Dennis Leyckes (born 20 April 1982, in
Krefeld
Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...
) is a
German
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decathlete
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten 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 ἄθ ...
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His personal best score is 8310 points, achieved in June 2006 in
Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent mu ...
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His father
Dieter Leyckes won the decathlon silver medal at the 1979 European Junior Championships. He is coached by
Torsten Voss
Torsten Voss (sometimes listed as Thorsten Voss; ; born 24 March 1963 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is an East German-German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.
His biggest success w ...
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Achievements
References
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EAA profile
1982 births
Living people
German decathletes
Sportspeople from Krefeld
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Germany
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