born april norwegian born male history european champion world champion olympic champion olympic champion european champion time silver medalist world championships set world junior record personal best set personal life father achieving personal best throw metres mother née national champion metres representing older brother took secondary education relationship relationship norwegian generated unwanted publicity won king cup men women respectively norwegian championships left stadium avoid photographers shown finger previous day performed fashion model winter autumn collections march announced norwegian media longer couple career took throwing age coached father established numerous national boys records teenager set national record years class years class years class record years class finished seventh took medal norwegian championships finishing silver medal position form earned team october participated received silver medal winner south_africa moved oslo started competing club coach won bronze medal norwegian championships career best throw metres cooperation proved soon broke metre barrier throwing metres june world junior record till participating second european junior championships won silver medal competed world championships managed reach final finished entire competition metres asked comment throwing described completely awful national level norwegian champion time august competed throw meet establishing personal best metres competed national level athletic events recorded season best metres june witnessing form gradually declining months european championships held august munich failed progress qualifying round best throw metres finished fifteenth overall centimetres secured spot final managed silver norwegian championships result metres national list throw time year finished eleventh world championships paris major international final performance throw metres slightly disappointing thrown metres qualifying round having travelled paris personal best metres established june lighter took second national title consolidating spot norway leading faced competition threw metres retake national number spot right away display increasing form preparations olympic games qualified olympics throw bergen games event won north american record world leading throw metres july took victory grand prix meet beating comfortable margin meet stockholm days later improved season best metres london grand prix crystal palace throwers including world list olympic contest regarded widely open open finals olympic history according olympic coverage threw qualification round barely earning mention event report safely passed automatic mark metres final won qualification left stadium state final held days later opened release saw ranked end round thrown personal best earn surprising lead ahead reigning world champion second round threw personal best metres managed beat won surprising olympic gold medal staying place silver bronze medals respectively commenting win described feeling completely insane second place rounded season important event world championships preparations event looked promising improved personal best metres june beating norwegian record finland achieved world leading result metres competition likely contender world champion title july improved national record metres games reigning world champion thrown metres weeks earlier russian championships going world championships place world list ahead turn ahead qualification round world championships held conditions olympic stadium managed beat automatic qualification mark metres rain supplemented wind following day difficult weather conditions final lead rounds metres eventually finished silver medal position estonia threw metres fourth round finished disappointing fourth world championships bounced win ahead despite improving national record metres metres finish world list season returned original club having represented competitions previous seasons broke metre barrier time metres super grand prix games improved record metres reaching goal feet managed metre result entered european championships favorite won golden league meet paris won event metres having led competition second round finished season winning world cup metres finished world list time main goals season games world championships osaka winning addition aims beat old record threw metres old implement throwing range metres season started mediocre manner threw metres recovered form world championships achieve silver medal time losing finally fulfilling potential throw assured medal point won event oslo main goal summer olympics beijing won gold medal olympics set new olympic record metres dominated competition leading throw making longest throws competition attempt throws given medal won competition golden league august male history hold titles european champion world champion olympic champion winning berlin season leading throw achieved august opened season large throw went score victory match games finishing best throw july defended european title throw finishing ahead second placed awards end selected year norwegian sports journalists awarded announced october presented amsterdam october success beijing olympics metre barrier reasoning award seasonal year
Andreas Thorkildsen