Till Wöschler
Till Wöschler (born June 9, 1991 in Saarbrücken ) is a former German javelin thrower .
At the Junior European Championships 2009 in Novi Sad, Wöschler took second place with a width of 73.66 m behind his compatriot Andreas Hofmann . At the 2010 Junior World Championships in Moncton , he won the gold medal. With his winning distance of 82.52 m, he exceeded Matthias de Zordo's German youth record by almost four meters. The World Athletics Federation IAAF honored him as Young Athlete of the Year 2010.
At the beginning of May 2011 Wöschler increased his best performance in Pirmasens to 83.65 m. In doing so, he already exceeded the qualification norm for the World Championships in Daegu , but not in a norm competition recognized by the German Athletics Association . In June he was invited to a Diamond League competition for the first time, but only finished eighth at the Bislett Games in Oslo with 78.72 m. Three weeks later he became German junior champion in Bremen with 80.52 m. At the U23 European Championships in July, he won with a further increase in his best performance to 84.38 m, which was also the championship record for this competition. Due to an injury, he had to do without participating in the World Championships in Daegu .
After many injuries, he ended his javelin throwing career in November 2016. Since then he has been playing handball at his home club SV 64 Zweibrücken.
Till Wöschler is 1.96 m tall and had a competition weight of 110 kg. He trained at the LAZ Zweibrücken under Matthias Brockelt.
Web links
- Till Wöschler in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait by Till Wöschler on the website of the LAZ Zweibrücken
- Leichtathletik.de: Till Wöschler has his sights on the Olympics , article from January 20, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF: Rudisha and Vlasic are World Athletes of the Year - 2010 World Athletics Gala ( Memento from November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English), November 21, 2010.
- ↑ Till Wöschler throws a strong 83.65 meters. In: Leichtathletik.de , May 8, 2011.
- ↑ U23 EM - Gold for Till Wöschler. In: Leichtathletik.de , July 16, 2011.
- ↑ Till Wöschler has to cancel participation in the World Cup. In: Leichtathletik.de , August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Till Wöschler says goodbye to athletics. In: Leichtathletik.de , November 22, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wöschler, Till |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German javelin thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarbrücken |