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    Uwe Hohn (born 16 July 1962) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is the only athlete to throw a javelin 100 metres or more, with his world record of 104.80 m (343 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 in).

  2. Sep 21, 2022 · Uwe Hohn is the only javelin thrower to break the 100m barrier, but never won an Olympic or world medal. He also coached Tokyo 2020 champion Neeraj Chopra and other top athletes.

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  3. Jul 20, 2020 · 20.17.1984, East-Berlin, XXII Olympic Day, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark, 19:57 Hr. 89.90 - 104.80 - 4 passes. Uwe Hohn broke the iconic 100 metres barrier. He managed to match angle of...

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  5. Sep 13, 2021 · Uwe Hohn, the German great hired in 2017 to coach javelin star Neeraj Chopra, has been sacked by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). Hohn, 59, the only athlete to throw over 100 metres, was Chopra’s coach when he won gold medals at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in 2018, and remained in charge as the national javelin coach for ...

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  6. Nov 26, 2017 · For East Germany’s legendary athlete Uwe Hohn, it was all downhill after his record-breaking monstrous throw. He missed his sure-shot Olympic gold at LA because of his country’s boycott and this was followed by a botched surgery that ended his career.

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  7. Jun 16, 2021 · WITH THE Tokyo Olympics just a month away, India’s javelin throw coach Uwe Hohn has said that the country’s top sports organisations — Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Athletics Federation of India (AFI) — “did not do enough” to prepare athletes for the mega event.

  8. While we are all celebrating the success of Neeraj Chopra in winning javelin gold at the Tokyo Olympics, let us not forget his coach Uwe Hohn.

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