Nick Thumm
German javelin thrower (born 2004)
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Nick Thumm (born 19 October 2004) is a German javelin thrower. In 2025, he was a silver medalist at the European U23 Championships and the World University Games.[1]
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| Born | 19 October 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | VfB Stuttgart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 82.03 (Sindelfingen, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Thumm won the gold medal in the Under 23 javelin at the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia in March 2025, with a throw of 77.09 metres.[2][3] Thumm won the silver medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway with a personal best javelin throw of 80.74 metres.[4]
Thumm was the silver medalist behind Simon Wieland in the javelin throw at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, with a throw of 77.91 metres.[5]
In February 2026, Thumm won the senior German Outdoor Throwing Championships with a personal best 82.03 metres throw.[6][7] The following month, he won the javelin throw at the 2026 European Throwing Cup in Nicolas, Cyprus, where he threw over 80 metres a number of times with a best throw of 81.05 metres to finish ahead of Switzerland's Simon Wieland.[8]
Personal life
From Stuttgart, he studied at the IU International University. He is coached by his father, Karsten Thumm.[9][10]