The 2014 Decastar meeting in Talence featured a dramatic finish as Estonia’s Mikk Pahapill secured victory with 8077 points, edging Ukraine’s Olexiy Kasyanov by just 15 points in a closely contested decathlon competition.
In excellent conditions Kai Kazmirek secured the winner's trophy with 8462 points. It should be mentioned that Damian Warner scored no points in the shot put.
Germany's Michael Schrader claimed victory at the 2015 Ratingen decathlon with 8419 points, narrowly defeating South Africa's Willem Coertzen (8341), while fellow German Pascal Behrenbruch placed third with 7826 points.
Trey Hardee dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2014 US Championships in Sacramento, winning the national title with an impressive 8599 points and finishing 792 points ahead of runner up Wesley Bray.
The men’s decathlon at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava produced a close battle for the title. Belgium’s Thomas van der Plaetsen won with 8157 points, just five points ahead of Eduard Mikhan, while Mihail Dudaš
The men’s decathlon at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tampere produced a high ‐level battle for the medals, with Germany’s Kai Kazmirek taking gold with 8366 points ahead of Ilya Shkurenyov and Adam Sebastian Helcelet,
Pieter Braun won the men’s decathlon at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn with 8195 points, ahead of Spain’s Jorge Ureña and Estonia’s Janek Õiglane, who claimed bronze on home soil.
Ashton Eaton stunned the field in Beijing, setting a new world record of 9045 points to win decathlon gold at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.
Ilya Shkurenyov won European indoor heptathlon gold in Prague 2015 and European decathlon silver in Berlin 2018. The Russian also won the 2015 IAAF Combined Events Challenge and set his decathlon personal best of 8601 points in Smolensk 2017.
Willem Coertzen won the Talence Decastar decathlon with 8187 points, ahead of Olexiy Kasyanov and Ilya Shkurenyov in the prestigious combined events meeting.
Maicel Uibo became NCAA decathlon champion in 2014 and 2015. At the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, he earned a bronze medal in the heptathlon, setting a personal best of 6265 points. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha he
Gunnar Nixon won the men’s decathlon at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona with a world-leading 8018 points, becoming U20 world champion ahead of Jake Stein and Tim Dekker.
Kevin Mayer won the men’s decathlon at the 2011 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, scoring 8124 points for France ahead of Mathias Brugger (7853) and Johannes Hock (7806).
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,
Ashton Eaton dominated the 2016 World Indoor Championships heptathlon in Portland, winning the title with a 6470 points, well clear of Olexiy Kasyanov (6182) and Mathias Brugger (6126).
The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person