Matthias de Zordo
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Matthias de Zordo is a German
athlete who is the current World Champion in the men's javelin throw
. With a throw of 87.81 metres he won the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona
.
De Zordo is the reigning German Champion
after winning gold earlier in July 2010 at the 2010 German Athletics Championships
in Braunschweig
and again at the 2011 German Athletics Championships
in Kassel
.
In 2011 he won gold at the World Championships
in Daegu
with a throw of 86.27 metres. He finished of his 2011 season with a win at the Memorial Van Damme
in Brussels
with a personal best of 88.36 metres. With his win in Brussels he also secured the Diamond League trophy for the men's javelin.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
athlete who is the current World Champion in the men's javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
. With a throw of 87.81 metres he won the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
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De Zordo is the reigning German Champion
German Athletics Championships
The German Athletics Championships are the national championships in athletics, organised by the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband.- Men :- Women :-References:* General source:...
after winning gold earlier in July 2010 at the 2010 German Athletics Championships
2010 German Athletics Championships
The 2010 German Athletics Championships were held at the Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig on 17–18 July 2010.- Men :- Women :- References :* Results source: - External links :*...
in Braunschweig
Braunschweig
Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
and again at the 2011 German Athletics Championships
2011 German Athletics Championships
The 2011 German Athletics Championships were held at the Auestadion in Kassel on 23–24 July 2011.- Men :- Women :- References :* Results source: - External links :*...
in Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
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In 2011 he won gold at the World Championships
2011 World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....
in Daegu
Daegu
Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...
with a throw of 86.27 metres. He finished of his 2011 season with a win at the Memorial Van Damme
Memorial Van Damme
Memorial van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium that takes place in late August or early September...
in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
with a personal best of 88.36 metres. With his win in Brussels he also secured the Diamond League trophy for the men's javelin.