A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά and ἄθλος. A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.
Ashton James Eaton 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 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, and remains the only person to exceed 9000 points twice. His world record was broken by Frenchman Kevin Mayer on September 16, 2018, with a total of 9,126 points, who became the third man to pass the 9,000-point barrier.
The 35th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 30 and 31 May 2009 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2009 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 33rd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 26 May and 27 May 2007 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2007 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 31st edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 28 May and 29 May 2005 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2005 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 29th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 31 May and 1 June 2003 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2003 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 27th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 26 and May 27, 2001 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2001 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. Roman Šebrle set a world record in the men's decathlon with 9026 points.
The 23rd annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 31 and June 1, 1997 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event.
Larbi Bourrada is an Algerian decathlon athlete. He is the four-time African champion and the African record holder in the event. He has also competed in the pole vault, winning the All-Africa Games title in 2011 and two silver medals at the African Championships. In 2012 his doping sample at a competition came back positive for the banned steroid Stanozolol, and he was given a two-year ban from athletics.
Kevin Mayer is a French athlete specialising in decathlon and indoor heptathlon. He is two-time world champion, two-time Olympic silver medalist and the world record holder in the decathlon since 2018. He is also a world and three-time European champion in heptathlon.
Kai Kazmirek is a German track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He holds a personal best of 8580 points for the event achieved in Rio 2016, as well as an indoor heptathlon best of 6173 points. He is a member of LG Rhein-Wied athletics club.
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.
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.
Dominik Distelberger is an Austrian athlete competing in the decathlon. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing 19th.
Florian Geffrouais is a French athlete competing in the decathlon. He represented his country at four consecutive European Championships.
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.
Elmo Savola is a Finnish athlete competing in the combined events. He won a bronze medal in the decathlon at the 2017 European U23 Championships.
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.
