Javelin Thrower

This page lists 672 biographies of javelin throwers, covering lives from 1870 to 2005. Featuring Inese Jaunzeme, Mart Paama and Andreas Thorkildsen. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People in this occupation

Evert Jakobsson

1886 – 1960

Anthony Hall

b. 1950

Ramón González

b. 1966

Nikola Brejchová

b. 1974

Heino Puuste

b. 1955

Yu Yuzhen

b. 1998

Pru French

b. 1950

Cathy Sulinski

b. 1958

Fatima Whitbread

b. 1961

Neeraj Chopra

b. 1997

Gergely Kulcsár

1934 – 2020

Ragnar Ericzon

1926 – 2010

Manfred Stolle

b. 1937

Andreas Thorkildsen

b. 1982

Sándor Boros

b. 1949

Vira Rebryk

b. 1989

Mercedes Chilla

b. 1980

Andrea Železná

b. 1993

Phil Conley

1934 – 2014

Xu Demei

b. 1967

Giovanni Lievore

1932 – 2025

Antonio González

b. 1956

Goldie Sayers

b. 1982

Hannu Siitonen

b. 1949

Väinö Siikaniemi

1887 – 1932

Eva Janko

b. 1945

Madara Palameika

b. 1987

Hans Moks

1923 – 2011

Nico Lutkeveld

1916 – 1997

Ivonne Leal

b. 1966

Nadezhda Yakubovich

b. 1954

Benjamin Garcia

1933 – 2015

Olga Verissimo

b. 1959

Eino Leppänen

1916 – 1974

Rosemary Morgan

b. 1941

Juha Laukkanen

b. 1969

Annie Boclé

b. 1957

William Liga

1932 – 1992

Barbora Špotáková

b. 1981

Sharon Corbett

b. 1953

Kaisa Launela

b. 1948

Nikola Ogrodníková

b. 1990

Esa Utriainen

b. 1953

Ainārs Kovals

b. 1981

Sabina Moya

b. 1977

Paweł Rakoczy

b. 1987

Steve Seymour

1920 – 1973

Friedrich Issak

1915 – 1991

Yrjö Nikkanen

1914 – 1985

Tiina Lillak

b. 1961

Jorma Jaakola

b. 1950

Yelena Gorchakova

1933 – 2002

Ryōhei Arai

b. 1991

María Uribe

1908 – 1992

Guillermo Martínez López

b. 1981

Dominique Bilodeau

b. 1979

Ingeborg Mello

1919 – 2009

Ingrid Almqvist

1927 – 2017

Tapio Korjus

b. 1961

Dainis Kūla

b. 1959

Toni Keränen

b. 1998

Léon Syrovatski

b. 1938

Bruno Schlokat

1898 – 1993

Annu Rani

b. 1992

Oprando Bottura

1896 – 1961

Vladimir Sasimovich

b. 1968

Miklós Németh

b. 1946

Åke Nilsson

b. 1945

Leslie Copeland

b. 1988

Birutė Kalėdienė

b. 1934

Olav Sunde

1903 – 1985

Masako Shinpo

1913 – 1995

Gerda Staniek

1925 – 1985

Nashatar Singh Sidhu

b. 1939

Charlus Bertimon

b. 1957

John FitzSimons

b. 1943

Aarne Salovaara

1887 – 1945

Kara Winger

b. 1986

Steve Backley

b. 1969

Oto Jurģis

1904 – 1973

Yanet Cruz

b. 1988

Nadeeka Lakmali

b. 1981

Vlasta Pešková

b. 1938

Tero Järvenpää

b. 1984

Fred Luke

b. 1946

Karin Smith

b. 1955

Erik Lundqvist

1908 – 1963

Gurmeet Kaur

b. 1970

Kenneth Churchill

1910 – 1980

Odd Mæhlum

1921 – 2011

Gustav Sule

1910 – 1942

Estrella Puente

b. 1928

Ashlyn Renneberg

b. 2005

Keshorn Walcott

b. 1993

Väinö Kuisma

1934 – 2015

Kosaku Sumiyoshi

1907 – 1971

Matti Närhi

b. 1975

Yrjö Ekqvist

1898 – 1973

Ajeet Singh Yadav

b. 1993

Tatjana Jelača

b. 1990