Bernhard Seifert (born 15 February 1993) is a German athlete specializing in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

. He represented Germany at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in the

Career

Seifert was awarded the 2019 Fair Play Prize of German Sports after he allowed

Julian Weber Julian Weber (born 29 August 1994) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won the European Junior Championship in 2013. Biography Weber was born in Mainz on 29 August 1994. He showed early promise as a throwe ...

to take his spot at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global sport of athletics, athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athleti ...

. Seifert represented Germany at the

in the

International competitions

References

1993 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics German male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Germany People from Hildburghausen Athletes from Thuringia 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-athletics-bio-stub