decathlete

English

From deca- +‎ athlete.

decathlete (plural decathletes)

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the decathlon.
- 2007 September 2, Juliet Macur, “Decathletes Struggle for Any Recognition”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  Simply to see what would happen, Paul Terek, a United States decathlete, wore a baseball cap bearing his name in Japanese when he landed at the Osaka airport a few weeks ago. Some children there took the bait.
- 2021 July 6, Shauna Farnell, “An Olympic Hurdle: Why Is the Decathlon Only for Men?”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:
  “Heptathlon is very geared and favorable to those who are quick,” said Gray’s coach, Andy Eggerth, who trains both heptathletes and decathletes. “A lot of world-class heptathletes are relatively bad at javelin and shot-put.”

athlete who competes in the decathlon