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Andre Niklaus is double U23 European champion (2001, 2003) and he won gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow 2006.

Arthur Abele won gold medal at the European Championships in Berlin 2018.

Christian Schenk was not sure he was the World`s Greatest Athlete after winning the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon (Seoul 1988).

Frank Busemann won an Olympic silver medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996).

Guido Kratschmer won an Olympic silver medal at the Montreal Olympic Games (1976).

Leo Neugebauer has broken the 39 ‐years old German decathlon record. He scored 8836 points at the NCAA Division Championships in Austin, Texas (2023). Year later he won second consecutive men’s decathlon title at the NCAA in Eugene, …

Michael Schrader won the silver medal at the World Championships in Moscow 2013, becoming the first German decathlete to make it to the podium at the World Championships since Frank Busemann took the bronze medal in Athens 1997.

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 …

Pascal Behrenbruch won gold medal at the European Championships in Helsinki 2012.

Rico Freimuth has won bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing 2015.

Christian Schenk's personal best was 8500 points, achieved in August 1993 in Stuttgart.

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

8th edition of the biennial European U20 Athletics Championships

2nd edition of the European U20 Athletics Championships

The 5th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Erfurt, Germany (2005)