Boris Obergföll
Boris Henry (* 14. December 1973 in Völklingen as Boris Henry ) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympian, who since the 1990s in the javelin throw was successful. After an injury in 2004, he ended his sports career.
Athletic career
Under his birth name Boris Henry he won the bronze medal twice at world championships (1995, 2003) and once bronze at the 2002 European championships in Munich. He was German champion in 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004. His personal best is 90.44 m (Linz, Austria).
Boris Obergföll started for SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken . He is 1.93 m tall and weighs 115 kg. Boris Obergföll was a soldier in the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Mainz and a student at the private German University for Prevention and Health Management in Saarbrücken in the "Bachelor in Fitness Economics" course. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he dislocated his right shoulder and had to undergo an operation. He then ended his career as an athlete.
Since October 1st, 2008 he has been the javelin throwing discipline trainer for the A / B squad men of the German Athletics Association (DLV). He has been married to the javelin thrower Christina Obergföll , whose trainer he is and with whom he has lived together before , since September 2013 , and has adopted her family name.
successes
- 1992: Junior World Championships: 2nd place (76.04 m)
- 1994: European Championships : 11th place
- 1995: World Championships : 3rd place (86.08 m)
- 1996: Olympic Games : 5th place
- 1997: World Championships : 6th place
- 1999: World Championships : 6th place
- 2000: Olympic Games : 7th place
- 2001: World Championships : 6th place
- 2002: European Championships : 3rd place (85.33 m)
- 2003: World Championships : 3rd place (84.74 m)
- 2004: Olympic Games : not run
Honors
- 2018: Trainer of the year in the Baden-Württemberg state sports association
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christina and Boris Obergföll, b. Henry, got married
- ↑ Obergföll has a javelin medal in its sights , accessed on September 14, 2013
- ↑ Baden-Württemberg's Trainer of the Year award. Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 23, 2018, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
Web links
- Boris Henry in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Boris Obergföll in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Athlete portrait at the DLV
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Obergföll, Boris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henry, Boris (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German javelin thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Völklingen |