 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 23 May 1992 (age 32) 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.
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]
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]
