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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 …

Robert Jacob Arnold won the 2010 US Championships decathlon in Des Moines with 8215 points, edging Tom Pappas by 114 points to claim the national title.

Many of combined events meetings have a long tradition, like the Hypo Meeting in Götzis and Decastar in Talence.

I was a mediocre 1500 runner most of my Decathlon career until the last couple years

Jan Felix Knobel won the world U20 decathlon title in Bydgoszcz 2008 with 7896 points and finished eighth at the World Championships in Daegu 2011. His best wind ‐legal decathlon score was 8288 points in Götzis 2011, while his highest total …

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 …

Ashton Eaton won the 2011 US Championships decathlon in Eugene with 8729 points, finishing 718 points ahead of runner up Jon Ryan Harlan.

Ashton Eaton captured the 2013 US Championships decathlon title in Des Moines with 8291 points, holding off Gunnar Nixon by 93 points.

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 …

Gunnar Nixon won the world U20 decathlon title in Barcelona 2012 and the US indoor heptathlon title with 6232 points in 2013. The American set his decathlon personal best of 8312 points at the Moscow 2013 World Championships.

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, …

Trey Hardee dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2014 US Championships in Sacramento, winning the national title with an impressive 8599 points and finishing 792 points ahead of runner up Wesley Bray.

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.

Ashton Eaton dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2016 US Championships in Eugene, winning the national title with 8750 points ahead of Jeremy Taiwo (8425) and Zach Ziemek (8413) in one of the strongest American decathlon fields of the year.

Zach Ziemek won world decathlon bronze in Eugene 2022 with a personal best of 8676 points. The American competed at three Olympics, finishing sixth in Tokyo 2021, and won the NCAA indoor heptathlon title in Birmingham 2016.