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Thomas Röhler (born 30 September 1991) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is the 2016 Olympic Champion and 2018 European Champion. His personal best of 93.90 m for the event ranks him third on the overall list.


Career

Röhler began taking part in track and field as a child in 1998. Raised in Jena, he attended the Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths Sports High school in the city and went on to study at the University of Jena. He first competed mainly as a high jumper and a triple jumper. He began to make his impact as a junior (under-20) athlete in the javelin throw in 2010. That year he threw beyond seventy metres for the first time and represented his country at the
2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19 to 25 July 2010. A total of 44 athletics ...
, where he finished in ninth place.Thomas Rohler
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-22.
He ended that year with a personal best throw of to place second at the German junior championships. The following year he improved to – a throw which brought him seventh place at the
2011 European Athletics U23 Championships [] The 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion (Ostrava), Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Russia topped the medal table with 20 medals in total, including 9 golds (after revisi ...
.Thomas Rohler
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-07-22.
He established himself as a senior athlete in 2012. He cleared eighty metres for the first time at a meeting in
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, getting a mark of , which ranked him 54th in the world that year. More crucial was his first national title win at the
2012 German Athletics Championships The 2012 German Athletics Championships were held at the Lohrheidestadion in Bochum-Wattenscheid on 16–17 June 2012. Results Men Women References * Results source: External links Official website of the 2012 German Athletics Cha ...
, where he defeated the more experienced Tino Häber. His personal best was not sufficient for entry to the
2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, but he was selected for the
2012 European Athletics Championships The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years. ...
. On his senior debut for Germany, he placed 13th in javelin qualifying, equalling the mark of finalist
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, but missing out due to having a shorter second throw. The 2013 season saw him achieve his first international medals and he consistently threw beyond eighty metres in competition. At the
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in March, he was the runner-up behind Latvia's
Zigismunds Sirmais Zigismunds Sirmais (born May 6, 1992 in Riga) is a Latvian javelin thrower. Sirmais achieved his best result of 86.66 while winning the 2016 European Athletics Championships. He previously threw the world junior record of 84.69 m on June 22, 2 ...
. At the end of May, he threw at a meeting in
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– a performance that placed him 16th in the world that season. On his debut on the
2013 IAAF Diamond League The 2013 IAAF Diamond League is the fourth edition of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 10 May in Doha, Qatar and ended on 6 September in Brussels, Belgium. Calendar Results ...
circuit, he placed top three at the Bislett Games. He was the silver medallist at the
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and retained his national title at the
2013 German Athletics Championships The 2013 German Athletics Championships were held at the Donaustadion in Ulm on 6–7 July 2013. Results Men Women References External links Official website of the 2013 German Athletics Championships Full results {{DEFAULTSO ...
. In a high-quality competition at the
2013 European Athletics U23 Championships The 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was the 9th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was held in Tampere, Finland from 10 to 14 July. Russia topped the medal table with ...
, he came third behind Sirmais and German teammate
Bernhard Seifert Bernhard Seifert (born 15 February 1993) is a German athlete specializing in the javelin throw. He represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw. Career Seifert was awarded the 2019 Fair Play Prize of German Sports after he ...
. Röhler was chosen to compete for Germany at the
2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...
and on his global senior debut he did not perform well, having his worst competition of the year and failing to better 75 metres. He ended the year with a seventh-place finish at the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meet. He and Latvian rival Sirmais repeated their placings at the
2014 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 16 and 17 March at the Centro Nacional de Lançamentos (National Throws Centre) and Estádio Municipal in Leiria, Portugal. It was the fourteenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing ...
, the German again finishing second. He made regular appearances on the
2014 IAAF Diamond League The 2014 IAAF Diamond League was the fifth edition of the annual Diamond League. It consisted of fourteen one-day track and field meetings, starting on May 9, 2014 in Doha, Qatar and ending on September 5, 2014 in Brussels, Belgium. Other events we ...
circuit: he was fifth at the Prefontaine Classic and Bislett Games, then threw a best of for third at the
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in Paris. He improved this further at the
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, throwing the javelin to take a surprise victory over reigning world champion Vitezslav Vesely. At the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in Rio de Janeiro, he won the gold medal with a throw of 90.30 m, narrowly missing the Olympic record of 90.57 m set by
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of Norway during the
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. At the
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, he finished fourth with a throw of 88.26 m, six centimetres behind third place. In July 2018, he won silver at the 2018 German Athletics Championships, with a throw of 88.09 m. In August, he won gold at the
2018 European Athletics Championships The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom. For the second Championships in a ...
with a throw of 89.47 m. He won another gold medal in September, at the
2018 IAAF Continental Cup The 2018 IAAF Continental Cup is an international track and field sporting event that was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on 8–9 September 2018. It is the third edition of the IAAF Continental Cup since the name and format was changed from th ...
, with an 87.07 m throw. 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 ...
, Röhler, with a best throw at 79.23 m, did not progress from the qualifying round.Achterbahnfahrt im Speerwurf: Vetter stark, aber Röhler und Hofmann scheitern!
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Competition record


Seasonal bests by year

*2009 – 52.96 *2010 – 76.37 *2011 – 78.20 *2012 – 80.79 *2013 – 83.95 *2014 – 87.63 *2015 – 89.27 *2016 – 91.28 *2017 – 93.90 *2018 – 91.78 *2019 – 86.99


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* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohler, Thomas 1991 births Living people German male javelin throwers Olympic male javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Sportspeople from Jena European Athletics Championships winners IAAF Continental Cup winners Diamond League winners