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12th IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 2010 European Athletics Championships were held at the Estaldi Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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

Six decathletes surpassed 8000 points at the 1985 Soviet Union Championships in Leningrad. Sergei Popov won the title with 8206 points, ahead of Aleksandr Nevski with 8140 and Valter Külvet with 8132. Just eight points separated silver and bronze.

Alain Blondel is a former French decathlete best known for winning the gold medal at the 1994 European Championships and for representing France at the Olympic level during his international athletics career.

Preview of Tokyo Olympic Decathlon

Frank Busemann won Olympic decathlon silver in Atlanta 1996 with a personal best of 8706 points, including an 8. 07 m long jump and 13. 47 in the 110 m hurdles. The German decathlete followed that breakthrough with world bronze in Athens 1997, …

Bruce Jenner won an Olympic gold medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976

Andres Raja led the way at the 2006 Estonian Championships in Rakvere, winning the men’s decathlon with 7809 points. His performance featured 10, 84 in the 100 m and 14, 11 in the 110 m hurdles. Mikk ‐Mihkel Arro finished second with 7514 …

Christian Schenk was not sure he was the World`s Greatest Athlete after winning the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon in Seoul 1988

Daley Thompson is a legend! He dominated the decathlon for nearly a decade, winning two Olympic gold medals, two European Championships gold medals and also became decathlon World champion. Between 1980 and 1986, he went undefeated in all …

Hans van Alphen won the 2011 Talence Decastar with 8200 points, narrowly defeating Mikk Pahapill and Eelco Sintnicolaas in one of the closest finishes in the meeting's history.

Valter Külvet was a highly gifted Estonian decathlete who competed for the Soviet Union during his main international career. He set Estonian senior decathlon records: 8332 points in 1987 and 8506 points in 1988.

Uwe Freimuth's PB 8792 points, achieved in 1984 - making him the East German national record holder at the time. He was a four-time national champion.

Torsten Voss has won gold medal at the World Championships in Roma 1987. In 1981, he claimed silver at the European U20 Championships, and in 1982 set a junior world record in decathlon with 8397 points.

Tomaš Dvorak is triple Decathlon World Champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former World Record holder - 8994 points scored in Prague 1999

Results of the men's decathlon at the 2017 Estonian Championships, held at Tamme Stadium in Tartu. Taavi Tšernjavski won with 7561 points, ahead of Karel Tilga with 7489 and Henri Loose with 6142.

Steve Fritz missed an Olympic medal by 20 points in Atlanta 1996. He had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points. That got him 4th place.