Daley Thompson

Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE (born 30 July 1958), is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. He was also the first-ever World Champion in decathlon, at Helsinki 1983.

In 1983, Daley won the inaugural World Championships and became the first decathlete to hold a continental title, in his case the European title, and the World and Olympic titles simultaneously as well as one of five British athletes to hold Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European titles.