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Sports equipment. Revenue. €15.6 billion (2023) [4] Number of employees. 101,000 (2023) Website. decathlon .com. Decathlon ( French pronunciation: [dekatlɔ̃]) is a French sporting goods retailer. With over 2,080 stores in 69 countries and regions (2023), [1] it is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world.
Roman Šebrle ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈroman ˈʃɛbr̩lɛ]; born 26 November 1974) is a retired decathlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he later switched to the combined events and is a former world record holder in the decathlon, holding the record ...
The Men's decathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–9 August. [1] From the outset, new world record holder Ashton Eaton dominated the events with teammate Trey Hardee his closest competitor. Notable for his early exit, 2004 champion and former world record holder Roman ...
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 ...
Tomáš Dvořák ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈdvor̝aːk] ), born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov (now Zlín ), Czechoslovakia, is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He competed in the decathlon and heptathlon for the team Dukla Prague. He is a three-time decathlon world champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former world record holder (8,994 ...
The current world record holder is French national Kevin Mayer with 9126 points. Over the years, athletes have become bigger, stronger and faster, leading some to score more points. The first world record in the women's decathlon was recognized by the IAAF in 2004. As of 21 June 2009, two world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.
The Czech Republic competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former Czechoslovakia.
Decathlon. men. Wheelchair races. v. t. e. These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the competition starting on August 8, 1984, and ending on August 9, 1984. [ 1]