Rico Freimuth has won bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing 2015

Robert Zmelik won an Olympic gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992

Romain Barras became Decathlon European Champion in Barcelona 2010

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).