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BIOGRAPHY

Andreas Thorkildsen
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Andreas Thorkildsen, born April 1, 1982 in Kristiansand, is a Norwegian javelin thrower.

Thorkildsen is the world junior record holder in javelin throw and has won gold medals at the Summer Olympics and European Championships in Athletics as well as a silver medal at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

Thorkildsen took up javelin throwing at the age of 11 and established numerous national boys' records as a teenager. The year 1999 saw him finish seventh at the European Junior Championships.

In 2000, Thorkildsen took his first medal at the Norwegian championships, finishing in Silver medal position behind Ronny Nilsen. His form earned Thorkildsen his first call-up to the Norwegian European Cup team. Soon after, he participated at the World Junior Championships and won the silver medal behind Gerhardus Pienaar of South Africa.

In 2004, Thorkildsen won a surprising Olympic gold medal in Athens Olympics throwing a personal best of 86.50 metres. In 2005, Thorkildsen participated at the World Junior Championships and won silver.

In 2006, Thorkildsen broke the 90 metre barrier for the first time, with 90.13 metres from the Doha Super Grand Prix. At the Bislett Games he yet again improved his record to 91.59 metres, winning the King's Cup at the 2006 Norwegian championships in the process. And in 2007, Thorkildsen achieved another Silver a the World Championships in Osaka.