Decathlon 2000

Hubert Trościanka made history at the European U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, becoming the first athlete ever to surpass 8500 points in the U20 decathlon - rewarded with a new world record.

U20 European Championships Thessaloniki 1991

11th edition of the biennial European U20 Athletics Championships

U20 European Championships Utrecht 1981

6th edition of the biennial European U20 Athletics Championships

U20 European Championships Varaždin 1989

10th edition of the biennial European U20 Athletics Championships

U20 national decathlon records

Shot 6.0kg; Hurdles 99cm; Discus 1.75kg; Javelin 800g

U20 World Championships Annecy 1998

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So they said

Decathlon 2000 has pretty much everything you could want to know about decathlon. Whenever I go to a decathlon, you can be sure that I’ve got a sheaf of Decathlon 2000 athlete profiles printed, tabbed, and highlighted in my notebook - Gabby Pieraccini

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Janek Salmistu wrote on Apr 12, 2026

Johannes Erm is an Estonian decathlete competing at the international elite level in combined events. He has represented Estonia at...

Janek Salmistu wrote on Mar 27, 2026

Dmitri Karpov is certainly not Ramil Ganiyev ; -) Thanks for pointing that out!

Anatoly wrote on Mar 27, 2026

Dmitry Karpov is from Kazahstan, but not Uzbekistan

Janek Salmistu wrote on Mar 02, 2026

Now, looking back seven years later, we can see that none of them is comparable to Ashton Eaton… sadly!