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Thomas Röhler (born 30 September 1991) is a German
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athlete who competes in the
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. 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
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, he attended the
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Sports High school in the city and went on to study at the
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. 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
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, where he finished in ninth place.Thomas Rohler
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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
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.Thomas Rohler
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He established himself as a senior athlete in 2012. He cleared eighty metres for the first time at a meeting in Sankt Wendel, 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, where he defeated the more experienced
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. His personal best was not sufficient for entry to the
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, but he was selected for the
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. 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 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing in March, he was the runner-up behind Latvia's Zigismunds Sirmais. 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 circuit, he placed top three at the
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. He was the silver medallist at the 2013 European Team Championships and retained his national title at the 2013 German Athletics Championships. In a high-quality competition at the
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, he came third behind Sirmais and German teammate Bernhard Seifert. Röhler was chosen to compete for Germany at the
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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
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Diamond League meet. He and Latvian rival Sirmais repeated their placings at the 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing, the German again finishing second. He made regular appearances on the
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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 Glasgow Grand Prix, throwing the javelin to take a surprise victory over reigning world champion Vítězslav Veselý. At the
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in
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, he won the gold medal with a throw of 90.30 m, narrowly missing the
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of 90.57 m set by
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of
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during the
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. At the 2017 IAAF World Championships, 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
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with a throw of 89.47 m. He won another gold medal in September, at the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup, with an 87.07 m throw. At the
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, Röhler, with a best throw at 79.23 m, did not progress from the
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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 for 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 Athletes from Thuringia European Athletics Championships winners IAAF Continental Cup winners Diamond League winners 21st-century German sportsmen