Leonel Suarez won Olympic decathlon bronze in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, alongside World Championships silver in Berlin 2009 and bronze in Daegu 2011. The Cuban set a national record of 8654 points in Havana 2009 and claimed Pan American Games
Thomas van der Plaetsen returned from cancer treatment to win the European decathlon title in Amsterdam 2016. The Belgian claimed world indoor heptathlon bronze with a national record of 6259 points in Sopot 2014 and achieved his decathlon best of
Decathletes, who compete across throwing, jumping, and running events with strong results, deserve full recognition as real athletes alongside specialists like shot putters and long ‐distance runners. It highlights the demanding nature of
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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
Great Britain’s Daley Thompson set a decathlon world record of 8704 points at the 1982 combined events meeting in Götzis, ahead of Jürgen Hingsen and Grigori Degtyaryov. His record performance is worth 8730 points under the 1985 scoring tables.
Vasili Kuznetsov was a leading figure in Soviet decathlon, winning three consecutive European titles in 1954, 1958 and 1962, alongside Olympic bronze medals in Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960. The Russian ‐born athlete twice broke the
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