2008 olympics javelin throw final

2012 olympics javelin throw In the final round Vesely put out his best throw of the competition, but his was only good enough for 4th place, exactly 5 meters behind his lone throw in the qualifying round the day before. Walcott's mark of was the shortest winning throw since the Seoul Olympics - the first with the [then] new, re-balanced javelin - when.

Linda Stahl

German javelin thrower

Linda Stahl (born 2 October ) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.

Career

She won gold at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, throwing a then personal best throw of metres.

Stahl finished 3rd at the Europeans in with a result of m.

She also took the bronze medal at the Olympics in London with a season's best throw of m.

2012 olympics javelin throw live Find out who took home gold, silver and bronze in Official results of the athletics javelin throw men event at the London Summer Olympics.

In , she was 4th at the World Championships in Moscow with a result of m.

In , she took the bronze at the Europeans in Zürich after leading the competition till the 5th round, and also improved her personal best to m.

She grew up in Blomberg, and studies Medicine at the University of Cologne. She represented the sports club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, having changed club in from LG Lippe-Süd, and trained with Steffi Nerius under coach Helge Zöllkau.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary1st m
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan8th m
World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany8th m
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6th m
European Cup Winter ThrowingArles, France3rd m
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1st m
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea9th (q) m[1]
European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland3rd m
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom3rd m
European Cup Winter ThrowingCastellón, Spain3rd m
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia4th m
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland3rd m
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China10th m
European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands2nd m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil11th m

References

  1. ^Did not start in the final

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