How to Use decathlete in a Sentence

decathlete

noun
  • Aaron Olson had a decathlete-type day and did his first meet in the javelin as a senior.
    — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Vlogger and decathlete Mitch Modin has some thoughts on the decathlon.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 22 May 2018
  • Shirtless decathlete Mitch Modin vlogs about his pre-meet routine.
    — oregonlive.com, 28 July 2019
  • The Ontario decathlete has refused to give up on his dreams of Olympic glory.
    — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Difficult and dangerous, the pole vault has broken the heart of many a decathlete.
    — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Like their mother, a former decathlete, the children all have exactly one trait.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In this vlog, decathlete Mitch Modin does a killer 400-meter workout on grass.
    — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Jenner, a decathlete, won a gold medal at the 1976 games in Montreal.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 28 June 2021
  • Luke Franzke became a five-time city champion and college decathlete who followed his dad into high school coaching.
    — oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The father was 20 when he was invited to train with Germany’s national team as a decathlete.
    — Time, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Former Oregon decathlete Mitch Modin takes viewers of his vlog through his first throwing practice in a long time.
    — oregonlive, 14 June 2020
  • His father, Stefan, was a decathlete invited to a training camp in Germany.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Qualified for the 1956 Olympics as a decathlete, but did not compete in order to focus on football.
    — CNN, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Ex-Oregon decathlete Mitch Modin vlogs about his return to competition.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 30 May 2018
  • Obrand responded that Wagner was a decathlete in the 1919 Olympics who ran for France.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2021
  • For example, there’s a foot chase in the sequel where Monaghan’s former decathlete character outpaces him by a wide margin in an alleyway.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Stefan Schauffele was an aspiring decathlete in Germany 40 years ago when a drunk driver slammed into his car head-on near Weisbaden.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2021
  • Jenner became a renowned decathlete and later moved to California, breaking records around the world and winning a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Stefan himself was a promising decathlete in Germany 40 years ago before a head-on collision with a drunk driver wedged a shard of glass from the windshield into his left eye, and six surgeries couldn’t save it.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Recruited as a decathlete, Sagendorf’s freshman year ended in the spring of 2016 after tearing the meniscus in his right knee, which sidelined him through the indoor season.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2021
  • Former Ducks decathlete and Ontario native Joseph Delgado is competing in the decathlon and stood in 11th place after six events.
    — oregonlive, 20 June 2021
  • Another bad break broke in the direction of Germantown Academy senior Kyle Garland, one of the nation’s top decathletes.
    — Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Aboard the ferry, Matt meets David Burton, a bronze-medal winning decathlete turned sports announcer who claims to be God after dying in a rock-climbing accident and then rising from the dead.
    — Michael Sebastian, Esquire, 15 May 2017
  • At Germantown Academy, senior Kyle Garland is one of the nation’s top decathletes and is scheduled to compete in the high jump and the 4×400 relay.
    — Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The former Olympic decathlete has positioned herself as a high-profile transgender woman since coming out on the cover of Vanity Fair in 2015.
    — al, 1 Apr. 2022
  • One of the most underrated stories in CSF athletics is its remarkable ability to recruit, nurture and spring standout decathletes on the Big West — and elsewhere.
    — Brian Robin, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
  • Heptathlete Jenna Fee Feyerabend of San Diego State and decathlete Sam Betz of UC San Diego scored victories over the weekend as Tritons, Aztecs and track and field athletes from Mesa College dominated the 47th annual Aztec Invitational.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026

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