Merlin Hummel

Merlin Hummel

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Hammer: 76.11m (Halle, 2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Germany European U23 Championships 2023 Espoo Hammer throw European U20 Championships 2021 Tallinn Hammer throw

Merlin Hummel (born 4 January 2002) is a German hammer thrower.[1]

Career

He was a 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships silver medallist in Tallinn in 2021.[2] He won the senior German Athletics Championships in 2022.[3]

He was a 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships silver medallist in Espoo in 2023.[4] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest but suffered a slipped disk to his back.[5]

He set a new personal best of 76.11 metres in Halle in 2024. He then threw 77.65m in Langenbrand in May 2024.[6]

He threw 79.25 metres to set a European U23 lead at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, to place fourth overall.[7] He competed in the hammer throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics, placing tenth overall.[8]

References

1. "Merlin Hummel". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
2. "U 20-EM Tallinn: Merlin Hummel im allerletzten Versuch vom Thron gestoßen". blv-de. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
3. "Hummel wins the hammer throw". sportschau. June 26, 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
4. "Kulmbacher steht vor dem Aus und behält die Nerven". Fraenkischertag.de. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
5. "Das Rätsel um Merlin Hummel ist gelöst". Fraenkischertag. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
6. "Merlin Hummel: "Seit ich zum ersten Mal einen Hammer fliegen sah, wollte ich 80 Meter werfen"". blv-sport.de. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
7. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
8. "Men's Hammer Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". World Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.