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Kurt Bendlin, a gifted German decathlete, overcame multiple injuries and personal tragedy to set a world record in 1967, and despite repeated setbacks, made several comebacks throughout his career.

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.

Dan O’Brien’s journey - from dramatic setbacks like missing the 1992 Olympics to dominating world championships and securing Olympic gold - cements his legacy as one of the greatest decathletes ever.

Dmitri Karpov won Olympic decathlon bronze in Athens 2004 with an Asian record of 8725 points, alongside world bronze medals in Paris 2003 and Osaka 2007. The Kazakh also won two Asian Games titles, the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge …

Qi Haifeng (齐海峰) won Asian Games decathlon gold in Busan 2002 and set a Chinese national record of 8290 points in Götzis 2005. He also placed seventh at the Paris 2003 World Championships and claimed East Asian Games gold in Hong Kong 2009.

Laurent Hernu won Talence Decastar in 2003 and earned three individual medals in the European Cup Combined Events Super League. Fifth at the Paris 2003 World Championships, the French decathlete set his personal best of 8280 points in Edmonton …

Bryan Clay won Olympic decathlon gold in Beijing 2008 and the world title in Helsinki 2005, following Olympic silver in Athens 2004. The American also claimed two world indoor heptathlon titles and set his decathlon personal best of 8832 points in …

Indrek Turi won decathlon silver at both the Bydgoszcz 2003 European U23 Championships and the Daegu 2003 Universiade, where he achieved his personal best of 8122 points. The Estonian added individual bronze at the European Cup Super League in …

Kristjan Rahnu won the Arles 2005 decathlon with a career best of 8526 points and finished sixth at the Helsinki World Championships that summer. The Estonian also placed fourth at the Moscow 2006 World Indoor Championships, setting his heptathlon …

Aleksandr Pogorelov was a talented decathlete with podium-level performances on major stages, but his legacy has been significantly impacted by doping findings and annulled results.

Paul Terek set his decathlon personal best of 8312 points at the 2004 US Olympic Trials, earning a place at the Athens Olympics. He won three US indoor heptathlon titles and finished tenth at the Osaka 2007 World Championships.

Andre Niklaus crowned his indoor career with the 2006 world heptathlon title in Moscow, scoring 6192 points. A two ‐time European U23 decathlon champion, the German combined events athlete achieved his decathlon personal best of 8371 points …

Romain Barras won European decathlon gold in Barcelona 2010 with a personal best of 8453 points and claimed that year’s IAAF World Combined Events Challenge title. The French decathlete also won Universiade gold in Daegu 2003 and Mediterranean …

Coached by Gennadiy Morozov, Aleksei Drozdov benefited from moving to Bryansk to train, transitioning from local sprinter interest to elite multi-event athlete following encouragement from family and early exposure to combined events training.

Maurice Smith won world decathlon silver in Osaka 2007 with a Jamaican record of 8644 points, following Pan American Games gold earlier that season. He also earned Commonwealth silver in Melbourne 2006 and set a national indoor heptathlon record …

Claston Bernard won Commonwealth Games decathlon gold in Manchester 2002 and the NCAA title that same year. Representing LSU, he became the first man to win three consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) decathlon titles, from 1999 to 2001. His …