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When the new class U20 was formed, a different specification from that of IAAF was in force in some countries and at some competitions.

Kevin Mayer won the men’s decathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships in Moncton with 7928 points, becoming U20 world champion ahead of Ilya Shkurenyov and Marcus Nilsson.

The 2018 U20 World Championships in Tampere saw Australia’s Ashley Moloney win the men’s decathlon with a championship record of 8190 points, ahead of Gary Haasbroek and Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer.

Raul Duany Bueno won the men’s decathlon at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Seoul with 7403 points, securing the U20 world title ahead of Bernhard Floder and Remco van Veldhuizen.

Benjamin Jensen won the men’s decathlon at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Lisbon with 7676 points, becoming U20 world champion ahead of Klaus Isekenmeier and Glenn Lindqvist.

The men’s decathlon at the 2002 IAAF World Junior Championships in Kingston was won by Leonid Andreyev (Uzbekistan) with 7693 points, narrowly ahead of Nadir El Fassi (France) with 7677 and Mikko Halvari (Finland) with 7587.

The men’s decathlon at the 2000 IAAF World Junior Championships in Santiago was won by Dennis Leyckes (Germany) with 7897 points, ahead of David Gomez Martinez (Spain) with 7772 and Andre Niklaus (Germany) with 7712.

Aki Heikkinen won the men’s decathlon at the 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships in Annecy with 7476 points, leading a Finnish one-two with Jaakko Ojaniemi (7246) and finishing ahead of Germany’s Thomas Pöge (7332).

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Eric Kaiser won the decathlon at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv with 7762 points, ahead of Jarkko Finni and David Bigham.

Michael Kohnle won the decathlon at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury with 7729 points, ahead of Robert Zmelik and Eduard Hämäläinen.

Petri Keskitalo won the decathlon at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athens with 7623 points, ahead of Michael Smith and Nikolai Zayats.

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 …

Tom Pappas became the Decathlon World Champion in Paris 2003. He was the winner of the 2003 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

Niklas Kaul won the men’s decathlon at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, scoring a championship ‐leading 8435 points ahead of Johannes Erm (8141) and Karel Tilga (8002), making this a key result in the European U20 …

2021 in Frankfurt Jente Hauttekeete breaks heptathlon world junior record with 6062 points. With 6259 points, he equals the Belgian heptathlon record set by Thomas van der Plaetsen in 2014.

Attila Zsivoczky is a Hungarian decathlete best known for winning World Championships bronze in 2005 and European Championships silver in 2006, while also competing in three Olympic Games.

Chiel Warners rose to prominence as a junior with European gold in 1997 and went on to place fifth at the 2004 Athens Olympics with a personal best of 8343 points. After retiring, he took on leadership roles in athlete representation, including …