AMB Kim

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (80.49)
2012	London, GBR	Qual. (78.94)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	8th (80.42)
2015	Beijing, CHN	11th (78.51)
2013	Moscow, RUS	10th (78.91)

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

Year	Javelin Throw
2021	1 x 3rd
2017	1 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2021	Javelin Throw	Gateshead, GBR	76.96
8	2017	Javelin Throw	Doha, QAT	80.85

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2020	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	81.38

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

Athlete

Partner Kadri Kallas, daughter Alisia [2019]

English, Swedish

Balsta IK [Sweden]

Bjorn Amb [father, club], SWE

His father Bjorn Amb has served as his coach at the Balsta IK club in Sweden. (sverigesradio.se, 06 Oct 2019; friidrott.se, 22 Aug 2011)

In 2018 he underwent shoulder surgery. (hbl.fi, 05 Oct 2019)

He struggled with an elbow injury ahead of the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but managed to compete at the tournament. (svt.se, 07 Jul 2016)

He injured his shoulder during the European summer of 2014, after which he had to undergo rehab during the autumn, winter and spring before returning to competition. (gp.se, 18 Aug 2015)

He suffered a shoulder injury in mid-2011. (friidrott.se, 31 Aug 2011)

He suffered a stress fracture in his back in 2009. (friidrott.se, 31 Aug 2011)

He took up athletics at age six. (friidrott.se, 22 Aug 2011)

He was initially a pole vaulter, but switched to javelin after breaking three poles in the space of several months while attempting vaults. (friidrott.se, 31 Aug 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ny.lokalsport.nu, 01 Feb 2020)

He was named 2015 Athlete of the Year in the Enkoping area of Sweden by the newspaper EP, the fourth time he had received the award. (eposten.se, 12 Jan 2016)