Thomas Röhler
Röhler competing in Werfertag in 2011.
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| Nationality |
 Germany
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2 April 1993 Jena, Germany |
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| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 91.28 m | ||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Thomas Röhler (born 30 September 1991) is a German track and field Olympic gold medalist who competes in the javelin throw. He has a personal best of 91.28 m (299 ft 5 in) for the event. He was the German national champion in 2012, 2013, and 2015
He represented Germany at the 2012 European Athletics Championships and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. He has won medals at the European Cup Winter Throwing, the European Team Championships, and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
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 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, where he finished in ninth place. He ended that year with a personal best throw of 76.37 m (250 ft 6 1⁄2 in) to place second at the German junior championships. The following year he improved to 78.20 m (256 ft 6 1⁄2 in) – a throw which brought him seventh place at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships.
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 80.79 m (265 ft 0 1⁄2 in), 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 Tino Häber. His personal best was not sufficient for entry to the 2012 London Olympics, but he was selected for the 2012 European Athletics Championships. On his senior debut for Germany, he placed 13th in javelin qualifying, equalling the mark of finalist Gabriel Wallin, but missing out due to having a shorter second throw.
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