The women's javelin throw events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. [1]
The women's javelin throw events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F13 [2] |  Anna Kulinich-Sorokina (RUS) | 37.95 |  Lizaveta Piatrenka (BLR) | 37.33 ER |  Natalija Eder (AUT) | 37.06 SB |
| F34 [3] |  Marjaana Heikkinen (FIN) | 17.85 |  Frances Herrmann (GER) | 17.16 |  Lucyna Kornobys (POL) | 16.12 |
| F46 [4] |  Noëlle Roorda (NED) | 39.72 PB |  Saška Sokolov (SRB) | 36.78 PB | Katarzyna Piekart (POL) | 34.89 |
| F54 [5] | Mariia Bogacheva (RUS) | 14.86 CR | Yuliya Nezhura (BLR) | 12.49 |  Maja Rajkovic (MNE) | 12.33 SB |
| F56 [6] | Martina Willing (GER) | 20.00 |  Miroslava Obrova (CZE) | 15.09 | Ivana Petrovic (SRB) | 15.00 SB |
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | ||||||
The Javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
Hollie Beth Arnold, is a British parasport athlete competing in category F46 javelin. Although born in Grimsby, she now lives and trains in Loughborough. She represents Wales in the Commonwealth Games. Arnold was the youngest ever field athlete to ever compete in the Paralympics/Olympics, at the age of 14 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing throwing a personal best. She also threw a personal best in 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She took the gold medal in the F46 javelin in the 2016 Summer Paralympics at Rio, also throwing a new world record at the same time. In 2018, she became the first ever Javelin thrower in history to hold all four major titles in the same Paralympic/Olympic 4-year cycle: Rio Paralympics and world record 2016, London World Championships and world record 2017, Berlin European Championships and course record 2018 and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and world record 2018. She also holds four consecutive world titles: 2013 Lyon, 2015 Doha, 2017 London, and 2019 Dubai.
Deepa Malik is an Indian athlete. She started her career at the age of 30. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a Silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put. She also won gold in the F-53/54 Javelin event at the para athletic Grand Prix held in Dubai in 2018. She is currently the world number one in the F-53 category. She has won accolades for her participation in various adventure sports. She is associated with Himalayan Motorsports Association (H.M.A.) and Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (F.M.S.C.I.). She has undertaken an 8-day, 1,700-km drive in sub-zero temperatures which included a climb to 18,000 feet (5,500 m). It was – Raid De Himalaya. This journey covers many difficult paths including remote Himalayas, Leh, Shimla and Jammu.
Jayden Sawyer is an Australian para athlete who competes mainly in the F38 category in throwing events. He won has won gold and bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships. He has been selected for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, his second Games.
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Two men's club throw events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The men's javelin throw events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The women's shot put events were held on each day of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The women's discus throw events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Two women's club throw events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The men's discus throw events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.