David Storl

David Storl
David Storl 2015
nation	Germany
birthday	27th July 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	Rochlitz ,  GDR
size	198 cm
Weight	120 kg
job	Police chief in the federal police
Career
discipline	Shot put
Best performance	22.20 m
society	SC DHfK Leipzig
Trainer	Wilko Schaa
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × World championships 2 × 1 × 0 × European championships 3 × 0 × 1 × Indoor world championships 0 × 3 × 0 × European Indoor Championships 1 × 2 × 1 × U23 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Junior World Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Junior European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Youth World Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver London 2012 21.86 m  World championships gold Daegu 2011 21.78 m gold Moscow 2013 21.73 m silver Beijing 2015 21.74 m  European championships gold Helsinki 2012 21.58 m gold Zurich 2014 21.41 m gold Amsterdam 2016 21.31 m bronze Berlin 2018 21.41 m  Indoor world championships silver Istanbul 2012 21.88 m silver Sopot 2014 21.79 m silver Birmingham 2018 21.44 m  European Indoor Championships silver Paris 2011 20.75 m gold Prague 2015 21.23 m bronze Belgrade 2017 21.30 m silver Glasgow 2019 21.54 m  U23 European Championships gold Ostrava 2011 20.45 m  Junior World Championships gold Bydgoszcz 2008 21.08 m (6 kg)  Junior European Championships gold Novi Sad 2009 22.40 m (6 kg)  Youth World Championships gold Ostrava 2007 21.40 m (5 kg)
last change: March 1, 2019

David Storl (born July 27, 1990 in Rochlitz ) is a German shot putter . In 2011 he became the first German to become world champion in this discipline at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea . At the age of 21 he became the youngest world and European champion in the shot put and the first shot putter to carry both titles at the same time. In 2013 he defended his world title in Moscow.

career path

Until 2010 he attended the sports high school in Chemnitz . He has been employed by the Federal Police since September 2010 .

Athletic career

David Storl is 1.98 m tall and has a competition weight of around 120 kg (February 2012). He starts for the SC DHfK Leipzig . He was trained by Sven Lang for ten years until the end of August 2017 .

Early years

Storl grew up in the Döhlen district of Seelitz . He began his sporting career as an all- around fighter at VfA Rochlitzer Berg , but focused on the shot put from 2006 after the death of his coach at the time.

In 2007 he won the U18 World Championships in Ostrava with the 5 kg ball. With his victory distance of 21.40 m, he improved Ralf Bartels' German B youth record by two centimeters. At the Junior World Championships in 2008 in Bydgoszcz he won the gold medal in the shot put with the 6 kg ball with a width of 21.08 m.

On June 13, 2009 Storl achieved two junior world records at the DLV junior gala in Mannheim . In the second attempt, he hit the 6 kg ball to 22.18 m, surpassing the eleven-year-old record of the Croat Edis Elkasević by 22 centimeters. Storl was the first youngster to break the 22-meter mark. In the third attempt he improved again to 22.34 m. Four weeks later he improved the record by a further 39 centimeters to 22.73 m. Shortly afterwards he won the Junior European Championships in Novi Sad with a width of 22.40 m, a new event record, and with a lead of over two meters over the second placed Ukrainian Mykyta Nesterenko . Junior national coach Dietmar Chounard described Storl as a “talent of the century”, and former German top athletes such as Udo Beyer and Franka Dietzsch were impressed by his performance development.

Establishment in the adult sector

In the summer of 2009 Storl also began to establish himself in the adult segment with the 7.25 kg ball. At the German Championships in Ulm , he took third place behind Ralf Bartels and Peter Sack with a width of 19.84 m . Just one day later, on July 6, 2009, he set another U20 world record, this time with the 7.25 kg ball. With 20.43 m he exceeded the eleven-year-old record of the South African Janus Robberts by four centimeters in Gerlingen . On August 3rd, the German Athletics Association (DLV) announced Storl's nomination for the 2009 World Championships in Berlin . There he was eliminated in the qualifying round.

At the German Indoor Championships 2010 in Karlsruhe , Storl finished second and increased his indoor best performance to 20.77 m. This enabled him to qualify for the World Indoor Championships in Doha , where he finished seventh in the final with a width of 20.40 m. He also secured second place at the German Championships in Braunschweig outdoors . At the European Championships in Barcelona he was initially fifth, then moved up one place because of the doping disqualification of Andrei Michnewitsch . In September 2010 Storl fell ill with Pfeiffer glandular fever . Only at the end of February 2011 was he able to return to competition at the German Indoor Championships in Leipzig . There he won the title with a distance of 20.70 m ahead of Ralf Bartels and at the same time fulfilled the qualification standard for the European Indoor Championships in Paris . There he had to admit defeat to Bartels again, but won his first international medal in the adult division as runner-up with 20.75 m.

