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Daniel Ståhl
Swedish discus thrower
Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw.[2] Ståhl is the Olympic champion (2020 Tokyo) and two-time world champion (2019 Doha, 2023 Budapest), setting the new championships record in Budapest.
 Daniel Ståhl during the Finland-Sweden athletics international 2019 in Stockholm | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Born | (1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 31) Solna, Sweden |
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 155 kg (342 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Discus throw, shot put |
| Club | Spårvägens FK[1] |
He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing fifth.[3]
In 2016, he competed at the European Championships, where he finished fifth. Ståhl 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, Ståhl 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, Ståhl 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 Ricky 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. Ståhl came back in the 2019 World Championships in 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.
Daniel Ståhl was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal on 5 December 2023.[10]
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)
Ståhl is of Finnish descent as his mother is Finnish.[11] His mother Taina Ståhl [sv] (née Laakso) is a former discus thrower.[12]
- "2016 Swedish Athletics Championships". Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- "Discus Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- "Lithuania's Gudzius wins discus gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- Kamil Bochenski (5 December 2023). "Daniel Ståhl får Bragdguldet 2023" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- "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.
- Daniel Ståhl at World Athletics
- Daniel Ståhl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)