Bernhard Seifert (born 15 February 1993) is a German athlete specializing in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

. He represented Germany at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in the

Career

Seifert was awarded the 2019 Fair Play Prize of German Sports after he allowed

Julian Weber Julian Weber (born 29 August 1994) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships, European Junior Championship in 2013. Biography Weber was born in Mainz on 29 Aug ...

to take his spot at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...

. Seifert represented Germany at the

in the

International competitions

References

1993 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics German male javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Germany People from Hildburghausen Sportspeople from Thuringia {{Germany-athletics-bio-stub