Daniel Ståhl

Daniel Ståhl

Personal information
Born	(1992-08-27) 27 August 1992
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Discus throw, shot put
Club	Spårvägens FK[1]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Sweden World Championships 2017 London Discus throw
Updated on 29 August 2015.

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 the farthest discus throw in the world for four years.^[7]

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

Personal bests

Outdoor

• Shot put – 19.38 (Sollentuna SWE 27.08.2016)
• Discus throw – 71.29 (Sollentuna SWE 29.06.2017)

Indoor

• Shot put – 18.29 (Gothenburg 2015)

Personal life

Ståhl is of Finnish descent as his mother is Finnish.^[8]

See also

• Sweden at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

References