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Austin West
Austin West won NACAC decathlon gold in Freeport 2025 with a championship record of 8038 points. The American achieved his personal best of 8331 points when finishing third at the US Championships in Eugene 2023.
Yuma Maruyama - 丸山優真
Yuma Maruyama (丸山優真) 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 …
Ondrej Kopecky
Ondřej Kopecký, coached by Roman Šebrle, achieved his decathlon personal best of 8310 points in Prague 2022. The Czech combined events athlete raised his indoor heptathlon best to 6059 points in Ostrava 2026.
Eduard Mikhan
Eduard Mikhan earned World U20 decathlon silver in Bydgoszcz 2008 and European U23 silver in Ostrava 2011, where he set his personal best of 8152 points. The Belarusian also achieved a heptathlon best of 6145 points in Gomel 2013 and represented …
East German Championships Neubrandenburg 1983
East German Championships Neubrandenburg 1983 saw Torsten Voss retain the national decathlon title with 8335 points, equivalent to 8331 under the 1985 scoring tables. Jörg ‐Peter Schäperkötter finished second with 8265 and Steffen Grummt …
East Germany – Soviet Union decathlon match Neubrandenburg 1984
East Germany – Soviet Union decathlon match Neubrandenburg 1984 saw Aleksandr Apaichev win with 8642 points, equivalent to 8709 under the 1985 scoring tables. Uwe Freimuth finished second with 8553, ahead of Torsten Voss with 8505. The Soviet …
East German Olympic decathlon trials Potsdam 1984
East German Olympic decathlon trials Potsdam 1984 saw Uwe Freimuth win with a national record of 8542 points, equivalent to 8597 under the 1985 scoring tables. Torsten Voss finished just seven points behind with 8535, followed by Hans …
East Germany – Soviet Union decathlon match Dresden 1987
East Germany – Soviet Union decathlon match Dresden 1987 combined an international team contest with the East German national combined events championships at the Heinz ‐Steyer ‐Stadion. Torsten Voss won with 8429 points ahead of …
Soviet Union Championships Moscow 1983
Soviet Union Championships Moscow 1983 formed part of the VIII Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR and also included the Soviet Union – East Germany combined events match. Grigori Degtyaryov won the decathlon with a Soviet record of 8538 …
Siegfried Stark
Siegfried Stark won European decathlon bronze in Prague 1978 and Athens 1982, as well as the European Cup Final in Dresden 1979. The East German athlete finished sixth at the Montreal 1976 Olympics and achieved his career best of 8534 points in …
Rainer Pottel
Rainer Pottel won the European Cup decathlon in Birmingham 1981 with 8334 points, the world’s leading score that season. The East German also took European Cup silver in 1977 and later became Germany’s national decathlon coach.
Aleksandr Nevski
Aleksandr Nevski represented the Soviet Union at two World Championships, finishing sixth in Helsinki 1983 and eighth in Rome 1987. He achieved his decathlon best of 8491 points at Götzis 1984 and set a heptathlon world best of 6144 points in …
Pavel Tarnovetski
Pavel Tarnovetski won World Championships decathlon bronze in Roma 1987 with a personal best of 8375 points. The Ukrainian athlete, who represented the Soviet Union, also won the 1987 Talence Decastar and finished tenth at the Seoul 1988 Olympics.
Sergei Zhelanov
Sergei Zhelanov won Olympic decathlon bronze for the Soviet Union in Moscow in 1980 and added Universiade silver in Bucharest the following year. The Russian ‐born all ‐rounder reached his career best of 8417 points in Kyiv in 1984 and …
Mikhail Medved
Mikhail Medved carried Ukrainian decathlon onto the international podium, winning Universiade silver in Duisburg in 1989 and Goodwill Games bronze in Seattle in 1990 while representing the Soviet Union. He twice scored his career best of 8330 …
Frank Müller
Frank Müller represented Germany in the Olympic decathlon at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, finishing 13th and 14th respectively. His strongest wind ‐legal performance came on the Olympic stage in Atlanta, where he scored 8253 points, …
Wilfrid Boulineau
Wilfrid Boulineau represented France in the decathlon at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and finished sixth at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla with 8154 points. His career best of 8312 points came in Arles in 1999, while his indoor …
Stephan Niklaus
Stephan Niklaus helped raise Swiss decathlon to a new level in the early 1980s, setting a national record of 8337 points in Lausanne in 1983 — equivalent to 8334 under the 1985 scoring tables. He finished fifth at the inaugural World …
West German Championships Salzgitter 1990
Michael Kohnle edged Frank Müller by 33 points to win the 1990 West German Decathlon Championships in Salzgitter on 21–22 July. Kohnle scored 8289 points, Müller finished with 8256 and Thorsten Dauth took bronze with 8040. Gerald ‐Chr. …
East German Championships Dresden 1987
Torsten Voss claimed the 1987 East German decathlon title in Dresden with 8429 points, finishing 201 ahead of Christian Schenk. Thomas Fahner completed the podium with 8060 points. Held on 6–7 June alongside the East Germany–Soviet Union …
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