Rise to the top of the world

In the 2011 outdoor season, Storl began to challenge Bartels for the position of the leading German shot putter. In June he defeated Bartels first in a competition in Kassel and shortly afterwards in Gothenburg , where he overcame the 21-meter mark for the first time with 21.03 m. In the meantime, he was ranked eighth on the world's annual best list and third on the European annual best list. As a result, the DLV preferred him for the nomination for the European Team Championship in Stockholm . There he won the shot put by setting the championship record of 20.81 m ahead of the Polish Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski and the Belarusian European champion Andrej Michnewitsch . Nevertheless, a week later he did not give up a start at the German Junior Championships in Bremen , where, as expected, he recorded a safe victory for the third time in a row with 20.53 m. He was also the clear favorite at the U23 European Championships in Ostrava . In the final, he made two failed attempts before avoiding premature end with a push to 19.79 m. In the fifth attempt he increased to 20.45 m. Storl won the competition by more than a meter and improved the championship record by one centimeter. A week later he won the German Championships in Kassel with 20.35 m.

David Storl 2011 at the U23 European Championships in Ostrava

At the beginning of August Storl increased his personal best to 21.05 m at the world class meeting behind the dyke in Cuxhaven . He achieved a European record in the U23 age group. However, performances in this age group are only occasionally submitted to the responsible bodies for ratification. Therefore Storl actually only ranked tenth on the list of the best with his push. The unofficial best in this age group was still Ulf Timmermann with 21.75 m, achieved in Potsdam in 1984 .

At the World Championships 2011 in Daegu Storl again achieved several best performances. With 21.50 m, the longest shot of all participants in the qualifying round, he made it into the final. There he took the lead with 21.60 m in the second attempt, before the Canadian Dylan Armstrong pushed him into second place with 21.64 m in the fourth round. With his sixth and last attempt, Storl was able to overtake Armstrong again with 21.78 m and thus secured the gold medal. He left all seven athletes behind him who had been ahead of him in the world's best of the year before the final, including the four former world champions Andrej Michnewitsch, Adam Nelson , Reese Hoffa and Christian Cantwell . In the course of the world championships, he increased his best performance by a total of 73 centimeters. In the all-time German list of the best, he climbed from 13th to third place. Only Ulf Timmermann (23.06 m) and Udo Beyer (22.64 m) had already pushed the ball further. In the U23 age group, Storl finally surpassed both of them.

A week later, Storl was defeated by World Championship participants Armstrong, Ryan Whiting , Hoffa and Majewski in the shot put competition as part of Weltklasse Zürich . With 21.23 m and 40 centimeters behind the winner, he finished fifth. All of his four valid attempts were over 21 meters. Even four days later at the ISTAF in Berlin , he did not get past fifth place with 20.64 m. In the DecaNation , 20.30 m was enough for him to win.

Olympic season 2012 and second world championship title in 2013

European Champion David Storl 2012 with Rutger Smith (left) and Asmir Kolašinac (right)

Storl opened the 2012 season with a win in Nordhausen, where he increased his indoor performance by almost half a meter to 21.24 m. At the German Indoor Championships in Karlsruhe , he successfully defended his title with a new personal best of 21.40 m. In doing so, he also ousted Poland's Tomasz Majewski from first place on the European annual best list. At the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul Storl increased his qualification to 21.43 m. In the high-class final he took the lead with 21.88 m in the first attempt before the American Ryan Whiting relegated him to second place with 22.00 m in the fifth attempt.

Storl opened the outdoor season with a narrow victory over Tomasz Majewski at the Halle Werfertage. In his subsequent competitions he fell short of expectations. He also stayed below the 21-meter mark at the German Championships in Bochum-Wattenscheid . With a width of 20.96 m he successfully defended his title. Also because Tomasz Majewski and Maxim Sidorow, his two strongest competitors, decided not to participate, Storl was the clear favorite at the European Championships in Helsinki . With a width of 21.58 m, he celebrated a safe victory. At the Olympic Games in London he increased his personal best to 21.86 m and won the silver medal behind Majewski.

At the following World Championships in 2013 in Moscow Storl was able to defend his title with a width of 21.73 m. He increased his season best by almost 70 centimeters.

