Dario Dester holds the Italian records in both combined events, scoring 8318 points in the decathlon at Ratingen 2026 and 6121 in the indoor heptathlon at Ancona 2026. He finished sixth at the European Championships in München 2022 and Roma 2024.
Risto Lillemets won European indoor heptathlon bronze in Istanbul 2023 with 6079 points. His personal bests are 6089 in the heptathlon, achieved in Tallinn 2021, and 8156 in the decathlon from Götzis that same year.
Tim Nowak earned European U20 decathlon bronze in Rieti 2013 and world U20 bronze in Eugene 2014 before progressing to the senior championships, finishing tenth in Doha 2019. He set his decathlon personal best of 8282 points in Götzis 2024 and
Rišardas Malachovskis was a Lithuanian decathlete who represented the Soviet Union before competing for Lithuania. He set a Lithuanian record of 8437 points in Staiki in 1988 and finished fourth at the Soviet championships in Kyiv later that
Decathlon 2000 always used to be a huge inspiration and now I’m glad to be a part of the team here! It gives me an opportunity to discuss and write about the decathlon and to meet people with the same interests - Jessica Bullenkamp