decathlete

noun
/diːˈkæθliːt/UK/di-ˈkath-ˌlēt/US

Etymology

From dec- + athlete.

  1. derived from ἀθλητής
  2. derived from athlete
  3. derived from āthlēta
  4. inherited from athlete
  5. formed as decathlete — “dec- + athlete

Definitions

  1. An athlete who competes in the decathlon.

    • 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.
    • “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.”

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