Here is all you need to know about German track and field athlete Max Dehning including his age, career, bio and more
On Sunday, February 25, Max Dehning of Germany threw a 90.20-meter throw at the German Winter Throwing Championships in Halle.
Who is Max Dehning as he breaches the 90m distance in javelin throw, biography, age, records, family and parents
Dehning became the first person to surpass the 90-meter mark in an Olympic year and the youngest person in the history of the men’s javelin throw to do so. He made waves in the track and field community by surpassing his personal best, which stood at 78.07 metres until Saturday.
Thats a 19 year old with a 90m JAVELIN Throw
19-year-old Max Dehning🇩🇪 throws 90.20m becoming the youngest 90m thrower in history!pic.twitter.com/Pjdt03z82z
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Who is Max Dehning?
Max Dehning is a track and field athlete that competes in the javelin. The 19-year-old was born on 9 September 2004 in Germany.
A look at Max Dehning’s career so far
Dehning has gained attention after his incredible performance at the German Winter Throwing Championships last week, when he became the youngest athlete to ever reach the elusive 90-meter milestone in the men’s javelin throw.
It all started in a very young age but not with the athletics. He was from Leverkusen and played football and handball as a boy. He had a strong love for sports from an early age however, his interest from other sports to athletics changed through his sibling. Through his heptathlon-competing older sister Marie, he was introduced to athletics and is now making waves in track and field.
He first threw the javelin over 80 metres in September 2021, setting a new personal record of 80.11 metres at Jena. At the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in August of 2022, Dehning won a silver medal in the javelin.
At the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in August 2023, Dehning won a silver medal with a throw of 78.07 metres. With a throw of 90.20 metres in the Winter Throwing Championships in Halle on February 25, 2024, Dehning, at 19 years old, became the youngest man to throw over 90 metres.
This shattered the world record at the time, set in 1990 by Steve Backley’s European U23 record of 89.58 metres.
Max Dehning’s family
Max Dehning was born to his parents who both were into athletics. His father Sascha Dehning is a former club level handball player. A bronze medallist in the heptathlon at the European Junior Championships, his sister Marie is also an elite athlete.