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Andreas Thorkildsen
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Norwegian
- Born
- ( 1982-04-01 ) 1 April 1982 (age 44) , Kristiansand , Norway
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 90 kg (198 lb)
- Country
- Norway
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event
- Javelin throw
- Club
- Kristiansand IF
- Coached by
- Åsmund Martinsen
- Personal bests
- NR 91.59 m (2006)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andreas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Kristiansand
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- Kristiansand Cathedral School
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Participant in
- 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Norway
- Mass
- 90
- Image
- Andreas Thorkildsen 2008 cropped.jpg
- Height
- 188
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- Commons category
- Andreas Thorkildsen
- date of birth
- 1982-04-01
- sports discipline competed in
- javelin throw
- name in native language
- Andreas Thorkildsen
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the Olympic Champion in 2004 and 2008, European Champion in 2006 and 2010, and World Champion in 2009. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to simultaneously be European, World and Olympic Champion. He was also a three-time silver medalist at the World Championships, placing second in 2005, 2007 and 2011. His personal best of 91.59 m, set in 2006, is the Norwegian record.
Personal life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andreas Thorkildsen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.