Daniel Ståhl

Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw.[2] He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing fifth.[3] In 2016, he competed at the European Championships, where he finished fifth. Daniel also competed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro the same year, where he failed to qualify for the final.[4] Just a couple of weeks following his failure in Rio, Daniel competed at the Swedish Championships in Sollentuna. Not only did he win the discus throw on a new personal best 68.72 metres, it was also the new world leading throw of 2016, surpassing Christoph Harting's 68.37 metres from the Rio Olympics final. By the end of the year, it remained the number one throw in 2016.[5] The day before, Daniel had also won the shot put on a new personal best 19.38 metres.[6] In June 2017, Ståhl managed a throw of 71.29 metres in Sollentuna, setting a new personal best and improving the Swedish record set in 1984 by Rickard Bruch by three centimetres. Ståhl's throw was farther than any discus throw in the world since 2013.[7]

Daniel Ståhl

Daniel Ståhl during the Finland-Sweden athletics international 2019 in Stockholm.
Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 Solna, Sweden
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	155 kg (342 lb)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw, shot put
Club	Spårvägens FK[1]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Sweden World Championships 2019 Doha Discus throw 2017 London Discus throw European Championships 2018 Berlin Discus throw

At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics Ståhl won the silver medal in the discus throw event, throwing 69.19 meters.[8] He was beaten by Lithuanian Andrius Gudžius by 2 centimeters.[9] He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships where he was beaten again by Andrius Gudžius. Daniel came back in the 2019 World Championships September 30 at Doha Qatar and was crowned World Champion with a winning throw of 67.59 ahead of competitor Federick Dacres.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Sweden
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	16th (q)	Shot put (5 kg)	18.17 m
			16th (q)	Discus throw (1.5 kg)	53.94 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	27th (q)	Shot put (6 kg)	16.36 m
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	20th (q)	Shot put (6 kg)	17.55 m
			–	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	NM
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	4th	Discus throw	61.29 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	24th (q)	Discus throw	59.01 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	5th	Discus throw	64.73 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	5th	Discus throw	64.77 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th (q)	Discus throw	62.26 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	2nd	Discus throw	69.19 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	Discus throw	68.23 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	Discus throw	67.59 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

• Shot put – 19.38 m ( Sollentuna, 27 August 2016)
• Discus throw: 71.86 m ( Bottnaryd, 29 June 2019)

Indoor

• Shot put – 18.29 m ( Gothenburg, 2015)

Personal life

Ståhl is of Finnish descent as his mother is Finnish.[10]

See also

• Sweden at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

References

1. EAA profile
2. Daniel Ståhl at World Athletics
3. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-DT-M-q----.SL2.pdf
4. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxi-olympic-games-5771/results/men/discus-throw/qualification/result
5. https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/throws/discus-throw/outdoor/men/senior/2016
6. 2016 Swedish Athletics Championships
8. "Discus Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
9. "Lithuania's Gudzius wins discus gold". bbc.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
10. "Suomea puhuva ruotsalaismörssäri sai muhkeat palkintorahat MM-mitalista – lisää vielä luvassa Timanttiliigassa". Iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 August 2017.

External links

• Daniel Ståhl at World Athletics
• Daniel Ståhl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)