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With a breathtaking 6670 points, Simon Ehammer shatters Ashton Eaton’s long-standing indoor heptathlon mark from Istanbul 2012, etching his name into history.

Larbi Bourrada is the African decathlon record holder with 8521 points.

Oleksandr Apaichev achieved a personal best of 8709 points during a dual meet between the Soviet Union and East Germany in Neubrandenburg in 1984. This score remains the Ukrainian national record. After retiring from competitive athletics, …

Francisco Javier Benet secured his place in Spanish athletics history with an impressive 8526-point decathlon in 1998, keeping him at the top of the national all-time list.

Alain Blondel became decathlon European champion in Helsinki 1994.

Frank Busemann won an Olympic silver medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. German Sportspersonality of the Year 1996.

Sebastien Levicq won gold medal at the Universiade in Buffalo 1993

After retiring as a decathlete, Andrei Nazarov started coaching. He has coached decathletes Erki Nool, Janek Õiglane, heptathlete Larissa Netšeporuk and long jumper Ksenija Balta.

Antonio Penalver won an Olympic silver medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. He becoming the first Spanish decathlete ever to medal at the Olympics.

Attila Zsivoczky is the Hungarian decathlon record holder

Chiel Warners rose to prominence as a junior with European gold in 1997 and went on to place fifth at the 2004 Athens Olympics with a personal best of 8343 points. After retiring, he took on leadership roles in athlete representation, including …

Christian Schenk was not sure he was the World`s Greatest Athlete after winning the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon in Seoul 1988

Dan O’Brien won an Olympic gold medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996). He is triple decathlon World champion (1991, 1993, 1995) and a former World Record holder (8891 points scored in Talence 1992).

Dean Macey finally won the elusive gold medal at World level at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Previously, he had claimed silver at the 1999 World Championships and a bronze at the 2001 World Championships.

Eduard Hämäläinen is the Finnish and also Belarusian decathlon record holder.

Uwe Freimuth's PB 8792 points, achieved in 1984 - making him the East German national record holder at the time. He was a four-time national champion.

Torsten Voss has won gold medal at the World Championships in Roma 1987. In 1981, he claimed silver at the European U20 Championships, and in 1982 set a junior world record in decathlon with 8397 points.

Tom Pappas became the Decathlon World Champion in Paris 2003. Winner of the 2003 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.