Since 2014

On June 27, 2014, at the Schönebeck throwers meeting, he improved his best distance to 21.90 m, and on July 20, 2014 in London by a further seven centimeters to 21.97 m. At the European Championships in Zurich in 2014 , he defended the title with 21.41 m despite problems with the patellar tendon .

On July 9, 2015, Storl exceeded the 22-meter mark for the first time at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne with a height of 22.20 m. At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , he had to admit defeat to the world's best of the year Joe Kovacs and won the silver medal. In 2016 Storl became European Champion for the third time in a row in Amsterdam .

2017 Storl was in northern France Lille team European champion , the shot put , he finished 2nd place. At the German Championships , he won the title with 20.98 m. At the 2017 World Championships in London , he only reached tenth place in the final. Shortly after the World Championships, Storl separated from his long-time trainer Sven Lang and has been coached by Wilko Schaa ever since.

In 2018 Storl successfully defended his title at the German Indoor Championships in Dortmund with a season best of 21.40 m and won silver at the Indoor World Championships for the third time in Birmingham with 21.44 m . At the 2018 European Championships in Berlin , he won the bronze medal after three consecutive titles.

technology

Storl comes across in the planing technique . It is lighter than many of its direct competitors and achieves significantly lower maximum strength values. After his second place at the World Indoor Championships in 2012, Storl declared: “I get 230 kilograms in the squat and 190 in the bench press. There are shot putters that can do 60 kilograms more.” He compensates for these obvious disadvantages with his speed and excellent technique. When it comes to movement sequences, he benefits from his versatile training as an all-rounder. Former world champion Adam Nelson said of him: "I have never seen someone who puts his right foot under his body as quickly as Storl when planing."

Honors

Three times - 2007, 2008 and 2009 - David Storl was awarded the Chemmy as the best young athlete in Chemnitz, in 2011, 2012 and 2013 he received the award as the best athlete of the year. 2011, he was named the European Athletic Association EAA for European Athletics Rising Star and the DLV to Germany's Athlete of the Year . He was also honored as Saxony's Sportsman of the Year 2011, 2012 and 2013. The silver laurel leaf , with which all medal winners of the Olympic team are honored, was refused because, as it became known in November 2012, he had shot a dog with an air rifle in the spring of 2011.

successes

Adult area

• Olympic Games : silver medal 2012 , 7th place 2016
• World Championships : 1st place in 2011 and 2013 , 2nd place in 2015 , participation in 2009 and 2017
• Indoor World Championships : 2nd place in 2012 , 2014 and 2018 , 7th place in 2010
• Continental Cup : 1st place 2014
• European Championships : 1st place 2012 , 2014 and 2016 , 3rd place 2018 , 5th place 2010
• European Indoor Championships : 1st place in 2015 , 2nd place in 2011 and 2019
• European Team Championship : 1st place in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015, 2nd place in 2017
• German championships : 1st place 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 , 2nd place 2010 , 3rd place 2009 and 2019
• German indoor championships : 1st place 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2015 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 and 2020 , 2nd place 2010

Youth and junior area

• Junior World Championships : 1st place 2008
• Junior European Championships : 1st place in 2009
• U23 European Championships : 1st place 2011
• Youth World Championships : 1st place in 2007
• German Junior Championships: 1st place in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
• German indoor youth championships : 1st place in 2007, 2008 and 2009
• German B youth championships: 1st place 2007

Top performances

• Shot put (open air): 22.20 m, July 9, 2015, Lausanne
• Shot put (hall): 21.88 m, March 9, 2012, Istanbul

Performance development

date	Width (m)	place	event	Remarks
July 26, 2008	18.46	Recklinghausen	German junior championships
February 7, 2009	19.48	Munich	International Munich indoor meeting
June 21, 2009	20.16	Kamenz	Saxon State Championships
July 6, 2009	20.29	Gerlingen	Shot put meeting
July 6, 2009	20.43	Gerlingen	Shot put meeting	Junior world record
February 27, 2010	20.77	Karlsruhe	German indoor championships
May 29, 2010	20.77	Chemnitz	Sachsenmeeting
May 28, 2011	20.85	Neubrandenburg	DKB meeting
June 11, 2011	21.03	Gothenburg	Folksam Grand Prix
August 9, 2011	21.05	Cuxhaven	World class behind the dike	U23 European record
September 1, 2011	21.50	Daegu	World Championships (qualification)
September 2, 2011	21.60	Daegu	World championships
September 2, 2011	21.78	Daegu	World championships
March 9, 2012	21.88	Istanbul	Indoor world championships
June 27, 2014	21.90	Schönebeck	Schönebecker SoleCup
20th July 2014	21.97	London	Anniversary Cup
July 9, 2015	22.20	Lausanne	Diamond League meeting

The above list only includes services with the 7.25 kg ball.

