VETTER Johannes

Date of Birth: 26 Mar 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: DRESDEN

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : OFFENBURG

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Javelin Throw Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4th (85.32)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	3rd (85.37)
2017	London, GBR	1st (89.89)
2015	Beijing, CHN	7th (83.79)

European Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	5th (83.27)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2021	1 x 1st
2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 5th
2018	2 x 2nd
2017	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	Javelin Throw	Gateshead, GBR	85.25
1	2019	Javelin Throw	Oslo, NOR	85.27
1	2017	Javelin Throw	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	88.74
2	2018	Javelin Throw	Eugene, OR, USA	89.34
2	2018	Javelin Throw	Doha, QAT	91.56
2	2017	Javelin Throw	Rome, ITA	88.15
2	2017	Javelin Throw	Doha, QAT	89.68
3	2017	Javelin Throw	Monaco, MON	85.14
4	2017	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	86.15
5	2019	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	84.46

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	94.20
1	2020	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Chorzow, POL	97.76
1	2020	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	91.49

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	85.40
1	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	89.85
2	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	87.88
2	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	87.88
3	2018	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	82.50

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Jojo (bo.de, 20 Aug 2015)

Occupation:

Armed Forces, Athlete, Councillor

Languages spoken:

English, German

LG Offenburg [Germany]

Boris Obergfoll [club, national], GER

In October 2019 he underwent an operation on his foot and could not train for several weeks. (pmnewsnigeria.com, 09 Oct 2019)

In June 2019 he suffered an adductor injury during the 2019 Diamond League meet in Oslo, Norway. (leichtathletik.de, 26 Aug 2019)

In May 2019 he suffered from an inflamed tendon in his foot and had to pull out of the 2019 Diamond League meet in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. He could not compete for several weeks as a result. (leichtathletik.de, 15 May 2019)

His parents introduced him to athletics because he was an energetic child. (DLV Media Guide, 22 Aug 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportbuzzer.de, 08 Oct 2019)

Coach Boris Obergfoll. (throwholics.com, 26 Nov 2017)

Philosophy:

"Hard work beats talent if talent does not work hard." (Twitter profile, 11 Feb 2020)

He was named Sportsman of the Year in the city of Offenburg, Germany, in 2016, 2018 and 2019. (baden.fm, 19 Dec 2019; lahrer-zeitung.de, 30 Dec 2017)

He won European Athletics' male 2017 European Athlete of the Year award. (European Athletics YouTube channel, 23 Oct 2017)

General Interest

General
COACH AND FRIEND
He is friends with coach Boris Obergfoll's family, and believes he is similar to Obergfoll when he was competing. "We not only have a working relationship, I also share friendship with the whole Obergfoll family. As an athlete, he was similar to me, which makes a lot of things really easy. He knows which buttons to push to get me moving ahead. Of course, we also have our differences, it's like a marriage at times. But even if it does not go well, you try to make the most out of the situation. I can always rely 100% on him and he on me." (sport.de, 03 Oct 2019)

LOCAL POLITICIAN
In 2019 he was elected to the Offenburg local council as an independent representative. He moved to the region from Dresden in 2014. "I have always been very interested in politics. It's nice not just to experience politics, but to help shape it yourself. I think it is a shame if you only complain and complain but don't want to do anything. Of course I'm inexperienced, but like sport I will give it my all. My quality of life has increased here, it is much more pleasant and I feel comfortable here. Offenburg is and will remain my home. Nothing pulls me back to Dresden." He does not rule out a bigger role in politics once he has ended his sporting career. "I will see how it goes at this level and then take a decision, but it certainly is not something that I would say no to." (fwog.de, 14 May 2019; swr.de, 29 May 2019; bo.de, 13 Dec 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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