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Manuel Eitel joined SSV Ulm 1846 in 2013, where he trained under coach Christopher Hellmann. In 2014, he set a new German U18 decathlon record in Bernhausen, surpassing the previous record held by Jan Felix Knobel.

IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)

The men's decathlon at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart featured one of the strongest competitions in combined events history. Great Britain's Daley Thompson successfully defended his European title with 8811 points, defeating long …

Ladji Doucoure won the men’s decathlon at the 2001 European U20 Championships in Grosseto with 7747 points, leading Lars Albert and Atis Vaisjuns in a closely contested junior combined-events competition.

The 3rd European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2001)

Nicklas Wiberg won the men’s decathlon at the 2003 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, taking the European junior title with 7604 points ahead of Aleksei Sysoyev and Steffen Willwacher.

Andrei Krauchanka won the men’s decathlon at the 2005 European Athletics U20 Championships in Kaunas, scoring 7997 points to take the European junior title ahead of Arthur Abele and Mauri Kaattari.

The 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Göteborg, Sweden (1999)

The 1st European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Turku, Finland (1997)

Yevgeniy Likhanov won the men’s decathlon at the 2013 European Athletics U20 Championships in Rieti with 7975 points, ahead of Aleksey Cherkasov (7790) and Tim Nowak (7778), while Janek Õiglane finished fourth with 7604 points.

Matthias Prey captured the men’s decathlon title at the 2007 European Athletics U20 Championships in Hengelo, winning with 7908 points for Germany ahead of Rok Deržanic (7560) and Rico Freimuth (7524).

The 7th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Kaunas, Lithuania (2009)

Thomas van der Plaetsen won the men’s decathlon at the 2009 European Athletics U20 Championships in Novi Sad, scoring 7769 points for Belgium ahead of Petter Olson (7734) and Kai Kazmirek (7639).

Kevin Mayer won the men’s decathlon at the 2011 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, scoring 8124 points for France ahead of Mathias Brugger (7853) and Johannes Hock (7806).