• Status: Active
• Height: 191cm (6’3”)
• Weight: ~98kg (216lbs)
• Age: 30
• Birthday: August 29, 1994
• Nationality: German
• Events: Javelin
• Personal Bests:
• Javelin: 91.06m

Julian Weber Honours

• 2022 European Championships Gold
• 2024 European Championships Silver
• 4 x German National champion

Julian Weber Career

Julian Weber was born in Mainz, Germany. As a young athlete, he showed a natural aptitude for throwing, with teachers and coaches constantly remarking about his throwing ability. However, he dropped athletics for the sport of handball from ages 12 to 16 before returning to athletics.

Without training, he threw 52 meters as a youth at his first javelin competition wearing running shoes and casual clothing, winning by about ten meters. He developed rapidly under the tutelage of his coach, Stephan Kallenberg, competing in the javelin and hammer throw.

In 2013, he threw 79.68 meters at the European Junior Championships, taking home gold in Rieti, Italy. By 2016, he was well-established on the world stage, competing in Diamond League competitions in London, Paris, and Zurich as well as qualifying for his first Olympics with a throw of 88.04 meters.

He would finish ninth at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, throwing 81.36 meters in the final. He would improve his personal best at the end of the season in Berlin with a throw of 88.29 meters.

Injuries and Continued International Success

In 2017, he won the European Throwing Cup with a toss of 85.85 meters. However, an elbow injury and two herniated discs would require a 16-month break before his next competition. He would throw 82.80 meters in his first competition back on July 15, 2018, and go on to finish fourth at the German Championships.

He would bounce back the next season to finish sixth at the World Championships in Doha with a throw of 81.26 meters.

Weber wouldn’t compete at all in 2020, but he would qualify for his second Olympics in 2021. He would improve his finish from Rio with a throw of 85.30 meters to take fourth.

Despite his international success, Weber wouldn’t win his first German championship until 2021. He would go on to win four championships in a row and is the current defending champion.

In 2022, at the FBK Games in the Netherlands, he unleashed an 89.54-meter throw to set a new lifetime best. He would show consistency at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships, finishing fourth at both competitions.

At the 2024 European Championships, he led the competition until the final round, when he was dethroned by Jakub Vadlejch. He would finish just off the podium again at his third Olympics in 2024, with a sixth-place finish and 87.40 meters.

Weber set a new personal best on May 16, 2025, at the Diamond League meeting in Doha. Weber and former Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra both broke the 90-meter barrier for the first time. Weber took home gold with a throw of 91.06 meters while Chopra tossed an Indian record of 90.23 meters.