WEBER Julian

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	9th (81.36)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	6th (81.26)

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

Year	Javelin Throw
2021	1 x 2nd
2018	1 x 2nd, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2021	Javelin Throw	Gateshead, GBR	81.07
2	2018	Javelin Throw	Birmingham, GBR	86.63
6	2018	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	83.68

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2018	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	85.54
8	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	81.27

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

Cooking, dancing. (leichtathletik.de, 26 Mar 2016)

Athlete

English, German

USC Mainz [Germany]

His older brother Patrick has played handball at club level in Germany, and his sister Vanessa has competed in athletics at regional level in Germany. (die-eulen.de, 28 Dec 2015; webersport.info, 2012)

He missed the 2015 National Championships in Nuremberg, Germany, because of a bruised heel, which resulted in him being unable to qualify for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (allgemeine-zeitung.de, 23 Jul 2015)

During his career he has suffered a broken thumb and a torn meniscus in his knee. (allgemeine-zeitung.de, 23 Jul 2015)

He practised athletics as a child, but gave it up for four years to play handball. At age 16 he returned to javelin when his father's friend and athletics coach Stephan Kallenberg asked if he would like to go to a competition on the same day. He participated and qualified for the German U18 championships. After breaking his thumb in 2012 he decided to give up handball and focus on javelin. "The risk of injury was too high." (leichtathletik.de, 05 Oct 2014 )

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, and to reach the 90-metre mark in the javelin throw. (leichtathletik.de, 26 Mar 2016; leichtathletik.de, 02 Oct 2020)