Thomas Van der Plaetsen is a Belgian decathlete. His biggest achievements are winning the gold medal for decathlon at the 2016 European Athletics Championships, winning bronze medal for heptathlon at the 2014 World Indoor Championships, and gold medal for decathlon at the 2013 and 2015 Summer Universiade.
At the 2001 SEA Games, the athletics events were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 22 by female athletes. The track and field events were hosted at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, the marathons were held around Merdeka Square, and the racewalking events took place at Titiwangsa Lake Gardens.
Cedric Nolf is a Belgian athlete specialising in the long jump. Earlier in his career he competed in the decathlon.
Bastien Auzeil is a French athlete competing in the decathlon. He won the silver medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade in addition to a bronze at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie.
Pieter Braun is a Dutch athlete competing in the combined events. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships. He also competed in the decathlon in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Jorge Ureña Andreu is a Spanish athlete competing in the combined events. He won the silver medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships. In addition, he finished seventh at the 2015 European Indoor Championships.
Paweł Wiesiołek is a Polish athlete competing in the decathlon. He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 17th and competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Atsu Nyamadi is a Ghanaian athlete competing in the decathlon. He won medals at the 2014 African Championships and 2015 African Games.
Jérémy Lelièvre is a French athlete competing in combined events. He represented his country in the heptathlon at the 2016 World Indoor Championships finishing eighth.
Dominik Distelberger is a retired Austrian athlete who competed in the decathlon. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro finishing 19th, as well as the 2017 World Championships in London finishing 17th.
Florian Geffrouais is a French athlete competing in the decathlon. He represented his country at four consecutive European Championships.
Maksim Hienadzievich Andraloits is a Belarusian decathlete. He won a silver medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships and a bronze at the 2015 European Junior Championships.
Ruben Gado is a French athlete competing in the combined events. He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships finishing seventh. He earlier won a silver medal at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie.
Georni Gregorio Jaramillo Cáceres is a Venezuelan athlete competing in the decathlon. He won the gold medal at the 2018 South American Games with a new national record of 7977 points.
Vitaliy Mikhailavich Zhuk is a Belarusian athlete competing in the combined events. He won a bronze medal in the decathlon at the 2018 European Championships.
Niklas Kaul is a German athlete competing in the combined events. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2019 World Championships, becoming the youngest ever decathlon world champion. In addition, he won gold medals at the 2022 European Championships, 2016 World U20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships, and is the current world U20 record holder in the decathlon.
Darko Pešić is a Montenegrin athlete competing in the combined events. He finished sixth in the heptathlon at the 2017 European Indoor Championships. He holds multiple national records in various events.
Noor Vidts is a Belgian athlete competing in the combined events. She won the gold medal in the pentathlon at the 2022 and 2024 World Indoor Championships. Vidts placed fourth in the heptathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She earned silver and bronze for the pentathlon at the 2021 and 2023 European Indoor Championships respectively.
Majed Radhi Mubarak Al-Sayed is a Kuwaiti decathlete. He won the silver medal at the 2019 Asian Championships. He is the current national record holder in both decathlon and heptathlon.
Claudia Conte Martínez is a Spanish heptathlete. She won a silver medal at the 2021 European U23 Championships.
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