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How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency, …

Coach and the athlete must be very careful on how they distribute the volume and intensity in their training cycles

Seventeen ‐year ‐old Robert “Bob” Mathias won the men’s decathlon at the London 1948 Olympic Games with 7139 points, triumphing in cold, rainy conditions at Wembley Stadium on 5–6 August. France’s Ignace Heinrich took silver …

Paavo Yrjölä led a Finnish one ‐two in the men’s decathlon at the Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games, winning with a world record of 8053. 290 points. Akilles Järvinen took silver with 7931. 500, while John Kenneth Doherty secured bronze for …

James “Jim” Thorpe dominated the first Olympic men’s decathlon at Stockholm 1912, scoring a world record of 8412. 955 points across three days on 13–15 July. Already the pentathlon champion, he finished 688. 460 points ahead of Sweden’s …

Leonel Suarez won Olympic decathlon bronze in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, alongside World Championships silver in Berlin 2009 and bronze in Daegu 2011. The Cuban set a national record of 8654 points in Havana 2009 and claimed Pan American Games …

Eugene Martineau was a two-time Olympic decathlete from the Netherlands, a national champion, and a consistent world-class performer with a career best over 8200 points.

Andrei Krauchanka dominated the 2008 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Hengelo with 8585 points, leading Belarus to a second consecutive men’s team title. Romain Barras (7974) edged Andres Raja (7964) for individual silver, while the …

Andres Raja represented Estonia at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, finishing 12th in the decathlon with 8118 points. He improved by just one point to set his personal best of 8119 at the Berlin 2009 World Championships. A four ‐time Estonian …

Mikk Pahapill won heptathlon gold at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with 6362 points — remarkably he established personal bests in all seven disciplines.

Olexiy Kasyanov won World Championships decathlon bronze with a personal best of 8479 points in Berlin 2009. The Ukrainian also claimed European decathlon silver and two world indoor heptathlon silver medals.

Canada’s Damian Warner has joined an elite group of men with 9000+ points in the decathlon. His mark of 9018 points becomes an Olympic record.

Yordani Garcia progressed from world U18 octathlon champion in Marrakech 2005 to Pan American Games decathlon silver in Rio de Janeiro 2007. The Cuban achieved a personal best of 8496 points in Havana 2009 and won Central American and Caribbean …

Michael Schrader produced his finest decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, winning silver with a personal best of 8670 points. The German decathlete also won the 2009 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8522 points, including an 8. 05 m long …

Bronze medals at the 2004 World U20 Championships in Grosseto and the 2005 European U23 Championships in Erfurt marked Norman Müller's rise in the decathlon. The German combined events athlete went on to score 8000+ points in 13 decathlons, …

Michael Schrader wins Götzis 2009 with 8522 points, becoming the first German winner since Christian Schenk in 1990, ahead of Trey Hardee and Pascal Behrenbruch.

Lithuanian men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7600 points