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Ashton Eaton won consecutive Olympic decathlon titles in London 2012 and Rio 2016, alongside two world decathlon titles and three world indoor heptathlon titles. The second decathlete to break the 9000 ‐point barrier, the American set world …

Thomas van der Plaetsen returned from cancer treatment to win the European decathlon title in Amsterdam 2016. The Belgian claimed world indoor heptathlon bronze with a national record of 6259 points in Sopot 2014 and achieved his decathlon best of …

Since official ratification began in 1922, 38 men’s decathlon world records have been recognised, including eight achieved at the Olympic Games — the last by Daley Thompson in Los Angeles in 1984. Changes to the scoring tables make direct …

At the 2010 World Championships for Ultra Multi ‐Events Detmer achieved a staggering 14571 points, surpassing the previous world record held by Kip Janvrin by a commanding 386 points. Joseph Detmer’s performance truly demolished the …

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 …

Rico Freimuth followed his father Uwe into international decathlon, winning world bronze in Beijing in 2015 and silver in London in 2017. His personal best of 8663 points came in Ratingen in 2017, a season in which he also secured his second …

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 …

Kevin Mayer set a decathlon world record of 9126 points in Talence 2018. The French athlete won world titles in London 2017 and Eugene 2022, alongside Olympic silver medals in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2021.

Kai Kazmirek earned world decathlon bronze in London in 2017, a year after scoring a personal best of 8580 points to finish fourth at the Rio Olympics. The German decathlete also won the 2013 European U23 title and the 2015 Götzis Hypomeeting, …

Willem Coertzen set an African decathlon record of 8398 points when finishing third at the Götzis Hypomeeting in 2015. The South African also won the Talence Décastar that year and earned African Championships silver in 2008 and bronze in 2016.

Adam Sebastian Helcelet embodied the Czech decathlon tradition ‐ emerging under the influence of legends like Dvorák and Šebrle, earning continental medals, and landing firmly among the nation’s top performers. His legacy now continues …

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Ilya Shkurenyov won European indoor heptathlon gold in Prague 2015 and European decathlon silver in Berlin 2018. The Russian also won the 2015 IAAF Combined Events Challenge and set his decathlon personal best of 8601 points in Smolensk 2017.

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 …