Boris Obergföll (' Henry; born 14 December 1973) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He won a bronze medal in the World Championships twice (

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and

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). His personal best throw was 90.44 metres, set in July 1997. This ranks him fifth among German javelin (new implement) throwers, behind

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, Raymond Hecht and Andreas Hofmann. He also competed in the javelin throw at the

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( fifth place) and the

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( seventh place). He was entered into the

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but did not start the competition and retired thereafter. He represented

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and was trained by Klaus Bartonietz. He is tall and weighed while he was competing. He is married to Christina Obergföll, whose surname he adopted upon marriage.
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International competitions

* IAAF Golden League ** Bislett Games: 2002 ** Memorial Van Damme: 2002, 2003 ** ISTAF: 2002

National titles

* German Athletics Championships **Javelin throw:

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Seasonal bests

* 1989 – 58.20 * 1990 – 65.86 * 1991 – 74.78 * 1992 – 77.34 * 1993 – 84.12 * 1994 – 82.02 * 1995 – 88.46 * 1996 – 88.00 * 1997 – 90.44 * 1998 – 89.21 * 1999 – 88.62 * 2000 – 86.65 * 2001 – 86.53 * 2002 – 86.67 * 2003 – 88.10 * 2004 – 86.86 * 2006 – 68.89

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Boris 1973 births Living people People from Völklingen German male javelin throwers German national athletics champions Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Saarland