David Storl

David Storl

David Storl in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1990-07-27) 27 July 1990 (age 26) Rochlitz, Germany
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	122 kg (269 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Shot put
Club	SC DHfK Leipzig
Coached by	Sven Lang
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	22.20 m 22.73 m (6 kg)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 2 1 0 World Indoor Championships 0 2 0 European Championships 3 0 0 European Indoor Championships 1 1 0 Continental Cup 1 0 0 European Team Championships 4 0 0 Junior / Youth Championships 4 0 0 Total 15 5 0 Olympic Games 2012 London Shot put World Championships 2011 Daegu Shot put 2013 Moscow Shot put 2015 Beijing Shot put World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul Shot put 2014 Sopot Shot put European Championships 2012 Helsinki Shot put 2014 Zürich Shot put 2016 Amsterdam Shot put European Indoor Championships 2015 Prague Shot put 2011 Paris Shot put 2017 Belgrade Shot put Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech Shot put European Team Championships 2011 Stockholm Shot put 2013 Gateshead Shot put 2014 Braunschweig Shot put 2015 Cheboksary Shot put World Junior Championships 2008 Bydgoszcz Shot put World Youth Championships 2007 Ostrava Shot put European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava Shot put European Junior Championships 2009 Novi Sad Shot put

David Storl (born 27 July 1990) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put. He was successful on the youth and junior athletics circuit, winning gold medals at the World Youth Championships and World Junior Championships. Storl won his first senior medal, a silver, at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

He held the world junior record of 22.73 m with the 6 kg shot. His personal best with the senior implement is 22.20 m.

He won the gold medal in the shot put competition at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, and the Silver Medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Storl is one of only nine athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Jana Pittman, and Dani Samuels) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

Storl first became involved in athletics as a child when his grandfather suggested he join the local club, VfL Rochlitzer Berg. Initially a decathlon specialist, the death of his personal coach in 2006 led him to focus exclusively on the shot put and discus throwing events. At the age of 16, he won the gold medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships with a personal best and German under-18 record throw of 21.40 metres (using the lighter 5 kg shot for youths).