decathlete
nounUK /diːˈkæθliːt/ · US /di-ˈkath-ˌlēt/
Etymology From dec- + athlete.
- 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.2007 February 9, Juliet Macur, “Decathletes Struggle for Any Recognition”, in The New York Times:
- “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.”2021 June 7, Shauna Farnell, “An Olympic Hurdle: Why Is the Decathlon Only for Men?”, in The New York Times:
- Related terms
- heptathlete