








Michel Leclercq founded Decathlon in 1976, starting with a single store in Lille, France. The company is privately held, with the Mulliez family association owning a 51% stake and the Leclercq family the rest. Decathlon entered India in 2009 and sells sportswear, sports gear and its own in-house brands through its stores and website.
Brand auditDecathlon Brand Audit: Same Model Number, Two Spec SheetsWhat Decathlon costs in India, who is legally answerable for its goods, and why its British product pages carry test figures its Indian ones do not. An honest brand audit.Read the full auditWe rate it 8.9/10 (great) after buying and testing it ourselves. What we liked most: Shows zero moisture leakage or water penetration during comprehensive testing across all external panels. Could be better: The outer tongue is constructed out of a canvas-like fabric layer that physically behaves like regular cloth.
It’s listed on Myntra and Ajio. The store buttons at the top of this page open each listing, so you can check today’s price and sizes there.
Insole: Padded Foam; Bottom sole: Rubber; Upper material: Suede + PU. See Specifications above for the full details.
We score its comfort 8.5/10 (great), after using it ourselves.
Its value-for-money score is 9/10 (excellent): we weigh what you get against similar products we’ve tested.
No. Decathlon is from France, founded in 1976.
We have bought and tested 17 Decathlon products, and their average FA score is 8.4/10 (great). The best-rated so far is the Quechua Breathable Trekking Rain Pant for Men at 9.5/10.
We buy every product ourselves and score it out of 10 on design, material quality, comfort and value for money. The FA score is the average of those scores. No paid placements: brands can’t buy a better score.
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