Timothy Herman (born 19 October 1990) is a Belgian track and field athlete. He is a multiple time national champion and national record holder in the

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. His grandfather was Olympic runner

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Career

At a young age he started with athletics, but did not like the running events. He started with a javelin variant called hockey ball (Dutch: hockeybal), a sport aimed to throw a ball of 140 gram as far as possible. It appeared that he was talented and was able to throw 64.90 metres. As a result of that he switched to javelin. While having sponsors, he needed to combine his sport with work. Herman was injured from 2015 to the end of 2016. From ACME Zomergem, he is coached by Johan Kloeck and Luc van Maldegem. On May 30, 2019, he threw 80.48m at the Flemish championships in

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. It was his first throw over 80 metres. In 2022, Herman took part in the

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in Munich. He qualified for the final, and finished in tenth place overall. In 2023, at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, he improved the 24-year-old Belgian national record set by Johan Kloeck, throwing 87.35 metres. He was selected for the

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in Rome in June 2024. He competed in the javelin at the

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in Paris in August 2024.

References

Living people 1990 births Belgian male javelin throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium People from Oudenaarde European Games competitors for Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub