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Michael Kohnle won the men’s decathlon at the 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships in Varaždin with a championship-record 8114 points, finishing ahead of Norbert Lampe (7586) and David Bigham (7446).

Valter Külvet won the decathlon at the 1983 European U20 Championships in Schwechat with a championship-record 7915 points (7880 by the 1985 scoring table).

Dan O’Brien won the 1994 US Championships decathlon in Knoxville with 8707 points, successfully defending his national title ahead of Steve Fritz and Kip Janvrin in a competitive American championship field.

At the 2024 World U20 Championships in Lima, Tomas Järvinen won the men’s decathlon with a championship-record 8425 points, ahead of Hubert Trościanka and Florian Vriezen.

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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.

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer won his first world decathlon title at the 2025 Tokyo Championships with 8804 points.

Italian decathlete Dario Dester has established himself among Europe’s leading combined events athletes, combining 8300-point decathlon ability with elite indoor heptathlon performances and appearances at major international championships.