Andreas is pictured above at the 2006 Grand Prix Final in Stuttgart. He produced a fine performance
to finish in first place with a throw of 89.50m, 1.25m clear of his nearest challenger Tero Pitkamaki.
A week later Thorkildsen represented Europe in the World Cup and once again took the honours,
his 87.17m effort well over 3m clear of Africa's Gerhardus Pienaar.
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| Men's Javelin. 2006 Grand Prix Final |
| |
|
|
. |
|
| 1. Andreas Thorkildsen |
|
NOR |
|
89.50 |
| 2. Tero Pitkamaki |
|
FIN |
|
88.25 |
| 3. Peter Esenwein |
|
GER |
|
85.30 |
| 4. Vadims Vasilevskis |
|
LAT |
|
83.26 |
| 5. Ainars Kovals |
|
LAT |
|
82.32 |
| 6. Jan Zelezny |
|
CZE |
|
81.61 |
| 7. Eriks Rags |
|
LAT |
|
81.42 |
| 8. Stefan Wenk |
|
GER |
|
76.34 |
| |
| Men's Javelin. 2006 World Cup |
| |
|
|
. |
|
| 1. Andreas Thorkildsen |
|
EUR |
|
87.17 |
| 2. Gerhardus Pienaar |
|
AFR |
|
83.62 |
| 3. Aleksandr Ivanov |
|
RUS |
|
81.87 |
| 4. Qi Chen |
|
ASI |
|
79.20 |
| 5. Yeoryios Iltsios |
|
GRE |
|
75.74 |
| 6. Stuart Farquhar |
|
OCE |
|
74.55 |
| 7. Rob Minitti |
|
USA |
|
73.40 |
| 8. Berenger Demerval |
|
FRA |
|
67.68 |
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Andreas is pictured above proudly showing off his Javelin gold medal at the
2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. Thorkildsen, the Olympic champion,
threw 88.78m to comfortably win the gold from Tero Pitkamaki (86.44m) and
the legendary Jan Zelezny (85.92m).
The inset photo shows Andreas throwing during the final. Photos G. Herringshaw 9th. August 2006 ©
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| Men's Javelin Final. European Athletics Championships 2006 |
| |
. |
|
|
|
| 1. Andreas THORKILDSEN |
|
NOR |
|
88.78 |
| 2. Tero PITKAMAKI |
|
FIN |
|
86.44 |
| 3. Jan ZELEZNY |
|
CZE |
|
85.92 |
| 4. Vadims VASILEVSKIS |
|
LAT |
|
83.21 |
| 5. Ainars KOVALS |
|
LAT |
|
81.65 |
| 6. Peter ESENWEIN |
|
GER |
|
81.11 |
| 7. Stefan MULLER |
|
SWI |
|
80.87 |
| 8. Aleksandr IVANOV |
|
RUS |
|
80.09 |
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