Records

date	Width (m)	place	event	record	Device weight (kg)
July 11, 2007	21.40	Ostrau	Youth World Championships	German youth record	5
June 13, 2009	22.18	Mannheim	DLV junior gala	Junior world record, youth world record	6th
June 13, 2009	22.34	Mannheim	DLV junior gala	Junior world record, youth world record	6th
July 6, 2009	20.43	Gerlingen	Shot put meeting	Junior world record	7.25
July 14, 2009	22.73	Osterode	National People's Bank Meeting	Junior world record	6th

Private

David Storl and his former partner Carolin Leonhardt during police training at the Federal Police Sports School in Kienbaum

From 2012 to 2015 Storl was in a relationship with canoeist and Olympic champion 2004 Carolin Leonhardt . He has a son with Marie Richter, whom he married in April 2018.

Web links

Commons : David Storl  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• David Storl's website
• David Storl in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait by David Storl on Leichtathletik.de
• Athlete portrait by David Storl on sportschau.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ The daily newspaper : World Champion David Storl on the shot put: "I've never danced ballet" , February 23, 2012.
2. ↑ Peter Schmitt: David Storl and Sven Lang end cooperation , change of coach, on: Leichtathletik.de, from August 21, 2017, accessed August 22, 2017
3. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel : The adult child: David Storl becomes the shot put world champion , September 2, 2011.
4. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: David Storl - "Alles reingelegt" , September 2nd, 2011.
5. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: David Storl wins U18 World Championship gold with a record , July 11, 2007.
6. ↑ Baden Athletics Association: David Storl hits U20 world record twice , June 22, 2009.
7. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: David Storl again with a world record , July 15, 2009.
8. ^ IAAF: Storl the star as more championship records fall ( Memento of July 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , July 26, 2009.
9. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : Fascinating Bengel , August 15, 2009.
10. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Ralf Bartels wins - David Storl with a record , July 7, 2009.
11. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: 92 DLV athletes go to Berlin , August 3, 2009.
12. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: David Storl wins with Indoor European Championship norm , February 26th, 2011.
13. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: David Storl cracks the 21-meter mark in Gothenburg ( memento of the original from April 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , June 11, 2011.
14. ↑ European Athletic Association : Germany's Storl sends the shot out to European U23 best in Cuxhaven ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), August 10, 2011.  
15. ↑ European Athletic Association: European Alltime U23 Top 10 (English).
16. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Unbelievable! Sensational gold for David Storl , September 2, 2011.
17. ↑ rp-online.de: Shot put world champion Storl only fifth , September 7, 2011.
18. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: ISTAF at a glance - All disciplines compact , September 11, 2011.
19. ↑ European Athletic Association: German shot putters Storl and Schwanitz start the year in impressive fashion ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), January 21, 2012.  
20. ↑ Der Spiegel : Athletics Championships: Storl and Kleinert win, Nytra injured in second place , February 25, 2012.
21. ↑ Storl hits ball at 21.90 meters  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Südwest Presse, June 27, 2014, accessed June 27, 2014.  
22. ↑ Another best performance: David Storl scratches the 22 meters Leichtathletik.de, July 20, 2014, accessed on July 21, 2014.
23. ↑ Storl cracks the 22-meter mark Spiegel Online, July 9, 2015, accessed on July 9, 2015.
24. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: David Storl - “In the summer 22 meters” , March 12, 2012.
25. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel: World Champion practices shot putter Storl Favorit for the big stage , February 23, 2012.
26. ↑ Conciliatory tones at sports gala. Freie Presse, April 7, 2014, accessed April 7, 2014 . 
27. ↑ European Athletic Association: Germany's Storl voted men's 2011 European Athletics Rising Star ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), September 28, 2011.  
28. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Flash News of the Day , January 15, 2012.
29. ↑ Patrick Krull: A0000000ls Storl aimed the air rifle at a dog. In: welt.de . November 10, 2012, accessed January 31, 2020 . 
30. ↑ David Storl and Carolin Leonhardt: Gold-Liebe im Schatten von Biedermann and Steffen Focus online, July 30, 2012, accessed on August 3, 2012
31. ↑ Liebes-Aus at David Storl Bild.de, May 13, 2015, accessed on May 29, 2016
32. ↑ Tobias Burkhardt: David Storl in double happiness . Leichtathletik.de. February 5, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
33. ↑ Flash News of the Day: David Storl just married. ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Leichtathletik.de . April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.