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
• The Ontario decathlete has refused to give up on his dreams of Olympic glory.
  — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
• Jenner, a decathlete, won a gold medal at the 1976 games in Montreal.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 28 June 2021
• In this vlog, decathlete Mitch Modin does a killer 400-meter workout on grass.
  — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2020
• Difficult and dangerous, the pole vault has broken the heart of many a decathlete.
  — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
• Obrand responded that Wagner was a decathlete in the 1919 Olympics who ran for France.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2021
• Shirtless decathlete Mitch Modin vlogs about his pre-meet routine.
  — oregonlive.com, 28 July 2019
• Qualified for the 1956 Olympics as a decathlete, but did not compete in order to focus on football.
  — CNN, 9 Feb. 2022
• Former Oregon decathlete Mitch Modin takes viewers of his vlog through his first throwing practice in a long time.
  — oregonlive, 14 June 2020
• 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
• The father was 20 when he was invited to train with Germany’s national team as a decathlete.
  — Time, 1 Aug. 2021
• 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
• His father, Stefan, was a decathlete invited to a training camp in Germany.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 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
• Luke Franzke became a five-time city champion and college decathlete who followed his dad into high school coaching.
  — oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2019
• Oregon decathlete Mitch Modin's vlog continues to evolve.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 21 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ex-Oregon decathlete Mitch Modin vlogs about his return to competition.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 30 May 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
• 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
• Dustin Renwick is a former collegiate decathlete, a current triathlete, and a freelance journalist based in D.C.
  — Dustin Renwick, Outside Online, 4 June 2020
• The Olympic-gold-medalist decathlete formerly known as Bruce Jenner changed the debate about transgender issues after coming out as Caitlyn.
  — Alex Altman, Time, 28 Sep. 2017
• The great decathlete and humanitarian Rafer Johnson died at age 86.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2020
• Aki is a co-founder at Naava, the global leader in smart greenwalls, a serial entrepreneur, venture decathlete, and a startup scientist.
  — Aki Soudunsaari, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• Despite her celebrity as a former Olympic decathlete and member of a family that has become an American pop culture touchstone, Caitlyn Jenner’s fame failed to help her win over recall voters.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• Jeremy Taiwo was a world-class decathlete, a competition that requires excellence in 10 different events, from pole vaulting and discus throwing to a variety of runs.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024