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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 ...
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 ...
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").
Below a list of all national champions in the Men's Decathlon event in track and field from several ... (USA) Austria. 1980: Georg Werthner; 1981: Sepp Zeilbauer;
In June 2024, he won the decathlon at the 2024 United States Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, having also led overnight following the first day of competition. [9] [10] In winning the title he scored a personal best 8625 points. [11] He competed in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, finishing in tenth place overall. [12]
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 ...
William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is an American former track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion. [1]He won 23 of the 38 decathlons he competed in, scoring over 8,000 points a dozen times.
In winning the US Olympic trial decathlon Scantling scored 8647 points. At the 2020 Olympics decathlon in finishing fourth Scantling scored 8611 points [8] including a 48.25 seconds personal best in the 400 metres, [9] and a personal best time in the 1500 metres of 4.35:54. [10]