Tristan Schwandke
2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 23 May 1992 (age 33) Würzburg, Germany[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Hammer throw |
Tristan Schwandke (born 23 May 1992) is a German former hammer thrower who won multiple German national titles. He competed in the men's hammer throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career
A member of TV Hindelang, Schwandke began his athletic career 13 years ago in Bad Hindelang, Oberallgäu. After joining TV-Hindelang, he initially trained in various disciplines and only began to throw a hammer to improve his coordination. He quickly showed aptitude and began to focus intensively on it and soon gained successes becoming Allgäu Champion, Swabian Champion, and Bavarian Champion.[2]
He won the silver medal in the hammer throw at the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships. He won the hammer throw at the 2019 German Athletics Championships the following month with a throw of 73.00 metres.[3]
He also won the hammer throw at the 2020 and 2021 German Athletics Championships.[4] In May 2021, he set a new personal best distance of 76.71 metres, the best distance by a German hammer thrower since Markus Esser in 2013.[5] Whilst competing at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Schwandke threw 73.77m to finish ninth in qualifying heat B.[6] He finished runner-up to Merlin Hummel at the 2022 German Athletics Championships.[7]
He missed the entirety of 2023 with a back injury.[8] He announced his retirement from competition sport on his personal Instagram account in January 2025.[9]
Personal life
In 2021, Schwandke graduated from Wilhelm Buchner Hochschule in Darmstadt, Germany, with a master's degree in automotive engineering. He works as a researcher in the automotive industry in Kempten. He had previously studied automotive engineering at Kempten University of Applied Sciences.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Tristan Schwandke". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Stiebel Eltron supports young athletics talent". pressbox.de. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Hammer thrower Tristan Schwandke is German champion". lifepr.de. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Tristan Schwandke | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "German Championships 2021: The big preview of the men's competitions". Leichtathletik.de. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletics - Qualification - Group B Results". olympics.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Reception for Merlin Hummel – German Champion visits Kulmbach Town Hall". wiesentbote.de. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Merlin Hummel & Sören Klose: Competition stimulates business". Leichtathletik.de. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ @Tristan Schwandke; (11 January 2025). "Throwback 2024 was the year of retiring from my active sports career..." Retrieved 9 April 2025 – via Instagram.