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Janek Õiglane has won bronze medals at the European Championships in München 2022 and at the U23 European Championships in Tallinn 2015. The Estonian Athlete of the Year 2022. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Õiglane set a new Estonian second …

Interview with Colombian decathlon record holder José Gregorio Lemos (7913p, Barranquilla 2018)

Sven Roosen finished 4th in the decathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, setting a new Dutch national record of 8607 points. Pure heart, grit, and greatness. This is only the beginning ‐ the world better watch out, because Sven is …

The supreme athletics event tests the mind and body over ten events. Athletes will compete against one another and the scoring table.

Failing in just one event can end a decathlete's entire competition, with no points scored and no chance of recovery - no matter how well they've performed elsewhere.

At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Bruce Jenner captured gold in the men’s decathlon, cementing his place in athletic history

Christian Schenk's personal best was 8500 points, achieved in August 1993 in Stuttgart.

Simon Poelman's legacy to New Zealand athletics is that of the greatest all round athlete in it's history. His outstanding and, probably, under developed ability at a wide range of events brought him successes at many major events. He is also …

Steve Fritz had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points, more than Bruce Jenner produced to win the Montreal gold. That got him only fourth place.

A historic milestone in the global development of the men’s decathlon

The historic facts & figures surrounding Bulgarian female “all ‐round” athletes are more heroic, rememberable and important that those of Bulgarian men. They left significant trace into European and world track & field annals and can be …

Damian Warner, the decathlete who surprised the World by coming from nowhere to finish 5th at the London Olympics (2012).

How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency, …

Between 1980 and 1981, Bulgarian female athletes like Daniela Nenova, Emilia Kunova, and Valentina Dimitrova made rapid progress in pentathlon and heptathlon, setting national records and achieving personal bests in multiple competitions, …