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Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, politician, and actor.Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games.
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 a decade later: to Germany in 1986, [11] Spain in 1992, [11] [12] Italy in 1993, [11] [citation needed] Belgium in 1997, [13] Portugal, the United Kingdom in 1999, Brazil in 2001, mainland China in ...
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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.
Kevin Mayer (French: [kevin majɛʁ], [3] [4] or , born 10 February 1992) is a French athlete specialising in decathlon and indoor heptathlon.He is two-time world champion (in 2017 and 2022), two-time Olympic silver medalist (2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics) and the world record holder in the decathlon since 2018.
Athletes are allocated points based on an international-standard points scoring system, such as the decathlon scoring table. [1] Other longer combined events do exist, such as the icosathlon (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to ...
The Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale Development Team is a French UCI Continental road cycling team established in 2001. Until 2023, it was a national first-division (DN1) club team, upgrading to UCI Continental status for the 2024 season. [1] The team acts as the development program for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.
With a seating capacity of 50,186, it is the fourth-largest sports stadium in France and the home of French professional football club Lille. Initially named Grand Stade Lille Métropole , the stadium was renamed on 21 June 2013, after the death of the former Mayor of Lille and former Prime Minister of France Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013). [ 2 ]