field ahead of Solomon Simmons (8019) and Harrison Williams (7878).

Here is an interview with retired decathlete and successful businessman Alex Folacci

The 2019 Decastar meeting in Talence saw Canada’s Pierce LePage claim victory with 8453 points ahead of American Zach Ziemek, confirming his status among the world’s elite decathletes just weeks before the World Athletics Championships.

Devon Williams won the men’s decathlon at the 2019 US Championships in Des Moines with 8295 points, finishing ahead of Solomon Simmons and Harrison Williams.

Johannes Erm - NCAA champion and European U23 silver medallist

Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2021 US Championships in Eugene with 8647 points, leading Steven Bastien (8485) and Zach Ziemek (8471).

Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2022 US Championships in Fayetteville with a world-class 8867 points, finishing ahead of Kyle Garland (8720) and Zach Ziemek (8573) in a high-level American decathlon competition.

Simon Ehammer is the Swiss national record holder in the decathlon and heptathlon, and the world record holder in the indoor heptathlon, after setting a historic 6670-point mark at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń.

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10th European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki 1971