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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 ...
Below a list of all national champions in the Men's Decathlon event in track and field from several countries since 1980. Australia. 1980: Peter Hadfield;
O'Brien won the Olympic gold medal for decathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and also won gold medals at the 1991, 1993, and 1995 World Championships in Athletics. Shortly after his gold medal performance at the 1996 Olympics, O'Brien was honored with "Dan O'Brien Day" by the state of Idaho and a parade by the city of Moscow in mid ...
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 ...
1.23 Decathlon. 2 Mixed Events. Toggle Mixed Events subsection. 2.1 4 × 400 metres relay. 2.2 Marathon walk relay. 3 Discontinued events. Toggle Discontinued events ...
Eaton won his second straight Olympic decathlon gold medal, extending his reign in a sport whose champion earns the title of the world's greatest athlete. American Ashton Eaton retains decathlon title
Men's decathlon: August 22 Gold: Kerron Clement * LaShawn Merritt David Neville Angelo Taylor Jeremy Wariner Reggie Witherspoon* Track & field: Men's 4 × 400 m relay: August 23 Gold: Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings* Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Mary Wineberg: Track & field: Women's 4 × 400 m relay: August 23 Gold: United States women's ...
Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (Japanese: 石井 積, Ishii Tsumoru, born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete who was the 2008 Summer Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.