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Dan O’Brien won an Olympic gold medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996). He is triple decathlon World champion (1991, 1993, 1995) and a former World Record holder (8891 points scored in Talence 1992).

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Dave Johnson won an Olympic bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games (1992).

Dezső Szabó won silver medal at the European Championships in Split 1990.

Eduard Hämäläinen is the Finnish and also Belarusian decathlon record holder.

Torsten Voss has won gold medal at the World Championships in Roma 1987.

Tomaš Dvorak is triple Decathlon World Champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former World Record holder (8994 points scored in Prague 1999).

Tom Pappas became the Decathlon World Champion in Paris 2003.

Steve Fritz missed an Olympic medal by 20 points in Atlanta (1996). He had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points. That got him 4th place.

Simon Poelman's personal best of 8359 points is still a New Zealand national record. This was set at the national athletics championships in Christchurch 1987.

Sebastian Chmara is the Polish Decathlon record holder who became World Indoor champion in 1999 and European Indoor champion in 1998.

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).

Robert Zmelik won an Olympic gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games (1992).