Mathias Brugger won heptathlon bronze at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland, following European U20 decathlon silver in Tallinn in 2011. The German combined events athlete set his decathlon personal best of 8304 points in Götzis in
One of the most exciting and unpredicted event of athletic program of XX Olympic Games in Munich 1972 was the women’s Pentathlon. The people of the host country – West Germany – were keen to see the second victory of their local hero
Great Britain’s Daley Thompson set a decathlon world record of 8704 points at the 1982 combined events meeting in Götzis, ahead of Jürgen Hingsen and Grigori Degtyaryov. His record performance is worth 8730 points under the 1985 scoring tables.
East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.
It has been a long time since a Swiss man exceeded 8000 points for decathlon. It was in 2003, to be exact, when Rolf Schläfli achieved 8019 in Götzis and became only the 5th man ever over 8000.
Damian Warner taken the Götzis decathlon crown a record six times, long jumped a Canadian national record and decathlon best (8.28m) and went number four on the all-time list with 8995 points.
The men’s decathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn was won by Germany’s Andreas Bechmann with 8142 points. Sven Roosen of the Netherlands claimed silver with 8056 points, while Norway’s Markus Rooth took bronze
Grenada’s Lindon Victor retained his Commonwealth Games decathlon title in Birmingham in 2022, scoring 8233 points to hold off Australia’s Dan Golubovic by just 36 points. Cedric Dubler secured bronze with 8030, giving Australia two places on
Damian Warner won the 2022 World Indoor Championships heptathlon in Belgrade with 6489 points, holding off Simon Ehammer (6363) and Ashley Moloney (6344) in a high ‐class battle for the title, while Estonia’s Hans ‐Christian
Simon Ehammer won world indoor heptathlon titles in Glasgow 2024 and Toruń 2026, setting a world record of 6670 points in the latter. The Swiss decathlete achieved a national record of 8778 points in Götzis 2026, including a decathlon world
Damian Warner wins Götzis 2022 with 8797 points, ahead of Lindon Victor and Simon Ehammer. Ehammer makes history with an 8.45m leap, the longest jump ever recorded in a decathlon, and finishes with a Swiss record of 8377 points.
At the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Kevin Mayer won the men's heptathlon, with Sander Aae Skotheim second and Risto Lillemets third.
Karel Tilga finished fourth at the Budapest 2023 World Championships with a personal best of 8681 points and won that year’s World Athletics Combined Events Tour. The Estonian claimed NCAA titles in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon in
Pierce LePage wins Götzis 2023 with 8700 points, leading a Canadian one-two ahead of seven-time champion Damian Warner, while Sander Aae Skotheim finishes third with 8590 points.
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