Search results: German decathlete

At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Paul Meier captured the bronze medal with a personal best score of 8548 points. On 30 April 2004, he married high jumper Heike Henkel. They have a daughter, Marlene Meier.

Michael Schrader won the silver medal at the World Championships in Moscow 2013, becoming the first German decathlete to make it to the podium at the World Championships since Frank Busemann took the bronze medal in Athens 1997.

You also feel a sense of injustice when world records from professionals are compared with the world records from participants of the multi events?

German men’s decathlon all-time list up to 8000 points. Leading the German men’s decathlon all-time list is Leo Neugebauer, who set the national record with a stunning 8961 points performance at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Eugene.

In the early 80s Jürgen Hingsen set three World records with 8741, 8825 and 8832 points

Kurt Felix was NCAA Division I decathlon champion in 2012, and at that time he set a Grenadian national record in the decathlon. His best decathlon score is 8509 points, achieved at Ratingen, Germany in 2017. He captured medals at the 2014 …

Leo Neugebauer has broken the 39 ‐years old German decathlon record. He scored 8836 points at the NCAA Division Championships in Austin, Texas (2023). Year later he won second consecutive men’s decathlon title at the NCAA in Eugene, …

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.

Failing in just one event can end a decathlete's entire competition, with no points scored and no chance of recovery - no matter how well they've performed elsewhere.

World's Greatest Athlete - this title is traditionally given to the Olympic decathlon champion

Decathletes, who compete across throwing, jumping, and running events with strong results, deserve full recognition as real athletes alongside specialists like shot putters and long ‐distance runners. It highlights the demanding nature of …

Oleksandr Apaichev achieved a personal best of 8709 points during a dual meet between the Soviet Union and East Germany in Neubrandenburg in 1984. This score remains the Ukrainian national record. After retiring from competitive athletics, …