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Kevin Mayer won the men’s decathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships in Moncton with 7928 points, becoming U20 world champion ahead of Ilya Shkurenyov and Marcus Nilsson.

Hans van Alphen from the Netherlands won the decathlon in Götzis with 8519 points after a thrilling duel with Eelco Sintnicolaas, with a narrow margin of just 13 points

The 2012 Ratingen decathlon was won by Germany's Jan Felix Knobel with 8228 points, ahead of Cuba's Yordani Garcia (8005) and Junior Diaz (7735), after Larbi Bourrada's higher score of 8332 points was later disqualified due to doping.

Jiri Sýkora made history by becoming the first Czech male athlete to win gold medal in the history of the World Junior Championships. Also claimed gold at the European U23 Championships.

East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.

Raul Duany Bueno won the men’s decathlon at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Seoul with 7403 points, securing the U20 world title ahead of Bernhard Floder and Remco van Veldhuizen.

Benjamin Jensen won the men’s decathlon at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Lisbon with 7676 points, becoming U20 world champion ahead of Klaus Isekenmeier and Glenn Lindqvist.

Eric Kaiser won the decathlon at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv with 7762 points, ahead of Jarkko Finni and David Bigham.

Michael Kohnle won the decathlon at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury with 7729 points, ahead of Robert Zmelik and Eduard Hämäläinen.

Petri Keskitalo won the decathlon at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athens with 7623 points, ahead of Michael Smith and Nikolai Zayats.

Vitali Kolpakov won the men’s decathlon at the 1991 European Athletics Junior Championships in Thessaloniki with 7813 points, ahead of Tomaš Dvořák (7748) and Jarkko Finni (7479).

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).

Patrick Eseimokumoh won the men’s decathlon at the 1987 European Athletics Junior Championships in Birmingham with 7614 points, finishing ahead of Roman Frolov and Barry Walsh.

Thomas Fahner won the men’s decathlon at the 1985 European Athletics Junior Championships in Cottbus with 7815 points, finishing ahead of Igor Drobyshevskiy (7633) and Andre Preysing (7476).

One of the most consistent and prominent female multi-event athletes of the 20th century, East German Burglinde Pollak left a well-recognized legacy in the history of women’s athletics