Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...

. Ståhl has crowned a fine career winning gold medals both 2019 at the World Championships and 2021 in Tokyo at the Olympic Games.

Career

He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing fifth. In 2016, he competed at the European Championships, where he finished fifth. Ståhl also competed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro the same year, where he failed to qualify for the final. Just a couple of weeks following his failure in Rio, Ståhl competed at the Swedish Championships in Sollentuna. Not only did he win the discus throw on a new personal best 68.72 metres, it was also the new world leading throw of 2016, surpassing Christoph Harting's 68.37 metres from the Rio Olympics final. By the end of the year, it remained the number one throw in 2016. The day before, Ståhl had also won the shot put on a new personal best 19.38 metres. In June 2017, Ståhl managed a throw of 71.29 metres in Sollentuna, setting a new personal best and improving the Swedish record set in 1984 by Rickard Bruch by three centimetres. Ståhl's throw was farther than any discus throw in the world since 2013. At the

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, Ståhl won the silver medal in the

event, throwing 69.19 meters. He was beaten by Lithuanian

Andrius Gudžius Andrius Gudžius (born 14 February 1991) is a Lithuanian discus thrower. Gudzius won the gold at the 2017 World Championships. He had his first national placing at the 2008 Lithuanian Athletics Championships, where he was third with 53.52 m. Tw ...

by 2 centimeters. He won the silver medal at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

where he was beaten again by Andrius Gudžius. Ståhl came back in the 2019 World Championships September 30 at Doha Qatar and was crowned World Champion with a winning throw of 67.59 ahead of competitor Federick Dacres. He won the gold medal 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 1 ...

with a throw of 68.90 metres, ahead of his fellow countryman Simon Pettersson.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor * Shot put – 19.38 m ( Sollentuna, 27 August 2016) *

Discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...

: 71.86 m (

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, 29 June 2019) Indoor * Shot put – 18.29 m ( Gothenburg, 2015)

Personal life

Ståhl is of Finnish descent as his mother is Finnish. His mother () is a former discus thrower.

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