David Storl

David Storl (born 27 July 1990) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put. He was successful on the youth and junior athletics circuit, winning gold medals at the World Youth Championships and World Junior Championships. Storl won his first senior medal, a silver, at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

David Storl

Storl in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	July 27, 1990 Rochlitz, East Germany
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	122 kg (269 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Shot put
Club	SC DHfK Leipzig
Coached by	Sven Lang
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	22.20 m 22.73 m (6 kg)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 2 1 0 World Indoor Championships 0 3 0 European Championships 3 0 0 European Indoor Championships 1 2 1 Continental Cup 1 0 0 Junior / Youth Championships 4 0 0 Total 15 6 1 Olympic Games 2012 London Shot put World Championships 2011 Daegu Shot put 2013 Moscow Shot put 2015 Beijing Shot put World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul Shot put 2014 Sopot Shot put 2018 Birmingham Shot put European Championships 2012 Helsinki Shot put 2014 Zürich Shot put 2016 Amsterdam Shot put European Indoor Championships 2015 Prague Shot put 2011 Paris Shot put 2019 Glasgow Shot put 2017 Belgrade Shot put Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech Shot put World Junior Championships 2008 Bydgoszcz Shot put World Youth Championships 2007 Ostrava Shot put European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava Shot put European Junior Championships 2009 Novi Sad Shot put

He held the world junior record of 22.73 m with the 6 kg shot. His personal best with the senior implement is 22.20 m.

He won the gold medal in the shot put competition at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, and the Silver Medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Storl is one of only nine athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Jana Pittman, and Dani Samuels) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

Storl uses the glide technique for shot putting.

Career

Storl first became involved in athletics as a child when his grandfather suggested he join the local club, VfL Rochlitzer Berg. Initially a decathlon specialist, the death of his personal coach in 2006 led him to focus exclusively on the shot put and discus throwing events.[1] At the age of 16, he won the gold medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships with a personal best and German under-18 record throw of 21.40 metres (using the lighter 5 kg shot for youths).[2]

The following year he competed with the 6 kg junior implement and won the shot put title at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a mark of 21.08 m, which made him the fourth-best junior of all time.[1] In 2009, he began using the full senior weight (7.26 kg) in the indoor season and achieved a best of 19.48 m. Returning to the junior 6 kg shot in the outdoor season, he became the first ever junior athlete to throw beyond 22 metres in Mannheim, setting consecutive world junior records of 22.18 m and then 22.34 m.[3] A month later he increased this mark to 22.73 m in Osterode (putting some distance between himself and the Edis Elkasevic's former record of 21.96 m),[4] and went on to win the 2009 European Junior title with a championships record of 22.40 m.[5] Having placed third at the 2009 German Athletics Championships and achieved the senior international "A" standard with a personal best throw of 20.43 m, he was selected for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. He ended his first senior international appearance in 15th place in the qualifying rounds.[6]

The 2010 season was his first as a senior athlete and he was runner-up at the Indoor and Outdoor German Championships.[6] At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he came seventh while compatriot Ralf Bartels won the bronze. Storl represented Germany at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and managed fourth place. That year he achieved senior personal bests of 20.77 m both outdoors and indoors.[7] He defeated Bartels to win the German indoor title in 2011, but the places were reversed at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, although Storl's silver medal was his first major senior medal.[8][9]

He surpassed the 21-metre mark in Gothenburg in June with a throw of 21.03 m and topped the podium at both the 2011 European Team Championships and 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships, setting championship records of 20.81 m and 20.45 m in the process.[6][10] With Bartels not competing, Storl won his first outdoor senior national title in July.[11] He added to his best mark with a throw of 21.05 m at the Weltklasse hinterm Deich meeting.[12]

On 12 August 2014, Storl won his second successive European Athletics Championships gold medal with a throw of 21.42m.

Storl surpassed the 22-metre mark on 9 July 2015 in Lausanne with a winning throw of 22.20m, making it his new personal best.[13]

Achievements

Storl at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Germany
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	Shot put (5 kg)	21.40 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	Shot put (6 kg)	21.08 m
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	1st	Shot put (6 kg)	22.40 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	27th (q)	Shot put	19.19 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	Shot put	20.40 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	Shot put	20.57 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	Shot put	20.75 m
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	Shot put	20.45 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	1st	Shot put	21.78 m
	DécaNation	Nice, France	1st	Shot put	20.30 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	Shot put	21.88 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	Shot put	21.58 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	Shot put	21.86 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	Shot put	21.73 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	2nd	Shot put	21.79 m
	European Championships	Zurich, Switzerland	1st	Shot put	21.41 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	Shot put	21.23 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	2nd	Shot put	21.74 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	Shot put	21.31 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	Shot put	20.64 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	Shot put	21.30 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	10th	Shot put	20.80 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	Shot put	21.44 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	Shot put	21.41 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	Shot put	21.54 m

References

1. Landells, Steve (2008-07-08). Storl does it again – IAAF World Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
2. Arcoleo, Laura (2007-07-11). David Storl grabs first World Youth gold medal in Ostrava. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
3. Wenig, Jörg (2009-06-15). Germany’s Storl breaks World junior record in the 6 kg Shot Put with 22.34m Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
4. Wenig, Jörg (2009-07-15). Storl improves World junior Shot Put record to 22.73m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
5. Minshull, Phil (2009-07-26). Storl the star as more championship records fall – Euro Jnr Champs, Day 3 Archived 2009-07-29 at WebCite. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
6. David Storl. Leichatletik. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
7. Storl, David. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
8. Wenig, Jorg (2011-02-28). Bayer targeting more Long Jump glory – German indoor champs WRAP. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
9. Ramsak, Bob (2011-03-11). Djimou Ida delights with French Pentathlon record in Paris – European Indoor Champs, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
10. Minshull, Phil (2011-07-18). Ukraine’s El-Sheryf shows he’s the new gun in town in the Triple Jump – European U-23 Champs report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
11. Wenig, Jorg (2011-07-24). Heidler in class of her own – German Champs, Day 1 Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
12. Germany’s Storl sends the shot out to European U23 best in Cuxhaven. European Athletics (2011-08-10). Retrieved on 2011-08-10.
13. "Shot Put Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016.

External links

• David Storl at World Athletics
• David Storl at the International Olympic Committee
• David Storl at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
• David Storl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)