Recommended books of decathlon and heptathlon by various authors

Rico Freimuth has won bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing 2015.

Robert Zmelik won an Olympic gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games (1992).

Romain Barras became Decathlon European Champion in Barcelona 2010.

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).