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.

May 04, 2026

Devon Williams

Devon Williams is an American decathlete, 2019 U. S. decathlon champion, and former NCAA Indoor Heptathlon champion for the University of Georgia. He has a personal best of 8345 points in the decathlon and competed at the 2017 World …

May 03, 2026

Simon Ehammer

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.

Apr 26, 2026

Jan Felix Knobel

Apr 21, 2026

Jaakko Ojaniemi

Jaakko Ojaniemi’s top decathlon score of 8192 points was achieved at the 2002 European Championships in München. His international medal collection is almost entirely from junior and U23 competitions.

Apr 21, 2026

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Ashton Eaton

Ashton Eaton was the 2nd decathlete to break the 9000 ‐point barrier. He is a former decathlon World Record holder (9045 points scored in Beijing 2015) and heptathlon World Record holder (6645 points scored in Istanbul 2012). He won an …

Mar 23, 2026

Erki Nool

In 1997, Estonian sports enthusiasts founded the Erki Nool Fan Club, and about 200 members of this group accompany him to the various international competitions in which he participates. Erki won an Olympic gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games …

Mar 24, 2026

Roman Šebrle

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).

Mar 23, 2026

Robert Zmelik

Robert Zmelík’s Olympic triumph helped spark a golden era for Czech decathlon. He inspired future stars like world record holders Tomáš Dvořák and Roman Šebrle.

Mar 24, 2026

Bruce Jenner

Bruce Jenner won an Olympic gold medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976

May 18, 2024

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I wish that in the nearest future everybody will know about decathlon and the meaning of the event of decathlon... decathletes are like our greek gods - Petros Kyprianou

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Janek Salmistu wrote on May 05, 2026

Jens Schulze wrote in his notes: On July 19, 1981, I took part in a 30-minute decathlon competition in Leiden,...

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Men’s decathlon all-time list - performers over 7500 points, updated. You are welcome!

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I want the list for all decathletes over 7. 500 all time in world. . Thanks

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Johannes Erm is an Estonian decathlete competing at the international elite level in combined events. He has represented Estonia at...

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Adam Sebastian Helcelet Alain Blondel Aleksandr Pogorelov Aleksei Drozdov Aleksei Sysoyev Andre Niklaus Andrei Krauchanka Andrei Nazarov Andres Raja Antonio Penalver Arthur Abele Ashley Moloney Ashton Eaton Attila Zsivoczky Ayden Owens Bruce Jenner Bryan Clay Carlos Eduardo Chinin Cedric Dubler Chiel Warners Chris Huffins Christian Plaziat Christian Schenk Claston Bernard Daley Thompson Damian Warner Dan Golubovic Dan O'Brien Dave Johnson Dean Macey Dennis Leyckes Devon Williams Dezső Szabó Dmitri Karpov Eduard Hämäläinen Eelco Sintnicolaas Erki Nool Eugene Martineau Francisco Javier Benet Frank Busemann Fredrik Samuelsson Garrett Scantling Gernot Kellermayr Grigori Degtyaryov Guido Kratschmer Gunnar Nixon Hakim McMorris Hans van Alphen Harrison Williams Heath Baldwin Henrik Dagård Ilya Shkurenyov Indrek Kaseorg Indrek Turi Ingmar Vos Jaakko Ojaniemi Jagan Hames Jamie Adjetey-Nelson Jan Felix Knobel Janek Õiglane Jente Hauttekeete Jeremy Taiwo Jiri Ryba Jiri Sykora Johannes Erm Jon Arnar Magnusson Jon Ryan Harlan Jorge Ureña Jürgen Hingsen Kai Kazmirek Karel Tilga Karl Robert Saluri Ken Mullings Kevin Mayer Kip Janvrin Klaus Isekenmeier Konstantin Akhapkin Kristjan Rahnu Kurt Felix Kyle Garland Larbi Bourrada Laurent Hernu Leo Neugebauer Leonel Suarez Lev Lobodin Lindon Victor Maicel Uibo Makenson Gletty Manuel Eitel Markus Rooth Mathias Brugger Maurice Smith Michael Schrader Michael Smith Mihail Dudaš Mike Maczey Mikk Pahapill Mykola Avilov Nicklas Wiberg Niklas Kaul Norman Müller Oleksandr Apaichev Oleksandr Yurkov Olexiy Kasyanov Pascal Behrenbruch Paul Meier Paul Terek Pawel Wiesiolek Peyton Bair Pierce LePage Pieter Braun Qi Haifeng - 齐海峰 Ramil Ganiyev Rico Freimuth Rik Taam Robert de Wit Robert Jacob Arnold Robert Zmelik Romain Barras Roman Šebrle Sander Aae Skotheim Sebastian Chmara Sebastien Levicq Siegfried Wentz Simon Ehammer Simon Poelman Stefan Drews Stefan Schmid Steve Fritz Sven Roosen Thomas van der Plaetsen Till Steinforth Timothy Duckworth Tom Pappas Tomaš Dvorak Torsten Voss Trey Hardee Uwe Freimuth Valter Külvet Willem Coertzen Yordani Garcia Zach Ziemek