Julian Weber

Julian Weber (born 29 August 1994) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.

Biography

Weber was born in Mainz on 29 August 1994. He showed early promise as a thrower, but dropped athletics as a 12-year-old to concentrate on handball, the sport of his elder brother Patrick. He returned to the javelin four years later, immediately qualifying for the 2011 German youth championships; coached by Stephan Kallenberg, Weber developed rapidly as a thrower, but quit handball only after injuring himself in a game in 2012.

Weber broke his personal best twice more on 29 June 2016 with throws of 84.45 m and 86.83 m at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku; the three-meter improvement marked his breakthrough to the world elite, though he was still overshadowed by Röhler, who won the competition with a world-leading 91.28 m and also had a second throw beyond 91 meters. A week and a half later Weber threw 88.04 m in Offenburg, moving him to fourth place on the 2016 world list. He was selected to represent Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, together with Röhler and Johannes Vetter.

Performance Record

Seasonal Bests Year Date Location Performance Notes 2012 19 August Wetzlar, Germany 71.12 m 2013 20 July Rieti, Italy 79.68 m 2014 26 July Ulm, Germany 80.72 m 2015 25 May Rehlingen, Germany 81.15 m 2016 3 September Berlin, Germany 88.29 m 2017 11 March Las Palmas, Spain 85.85 m 2018 18 August Birmingham, England 86.63 m 2019 9 August Bydgoszcz, Poland 86.86 m 2021 9 September Zurich, Switzerland 87.03 m 2022 6 June Hengelo, Netherlands 89.54 m 2023 8 July Kassel, Germany 88.72 m 2024 1 September Berlin, Germany 88.64 m 2025 28 August Zurich, Switzerland 91.51 m 2026 15 August Birmingham, England 90.40 m