Thomas Röhler is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.
Education
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. 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.
Career
He has a personal best of 89.27 m (292 ft 101⁄2 in) for the event. He represented Germany at the 2012 European Athletics Championships and the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. Röhler began taking part in track and field as a child in 1998.
He began to make his impact as a junior (under-20) athlete in the javelin throw in 2010.
He ended that year with a personal best throw of 76.37 m (250 ft 61⁄2 in) to place second at the German junior championships. The following year he improved to 78.20 m (256 ft 61⁄2 in) – a throw which brought him seventh place at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships.
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 80.79 m (265 ft 01⁄2 in), which ranked him 54th in the world that year.
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. 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 83.95 m (275 ft 5 in) at a meeting in Dessau – a performance that placed him 16th in the world that season.
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 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 84.74 m (278 ft 0 in) for third at the Meeting Areva in Paris.
2010 - 76.37
2011 - 78.20
2012 - 80.79
2013 - 83.95
2014 - 87.63
2015 - 89.27.