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Decathlon's former logo. Founded by Michel Leclercq in 1976, Decathlon started with a store in Lille, France. [9] Its holding company was formerly known as Oxylane. [10]The company expanded abroad to Germany in 1986, [11] Spain in 1992, [11] [12] Italy in 1993, [11] Belgium in 1997, [13] Portugal, the United Kingdom in 1999, Brazil in 2001, mainland China in 2003, India and Romania in 2009 ...
C. Frank Zarnowski (born April 14, 1943) is an American author, historian, coach, TV commentator, statistician and public address announcer for track and field events, specializing in the decathlon. [1] [2] [3] Since 1970, Zarnowski has coached and announced at national track and field championships. On five occasions between 1975 and 2012, he ...
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or "prize"). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are ...
Decathlon, the world's largest sporting good retail chain, [2] [3] opened its first store in Lille, France, in 1976. [4] It now has about 1700 stores in 60 countries and territories. [5] The sector contracted globally in 2007 and 2008, due to the loss of disposable income during the Global Financial Crisis. [6]
Michael Leclercq is a French entrepreneur and businessman best known as the founder of Decathlon, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers.Established in 1976, Decathlon has revolutionized the sporting goods industry with its unique business model, emphasizing accessibility, innovation, and affordability.
B'TWIN was a trademarked brand of bicycles as well as bicycle parts and accessories marketed by Decathlon. [1] It has now been replaced by the Van Rysel brand. The bicycles are produced by several manufacturers in Asia and Europe. In 2010, a small part of the assembly process was relocated to France.
Compared to the Citabria's wingspan of 33.5 feet (10.2 m), the Decathlon's wingspan is shorter, at 32 feet (9.8 m). One of the major developments of the 8KCAB Decathlon over the 7KCAB Citabria is the Decathlon's wing, which employs a semi-symmetrical NACA 1412 airfoil, [2] as opposed to the Citabria's flat-bottomed airfoil. This change gives ...
Ashton James Eaton (born January 21, 1988) is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in the indoor heptathlon event. Eaton was the second decathlete (after Roman Šebrle) to break the 9,000-point barrier in the decathlon, with 9,039 points, a score he bettered on August 29, 2015, when he beat his own world record with a score of 9,045 points ...