Marie-Therese Obst

Marie-Therese Obst (born 7 January 1996) is a German-Norwegian javelin thrower. She is a European Championships bronze medalist and a European Throwing Cup (2024), NCAA (2021) and Norwegian national (2015) champion. Obst has also won the Nordic Junior Championships (2015) and multiple national titles at junior level, in addition to being the Norwegian U20 record holder with a mark of 57.44 metres. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography Obst was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to Moss, Norway when she was 9 years old. At the 2014 European Championships, Obst finished 16th in the qualifying round. She improved significantly at the 2014 World U20 Championships in Athletics, qualifying for the finals and placing 7th. In 2015, she won gold medals at the Norwegian Championships and the Nordic Junior Championships.

After her athletics career in Norway, Obst moved to Athens, Georgia in the fall of 2017 to study Criminal Justice at the University of Georgia and joined the Georgia Bulldogs track and field team. Obst finished 3rd at the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships in the First League javelin throw. She moved back to Norway in the summer of 2022. In 2024, Obst won the gold medal at the European Throwing Cup in Leiria and the bronze medal at the European Championships in Rome. She represented Norway in the women's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Personal bests Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date Javelin throw 63.50 m European Championships Rome, Italy 11 June 2024 Javelin throw (500 g) 52.96 m Nasjonal Kastmønstring Fredrikstad, Norway 4 May 2013