Daniel Ståhl
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Swedish |
Born | Solna,Sweden | 27 August 1992
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 155 kg (342 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Sweden |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Discus throw,shot put |
Club | Spårvägens FK[1] |
Daniel Ståhl(born 27 August 1992) is a Swedishathletespecialising in thediscus throw.[2]Ståhl is the Olympic champion (2020 Tokyo) and two-time world champion (2019 Doha,2023 Budapest), setting the newchampionships recordin Budapest.
Career
[edit]He competed at the2015 World Championshipsin Beijing finishing fifth.[3]
In 2016, he competed at the European Championships, where he finished fifth. Ståhl 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, Ståhl 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, surpassingChristoph Harting's 68.37 metres from the Rio Olympics final. By the end of the year, it remained thenumber one throw in 2016.[5]The day before, Ståhl 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 byRicky Bruchby three centimetres. Ståhl's throw was farther than any discus throw in the world since 2013.[7]
At the2017 World Championships in Athletics,Ståhl won the silver medal in thediscus throwevent, throwing 69.19 meters.[8]He was beaten by LithuanianAndrius Gudžiusby 2 centimeters.[9]
He won the silver medal at the2018 European Championshipswhere he was beaten again by Andrius Gudžius. Ståhl came back in the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and was crowned World Champion with a winning throw of 67.59 ahead of competitor Federick Dacres.
He won the gold medal at the2020 Summer Olympicswith a throw of 68.90 metres, ahead of his fellow countrymanSimon Pettersson.
Daniel Ståhl was awarded theSvenska Dagbladet Gold Medalon 5 December 2023.[10]
Competition record
[edit]Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- Shot put–19.38 m(Sollentuna,27 August 2016)
- Discus throw:71.86 m(Bottnaryd,29 June 2019)
Indoor
- Shot put–18.29 m(Gothenburg,2015)
Personal life
[edit]Ståhl is ofFinnish descentas his mother is Finnish.[11]His motherTaina Ståhl (néeLaakso) is a former discus thrower.[12]Ståhl himself is a fluentFinnishspeaker.[13][14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^EAA profile
- ^Daniel StåhlatWorld Athletics
- ^http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-DT-M-q----.SL2.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^"The XXXI Olympic Games | World Athletics".
- ^"Discus Throw - men - senior - outdoor - 2016".
- ^"2016 Swedish Athletics Championships".Archived fromthe originalon 23 August 2017.Retrieved29 August2016.
- ^"Stahl breaks Swedish discus record with world-leading 71.29m | REPORT | World Athletics".
- ^"Discus Throw Men − Final − Results"(PDF).IAAF.Retrieved9 August2017.
- ^"Lithuania's Gudzius wins discus gold".BBC Sport.Retrieved13 October2017.
- ^Kamil Bochenski (5 December 2023)."Daniel Ståhl får Bragdguldet 2023"(in Swedish). SVT Sport.Retrieved4 January2024.
- ^"Suomea puhuva ruotsalaismörssäri sai muhkeat palkintorahat MM-mitalista – lisää vielä luvassa Timanttiliigassa".Iltalehti.fi(in Finnish).Retrieved6 August2017.
- ^Holopainen, Pekka (31 July 2021)."Daniel Ståhlin suomalainen äiti kertoo poikansa Suomi-rakkaudesta – tästä syystä se vain kasvoi tänä kesänä:" Suorastaan itki ilosta "".Helsingin Sanomat(in Finnish).Retrieved22 August2021.
- ^Daniel Ståhl heitti hurjan kaaren ja hehkutti "omaa Suomen ennätystään" – "Tosi hauskaa",mtvuutiset.fi,MTV Oy,14 June 2024
- ^Huomasitko tv:ssä? Olympiavoittaja Daniel Ståhl lähetti mahtipontiset sekä ihanat terveiset Suomeen:” Mä rakastan sua”,Ilta-Sanomat,31 July 2021
External links
[edit]- Swedish male discus throwers
- Living people
- People from Solna Municipality
- 1992 births
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Sweden
- Swedish people of Finnish descent
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Diamond League winners
- Swedish Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Stockholm County
- 21st-century Swedish people
- Spårvägens FK athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- European Games silver medalists for Sweden
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Swedish shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics