Daniel Ståhl
Ståhl in 2017 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 27 August 1992 |
Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) |
Weight | 320 lb (145 kg) |
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Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Discus throw, shot put |
Club | Spårvägens FK[1] |
Medal record
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Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw.[2] He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing fifth.[3] In 2016, he competed at the European Championships, where he finished fifth. Daniel also competed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro the same year, where he failed to qualify for the final.[4] Just a couple of weeks following his failure in Rio, Daniel competed at the Swedish Championships in Sollentuna. Not only did he win the discus throw on a new personal best 68.72 metres, it was also the new world leading throw of 2016, surpassing Christoph Harting's 68.37 metres from the Rio Olympics final. By the end of the year, it remained the number one throw in 2016.[5] The day before, Daniel had also won the shot put on a new personal best 19.38 metres.[6] In June 2017, Ståhl managed a throw of 71.29 metres in Sollentuna, setting a new personal best and improving the Swedish record set in 1984 by Rickard Bruch by three centimetres. Ståhl's throw was the farthest discus throw in the world for four years.[7]
At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics Ståhl won the silver medal in the discus throw event, throwing 69.19 meters.[8] He was beaten by Lithuanian Andrius Gudžius by 2 centimeters.[9] He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships where he was beaten again by Andrius Gudžius.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing | |||||
2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 16th (q) | Shot put (5 kg) | 18.17 m |
16th (q) | Discus throw (1.5 kg) | 53.94 m | |||
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 27th (q) | Shot put (6 kg) | 16.36 m |
2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 20th (q) | Shot put (6 kg) | 17.55 m |
– | Discus throw (1.75 kg) | NM | |||
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 4th | Discus throw | 61.29 m |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 24th (q) | Discus throw | 59.01 m |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | Discus throw | 64.73 m |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | Discus throw | 64.77 m |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14th (q) | Discus throw | 62.26 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | Discus throw | 69.19 m |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 2nd | Discus throw | 68.23 m |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- Shot put – 19.38 (Sollentuna SWE 27.08.2016)
- Discus throw – 71.29 (Sollentuna SWE 29.06.2017)
Indoor
- Shot put – 18.29 (Gothenburg 2015)
Personal life
Ståhl is of Finnish descent as his mother is Finnish.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ EAA profile
- ↑ Daniel Ståhl at IAAF
- ↑ http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-DT-M-q----.SL2.pdf
- ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxi-olympic-games-5771/results/men/discus-throw/qualification/result
- ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/throws/discus-throw/outdoor/men/senior/2016
- ↑ 2016 Swedish Athletics Championships
- ↑
- ↑ "Discus Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 Aug 2017.
- ↑ "Lithuania's Gudzius wins discus gold". bbc.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ↑ "Suomea puhuva ruotsalaismörssäri sai muhkeat palkintorahat MM-mitalista - lisää vielä luvassa Timanttiliigassa". Iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved August 6, 2017.