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Thomas Röhler (born 30 September 1991) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He has a personal best of for the event. He was the German national champion in 2012 and 2013. He represented Germany at the 2012 European Athletics Championships and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. He has won medals at the European Cup Winter Throwing and the European Team Championships ==Career== Röhler began taking part in track and field as a child in 1998. Raised in Jena, he attended the Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths Sports High school in the city and went on to study at the University of Jena.〔(About Me ). Thomas Roehler. Retrieved on 2014-07-22.〕 He began to make his impact as a junior (under-20) athlete in the javelin throw in 2010. That year he threw beyond seventy metres for the first time and represented his country at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he finished in ninth place.〔(THomas Rohler ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-22.〕 He ended that year with a personal best throw of to place second at the German junior championships. The following year he improved to – a throw which brought him seventh place at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships.〔(Thomas Rohler ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-07-22.〕 He established himself as a senior athlete in 2012. He cleared eighty metres for the first time at a meeting in Sankt Wendel, getting a mark of , which ranked him 54th in the world that year.〔(Javelin Throw - men - senior - outdoor - 2012 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-22.〕 More crucial was his first national title win at the 2012 German Athletics Championships, where he defeated the more experienced Tino Häber. His personal best was not sufficient for entry to the 2012 London Olympics, but he was selected for the 2012 European Athletics Championships. On his senior debut for Germany, he placed 13th in javelin qualifying, equalling the mark of finalist Gabriel Wallin, but missing out due to having a shorter second throw.〔(Qualification Results ). European Athletics (2012). Retrieved on 2014-07-22.〕 The 2013 season saw him achieve his first international medals and he consistently threw beyond eighty metres in competition.〔 At the 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing in March he was the runner-up behind Latvia's Zigismunds Sirmais. At the end of May he threw at a meeting in Dessau – a performance that placed him 16th in the world that season.〔(Javelin Throw - men - senior - outdoor - 2013 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-22.〕 On his debut on the 2013 IAAF Diamond League circuit he placed top three at the Bislett Games. He was the silver medallist at the 2013 European Team Championships and retained his national title at the 2013 German Athletics Championships. In a high quality competition at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships he came third behind Sirmais and German teammate Bernhard Seifert.〔 Röhler was chosen to compete for Germany at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and on his global senior debut he did not perform well, having his worst competition of the year and failing to better 75 metres.〔 He ended the year with a seventh-place finish at the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meet.〔 He and Latvian rival Sirmais repeated their placings at the 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing, the German again finishing second.〔(Results ). European Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-26.〕 He made regular appearances on the 2014 IAAF Diamond League circuit: he was fifth at the Prefontaine Classic and Bislett Games, then threw a best of for third at the Meeting Areva in Paris. He improved this further at the Glasgow Grand Prix, throwing the javelin to take a surprise victory over reigning world champion Vitezslav Vesely.〔Brown, Matthew (2014-07-12). ( Double Dutch delight for Schippers in Glasgow – IAAF Diamond League ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-22.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Röhler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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