Marie-Therese Obst (born 7 January 1996) is a German-Norwegian javelin thrower. She is a

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), NCAA (

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) and Norwegian national (2015) champion, and a

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) bronze medalist. Obst has also won the

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(2015) and multiple national titles at junior level, in addition to being the Norwegian U20 record holder with a mark of 57.44 metres.

Biography

Obst was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to

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, Norway when she was 9 years old. She moved to Oslo in 2012 and won her first national gold medal in javelin throw at junior level that same year. She competed in her first global competition at the 2013 World U18 Championships in Athletics, finishing 19th in the qualifying round. At the 2014 European Championships, Obst finished 16th in the qualifying round. She improved significantly at the 2014 World U20 Championships in Athletics, qualifying for the finals and placing 7th. Later that same year, Obst suffered a torn

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that would take seven years to recover from. In 2015, she won gold medals at the Norwegian Championships and the

. After her athletics career in Norway, Obst moved to Athens, Georgia in the fall of 2017 to study Criminal Justice at the University of Georgia and joined the Georgia Bulldogs track and field team. After finishing 18th at the

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, she achieved her first collegiate national title by winning the

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with a mark of 59.69 m. Obst finished 3rd at the

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in the First League javelin throw. She moved back to Norway in the summer of 2022. In 2024, Obst won the gold medal at the

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and the bronze medal at the

in Rome.

Statistics

Personal bests

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Obst, Marie-Therese Living people 1996 births Norwegian female javelin throwers 21st-century Norwegian people Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field athletes Athletes from Oslo Norwegian Athletics Championships winners German expatriate sportspeople in Norway German emigrants to Norway NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners