Johannes Vetter

Johannes Vetter
Johannes Vetter at the 2016 Bislett Games
Personal information
Born (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993
Dresden, Germany
Residence Offenburg, Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight 103 kg (227 lb)[1]
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Javelin throw
Club LG Offenburg
Coached by Boris Obergföll
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) NR 94.44 m (2017)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
World Championships
2017 LondonJavelin throw

Johannes Vetter (German: [joˈhanəs ˈfɛtɐ]; born 26 March 1993) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is the 2017 World Champion. His personal best of 94.44 m is the German record. It also ranks him second on the overall list. He currently trains under Boris Obergföll and is a member of LG Offenburg's track and field squad.[2] He was previously with SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken and Dresdner SC.[3]

Personal life

Vetter was born and raised in Dresden. Upon receiving his Abitur, he joined the Landespolizei Sachsen ("Saxony State Police") and has been a Sportsoldat ("Sport Soldier") since September 2014.[4] He has a tattoo of an Ancient Greek javelin thrower on his back.[4][5]

Career

In 2011, Vetter competed in the European Junior Championships. He made it through the qualifying round with a personal best 71.60 m throw.[6] He then finished 12th in the final with a throw of 65.87 m. Zigismunds Sirmais won the event with a throw of 81.53 m.[7]

In July 2015, Vetter took part in the European U23 Championships. He finished fourth, throwing the javelin 79.78 m. Kacper Oleszczuk won gold with a throw of 82.29 m. In August 2015, he competed in the IAAF World Championships. He finished seventh with a throw of 83.79 m. Julius Yego won the competition with a throw of 92.72 m.[8]

Vetter competed for Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics, along with Julian Weber and eventual gold medalist Thomas Röhler.[9] Leading up to his maiden Olympics, Vetter unleashed the javelin with a personal best of 88.23 m to top the field and attain the Olympic entry standard (83.00 m) by a five-centimetre margin at the Kuortane Games in Finland.[10] Coming to the final with the second best throw at 85.96 m from the qualifying stage, Vetter opened the competition with an 85.32 m throw on his first attempt to seize an early lead, but Röhler, along with 2015 World Champion Julius Yego of Kenya and defending Olympic Champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago overtook him for the medal positions. Unable to improve his mark in the remaining attempts, Vetter finished in fourth place, outside the podium by just six centimetres.[11][12] Less than a month after his disappointment at the Olympics, Vetter finished first in a world-class field at the 2016 ISTAF Berlin, throwing a personal best of 89.57 m.[13]

In July 2017, he won the German Championship with a throw of 89.35 m. This was his first victory in the German Championship (he finished fifth in 2014, second in 2015 and fourth in 2016).[14] Two days later, he recorded throws of 90.75 m, 91.06 m, 93.06 m and a personal best 94.44 m at the 2017 Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern. The 94.44 m throw was also a German record, besting Röhler's 93.90 m throw from May 2017.[15][16] In August 2017, he won gold at the World Championships in London with a throw of 89.89 m.[17] Vetter finished his season at the 2017 ISTAF Berlin, where he won gold with an 89.85 m throw, nearly four metres ahead of second place Röhler.[18] On 14 October 2017, he won the 2017 European Athlete of the Year Trophy.[19]

In March 2018, he won gold at the European Throwing Cup, throwing 92.70 m, twelve metres ahead of second place.[20] In July, he won bronze at the 2018 German Athletics Championships, with a throw of 87.83 m.[21] In August, he competed in the 2018 European Athletics Championships. He won the qualifying round with an 87.39 m effort, then placed fifth in the final with a throw of 83.27 m. Röhler won gold with 89.47 m.[22]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Germany
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 12th Javelin throw 65.87 m
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th Javelin throw 79.78 m
World Championships Beijing, China 7th Javelin throw 83.79 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 16th (q) Javelin throw 79.98 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th Javelin throw 85.32 m
2017 World Championships London, England 1st Javelin throw 89.89 m
2018 European Throwing Cup Leiria, Portugal 1st Javelin throw 92.70 m CR
European Championships Berlin, Germany 5th Javelin throw 83.27 m

Seasonal bests by year

Year Performance Place Date
2010 68.73 metres[upper-alpha 1] Bautzen 17 June
2011 71.60 metres Tallinn 21 July
2012
2013 83.73 metres Schutterwald 5 August
2014 79.75 metres Haldensleben 21 June
2015 85.40 metres Jena 31 May
2016 89.57 metres Berlin 3 September
2017 94.44 metres Luzern 11 July
2018 92.70 metres Leiria 11 March
  1. ↑ This performance was with a 700 gram javelin. All other performances are with an 800 gram javelin.

References

  1. 1 2 "Johannes Vetter". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Profile
  3. ↑ "Johannes Vetter – der Shootingstar mit dem Speer" [Johannes Vetter – the rising star in the javelin]. Badische Zeitung. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 Gulde, Georg (10 March 2016). "Speerwerfer-Talent Johannes Vetter: "Ich bin heiß auf Neues"". Badische Zeitung (in German).
  5. ↑ Für Gold schmiss der deutsche Held bei der Polizei hin
  6. ↑ Results of Tallinn European Junior Championships
  7. ↑ EUROPEAN ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS - TALLINN 2011
  8. ↑ REPORT: MEN’S JAVELIN FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015
  9. ↑ "Harting and Schwanitz headline Germany's Olympic team for Rio". IAAF. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Speerwerfer Vetter Nummer zwei der Welt hinter Röhler" [Javelin thrower Johannes Vetter ranked behind Röhler as number two in the world] (in German). Die Zeit. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Athletics: Men's Javelin Throw Final". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Speerwurf Vetter fehlen sechs Zentimeter - Röhler holt Gold" [Javelin thrower Vetter missed out of medals by six centimetres, Röhler fetched gold] (in German). Südwestrundfunk. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Vetter takes victory in javelin as legends bid farewell in Berlin". IAAF. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  14. ↑ VETTER DEFEATS RÖHLER AT GERMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, KLOSTERHALFEN AND KRAUSE IMPRESS
  15. ↑ VETTER THROWS 94.44M IN LUCERNE, MOVING TO SECOND ON WORLD ALL-TIME JAVELIN LIST
  16. ↑ Vetter wirft Speer auf Rekordweite
  17. ↑ REPORT: MEN'S JAVELIN FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON 2017
  18. ↑ Vetter gewinnt, Hartings chancenlos
  19. ↑ Johannes Vetter and Katerina Stefanidi win European Athletics awards
  20. ↑ VETTER THROWS 92.70M AT EUROPEAN THROWING CUP IN LEIRIA IAAF
  21. ↑ Bob Ramsak (22 July 2018). "Hofmann takes German javelin title". IAAF.
  22. ↑ Javelin Throw Men European Athletic Association
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