Andreas THORKILDSEN

Andreas Thorkildsen - Norway - 2007 World Championships Javelin silver (result)

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 02 September 2007

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Thursday, 01 April 1982
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Kristiansand, Norway
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Norway
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Andreas THORKILDSEN - Norway - 2007 World Championships Javelin silver (result)

The pictures above show Andreas during the final of the mens Javelin at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Thorkildsen, the 2004 Olympic champion, won the silver medal with a throw of 88.61m (he is shown celebrating the throw in the bottom right inset picture), thus replicating his performance two years previously in Helsinki.
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Men's Javelin Final. 2007 World Athletics Champs
1. Tero PITKAMAKI  FIN  90.33
2. Andreas THORKILDSEN  NOR  88.61
3. Breaux GREER  USA  86.21
4. Vadims VASILEVSKIS  LAT  85.19
5. Aleksandr IVANOV  RUS  85.18
6. John Robert OOSTHUIZEN  RSA  84.52
7. Igor JANIK  POL  83.38
8. Tero JARVENPAA  FIN  82.10