Uwe Hohn

Uwe Hohn

Uwe Hohn in 1984
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	16 July 1962 (1962-07-16) (age 62) Neuruppin, East Germany
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	118 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Country	East Germany
Sport	Track and field
Event	Javelin throw
Club	ASK Vorwärts Potsdam
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	WR 104.80 m (1984)
Medal record Representing  East Germany Men's athletics World Cup 1985 Canberra Javelin European Championships 1982 Athens Javelin

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). A new javelin design was implemented in 1986 and the records had to be restarted, thus Hohn's mark became an "eternal world record". He coached Indian track and field athlete Neeraj Chopra, who won the gold in the men's javelin throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo.

Born in Neuruppin, Hohn excelled at the javelin throw from a young age and won the 1981 European Junior Championship with a throw of 86.56 m, a junior record. He then won gold at the 1982 European Championships with a 91.34 m throw. He did not compete at the 1983 World Championships and missed the 1984 Summer Olympics as East Germany had boycotted the games. He did however win gold at the Friendship Games, throwing 94.44 m (Arto Härkönen won the 1984 Olympics with a throw of 86.76 m). In 1985, Hohn won the IAAF World Cup and European Cup but his career ended in 1986 after several setbacks due to a surgery. After his retirement from competition, Hohn became a coach and since 1999 he has worked for SC Potsdam, the successor of ASK Vorwärts Potsdam, where he started his career as a sportsman.