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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 ...
2. Keeping a keen eye on trends. Decathlon was a first-mover in many ways. Way before high-street companies entered secondhand retail, in 1986, the French company launched an event series ...
In November 2023, Decathlon was announced as the co-title sponsor of the team in a five-year deal. The team will be called Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale from 2024. Decathlon will also be replacing BMC as the bike supplier of the team, with the team using Decathlon's Van Rysel bikes with Shimano components. Citroën will stay on as the team's ...
Wanamaker was a top ten U.S. decathlete from 1970 to 1974. [1] He was the 1970 NCAA national champion [2] and an All-American in decathlon, [3] the 1971 AAU National Champion in decathlon, with a score of 7989, [4] [5] and was the 1971 gold medalist in decathlon at the Pan American Games with a score of 7648.
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 ...
2 José Fernando Ferreira Brazil (BRA) 10.66 938 PB: 13 2 Leo Neugebauer Germany (GER) 10.67 935 14 1 Markus Rooth Norway (NOR) 10.71 926 PB: 15 2 Makenson Gletty France (FRA) 10.72 924 16 1 Sander Skotheim Norway (NOR) 10.78 910 SB: 17 1 Jorge Ureña Spain (ESP) 10.87 890 18 1 Janek Õiglane Estonia (EST) 10.89 885 =PB: 19 2 Heath Baldwin
Clay won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in the decathlon. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His victory margin of 240 points in the 2008 Beijing Olympics was the largest since 1972. [ 8 ] The Olympic decathlon champion is referred to as the "World's Greatest Athlete" and prior to the Olympics, Clay was tested by SPARQ to establish his SPARQ Rating across a ...
This is a list of the NCAA Division I outdoor champions in combined track and field events – the decathlon for men, and the heptathlon for women. International javelin design regulations changed in 1986, so all javelin throws before that year were using an older, more aerodynamic javelin.