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Thomas van der Plaetsen became Belgium’s first European junior decathlon champion at Novi Sad 2009, winning with a national U20 record of 7769 points. Sweden’s Petter Olson finished just 35 points behind with 7734, while Germany’s Kai …

Vitali Kolpakov claimed the decathlon title at the 1991 European Junior Championships in Thessaloniki with 7813 points. Tomaš Dvorak finished 65 points behind to take silver with 7748, while Finland’s Jarkko Finni earned bronze with 7479.

Mikhail Romanyuk edged Torsten Voss by just six points to win the decathlon at the 1981 European Junior Championships in Utrecht. His championship record of 7918 points secured gold, while Estonia’s Sven Reintak took bronze representing the …

Siegfried Wentz won the decathlon at the 1979 European Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with a championship record of 7822 points. Dietmar Jentsch and Peter Hummel completed the podium for East Germany, while Norway’s Gudmund Olsen finished …

Daley Thompson claimed his first major international decathlon title at the 1977 European Junior Championships in Donetsk. He scored 7647 points to finish ahead of Ronald Wiese and Jürgen Hingsen, marking an early chapter in his celebrated …

Eckart Müller claimed the decathlon title at the 1975 European Junior Championships in Athens with a championship record of 7706 points. Georg Werthner took silver for Austria, while Anatoli Novikov won bronze ahead of Estonia’s Tõnu Kaukis, …

Paris hosted the first official European Junior Championships in 1970 at the historic Stade Olympique de Colombes. Aleksandr Blinyayev won the decathlon with 7632 points under the scoring tables then in use, ahead of Eberhard Stroot and Frank Nusse.

Glenn Lindqvist won the decathlon at the 1995 European Junior Championships in Nyíregyháza with 7363 points. Rick Wassenaar claimed silver for the Netherlands with 7299, while Jiri Ryba edged Bart Bennema by 19 points to secure bronze with 7271.

Christer Holger secured Sweden’s decathlon gold at the 1993 European Junior Championships in San Sebastián with 7534 points. Jan Podebradsky took silver for the Czech Republic with 7396, while Germany’s Stefan ‐Hubert Vogt completed the …

František Doubek secured decathlon gold at the 2021 World U20 Championships in Nairobi with a world U20 leading score and Czech U20 record of 8169 points. Belgium’s Jente Hauttekeete took silver with 8053, while José San Pastor earned bronze …

Trościanka's performance included a world U20 decathlon best of 46,21 seconds in the 400 meters and a championship best of 68.87 meters in the javelin throw.

Andre Niklaus crowned his indoor career with the 2006 world heptathlon title in Moscow, scoring 6192 points. A two ‐time European U23 decathlon champion, the German combined events athlete achieved his decathlon personal best of 8371 points …

Niklas Kaul became the youngest decathlon world champion in history when he won gold in Doha 2019 with a personal best of 8691 points. He had previously set a world U20 record of 8435 points with U20 implements while winning the European U20 title …

Johannes Erm won the European decathlon title in Roma 2024 with a personal best of 8764 points, placing him second on Estonia’s all ‐time list behind Olympic champion Erki Nool. He also finished sixth at the Paris 2024 Olympics, won the …

Jente Hauttekeete won European U20 decathlon gold in Tallinn 2021 and world U20 silver in Nairobi that same year. The Belgian set a world U20 heptathlon record of 6062 points in Frankfurt 2021, achieved his senior decathlon best of 8268 in Talence …

Attila Zsivoczky won world decathlon bronze in Helsinki 2005 and European silver in Göteborg 2006. The Hungarian set a national record of 8554 points in Götzis 2000, following world U20 gold in Sydney 1996 and European U23 gold in Göteborg 1999.

Chiel Warners won European U20 decathlon gold in Ljubljana 1997 and finished fifth at the Athens 2004 Olympics with 8343 points. His personal best of 8363 came in Götzis 1999. After retiring, he chaired the Dutch Olympic Committee’s …

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 …

Eduard Hämäläinen is a former elite decathlete who competed internationally for both the Soviet Union/Belarus and later Finland, becoming one of the leading combined events athletes of the 1990s. He is best known for winning multiple major …