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35th European Athletics Indoor Championships

Rik Taam - rising star from U20/U23 levels to full international, breaking 8000 points in Dutch decathlon after long drought

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 …

Fredrik Samuelsson won silver in the decathlon at the 2017 European U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz with a score of 8010 points

Johannes Erm, the Estonian decathlete, is the 2024 European champion with a personal best of 8764 points, the second ‐highest score in Estonian history after Olympic champion Erki Nool. He also placed 6th at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won …

The 2019 Decastar meeting in Talence saw Canada’s Pierce LePage claim victory with 8453 points ahead of American Zach Ziemek, confirming his status among the world’s elite decathletes just weeks before the World Athletics Championships.

Pierce LePage won gold medal at the World Championships in Budapest 2023 and silver medal at the World Championships in Eugene 2022. With just small improvements (especially in 1500m and javelin), LePage has the capability to break 9000 points.

Cedric Dubler is Australia’s most prolific decathlete with the most scores over 8000. Coach Eric Brown noticed his aptitude for pole vault, and saw that he had the potential for the decathlon. He set a new personal best of 8393 points in the …

Kai Kazmirek of Germany won the 2019 Ratingen decathlon with 8444 points, finishing comfortably ahead of France's Basile Rolnin (8205) and South Africa's Fredriech Pretorius (7872).

The 12th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Gävle, Sweden (2019)

Simon Ehammer won the men’s decathlon at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås with 7851 points, ahead of Leon Mak (7700) and Markus Rooth (7692).

Niklas Kaul captured decathlon gold at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha with a total of 8691 points, sealing victory with a strong final event.

After injury setbacks, Jorge Ureña made a triumphant return in June 2023 at Ratingen, Germany, posting a new PB of 8381 points ‐ lifting him to the third ‐best Spanish decathlon score ever. At the 2019 European Indoor Championships …

Garrett Scantling achieved a personal best of 8867 points at the 2022 USATF Combined Events Championships. He banned for three years for doping offences. Scantling’s three ‐year period of ineligibility started on June 27 2022, the date he …