Daniel Ståhl
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Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden | 27 August 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 155 kg (342 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus throw, shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Spårvägens FK[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw.[2] He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing fifth.[3] In 2016, he competed at the European Championships, where he finished fifth. Daniel 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, Daniel 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, surpassing Christoph Harting's 68.37 metres from the Rio Olympics final. By the end of the year, it remained the number one throw in 2016.[5] The day before, Daniel 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 by Rickard Bruch by three centimetres. Ståhl's throw was farther than any discus throw in the world since 2013.[7]
At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, Ståhl won the silver medal in the discus throw event, throwing 69.19 meters.[8] He was beaten by Lithuanian Andrius Gudžius by 2 centimeters.[9] He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships where he was beaten again by Andrius Gudžius. Daniel came back in the 2019 World Championships September 30 at 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 the 2020 Summer Olympics with a throw of 68.90 metres, ahead of his fellow countryman Simon Pettersson.
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Sweden | |||||
2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 16th (q) | Shot put (5 kg) | 18.17 m |
16th (q) | Discus throw (1.5 kg) | 53.94 m | |||
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 27th (q) | Shot put (6 kg) | 16.36 m |
2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 20th (q) | Shot put (6 kg) | 17.55 m |
– | Discus throw (1.75 kg) | NM | |||
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 4th | Discus throw | 61.29 m |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 24th (q) | Discus throw | 59.01 m |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | Discus throw | 64.73 m |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | Discus throw | 64.77 m |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14th (q) | Discus throw | 62.26 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | Discus throw | 69.19 m |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 2nd | Discus throw | 68.23 m |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | Discus throw | 67.59 m |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Discus throw | 68.90 m |
Personal bests[]
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[]
Ståhl is of Finnish descent as his mother is Finnish.[10] His mother (née Laakso) is a former discus thrower.[11]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ EAA profile
- ^ Daniel Ståhl at World Athletics
- ^ http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-DT-M-q----.SL2.pdf
- ^ "The XXXI Olympic Games | World Athletics".
- ^ "Discus Throw - men - senior - outdoor - 2016".
- ^ 2016 Swedish Athletics Championships
- ^ "Stahl breaks Swedish discus record with world-leading 71.29m | REPORT | World Athletics".
- ^ "Discus Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Lithuania's Gudzius wins discus gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Suomea puhuva ruotsalaismörssäri sai muhkeat palkintorahat MM-mitalista – lisää vielä luvassa Timanttiliigassa". Iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ 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). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
External links[]
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- Daniel Ståhl at World Athletics
- Daniel Ståhl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 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 of 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)