Niklas Kaul set a World record with U20 implements of 8435 points when winning the decathlon at the European Championships in Grosseto 2017. He became the youngest decathlon World champion in history at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in
Sander Aae Skotheim was a silver medalist at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. At the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships, in Espoo, Finland, he won the silver medal in the decathlon.
The Decathlon's nice in that you get to know the other athletes. It's almost like everyone helps each other out. We're all out there trying to win, but at the same time there's a friendship there too. It's always fun going to meets and catching up with the other guys - Tom Pappas