Thobias Montler
 Montler in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 February 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | IF Kronan[1] Malmö AI | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yannick Tregaro | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thobias Montler (born 15 February 1996) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the long jump. He won a bronze medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships. In addition, he finished fourth at the 2018 European Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 8.22 metres outdoors (Stockholm 2019) and 8.17 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019).[2]
He was born Thobias Nilsson Montler, but legally changed his name to omit Nilsson in 2019. Among other reasons, the whole name did not fit on athlete's bibs or plane ticket, and neither had he ever used the Nilsson name personally.[3] He hails from Landskrona.[4]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Sweden
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| 2013 | World Youth Championships | Donetsk, Ukraine | 8th | Long jump | 7.32 m |
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 8th | Long jump | 7.65 m (w) |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 21st (q) | Long jump | 7.38 m |
| European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.73 s | |
| 4th | Triple jump | 7.68 m | |||
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 3rd | Long jump | 7.96 m |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th | Long jump | 8.10 m |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2nd | Long jump | 8.17 m |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 9th | Long jump | 7.96 m | |
References
- ^ https://www.svenskalag.se/stjarnor/nyheter/356287/thobias-nilsson-montler
- ^ Thobias Montler at World Athletics
- ^ Holmberg, Ludvig (24 September 2019). "Svensken byter namn: "Ingen kallar mig det"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Lundin, Jonas (5 September 2018). ""Ett svar på att det man gör är rätt"". Lokaltidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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