15 Facts About Johannes Vetter

Johannes Vetter won gold at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.

Johannes Vetter was previously with SV Saar 05 Saarbrucken and Dresdner SC.

Johannes Vetter's grandfather was born in Konigshutte in 1941.

Johannes Vetter has a tattoo of an Ancient Greek javelin thrower on his back.

Johannes Vetter made it through the qualifying round with a personal best 71.60 m throw.

In July 2015, Johannes Vetter took part in the European U23 Championships.

Johannes Vetter finished fourth, throwing the javelin 79.78 m Kacper Oleszczuk won gold with a throw of 82.29 m In August 2015, he competed in the IAAF World Championships.

Johannes Vetter competed for Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics, along with Julian Weber and eventual gold medalist Thomas Rohler.

Unable to improve his mark in the remaining attempts, Johannes Vetter finished in fourth place, outside the podium by just six centimetres.

Johannes Vetter represented Team Europe at The Match Europe v USA in September 2019.

Johannes Vetter won gold with a throw of 90.03 m, his best performance since May 2018.

At the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Vetter had the best throw in the qualifying round, with 89.35 m He then won bronze in the final, throwing 85.37 m On 6 September 2020, Vetter finished first at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial.

Johannes Vetter entered the 2020 Olympic event as gold medal favourite.

Johannes Vetter easily proceeded to the Olympic final, and his first throw was a disappointing 82.52 m, while he deliberately stepped out of the line in his next 2 throws which made his highest throw 82.52 m, and finishing 9th.

Johannes Vetter didn't proceed to the finals stage, as qualification group opponent Neeraj Chopra advanced to win gold, while Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic and Vitezslav Vesely of Czech Republic claiming silver and bronze respectively.