Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway
Andreas Thorkildsen
Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be both European champion, World champion and Olympic champion. He was Olympic champion in 2004 and 2008, European champion in 2006 and 2010, World Champion in 2009 as well as twice silver medalist at the World championships in 2005 and 2007. He set a world junior record in 2001, which was only bettered in 2011 by the latvian Zigismunds Sirmais. He has a personal best of 91.59m set in 2006.
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