Jaakko Ojaniemi’s top decathlon score of 8192 points was achieved at the 2002 European Championships in München. His international medal collection is almost entirely from junior and U23 competitions.
Indrek Kaseorg is the four-time Estonian decathlon champion in 1991, 1993, 2001 and 2003. His personal best in the decathlon is 8179 points, achieved in 1998.
Kip Janvrin is the ultimate decathlete. What a remarkably enduring, high ‐quality career! Janvrin won the 1989 U. S. Olympic Festival, the 1995 Pan Am Games, the 2001 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and a record 15 decathlons at
How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency,
Niklas Kaul became the youngest decathlon world champion in history when he won gold in Doha 2019 with a personal best of 8691 points. He had previously set a world U20 record of 8435 points with U20 implements while winning the European U20 title
Karel Tilga, the decathlete who finished fourth at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest with 8681 points, has been named the Estonian Athlete of the Year 2023. He claimed the overall title of the 2023 World Athletics Combined Events Tour.
Ricky Barker is a former American decathlete who competed internationally throughout the 1990s. He scored a career ‐best 8404 points in College Station in 1996 and finished fourth in the heptathlon at the 1995 World Indoor Championships in
Yuma Maruyama is a Japanese decathlete, Asian champion and Japanese record holder. He set the Japanese decathlon record of 8321 points at the 2026 Mt. SAC Relays and has won multiple Asian titles in the combined events, as well as medals at the