| Henrik Janssen | |
| Nationality: | German |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Discus |
| Birth Date: | 19 May 1998 |
| Pb: | Discus: 67.43m (Neubrandenburg, 2024) |
Henrik Janssen (born 19 May 1998) is a German discus thrower. He was the German national champion in 2023.[1]
He threw a 62.60 metres distance to qualify for the final at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[2] He finished in finished tenth place overall with a 61.11 meters throw in the final.[3]
He finished second at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia in June 2023, throwing over 64 metres.[4] On 9 July 2023 he became German champion, throwing 63.93 metres in Kassel.[5]
He finished in eighth place at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 with a top throw of 63.80 metres having qualified for the final with a throw of 63.79 metres.[6] [7]
Competing in Germany in May 2024, he threw a lifetime best of 67.43 metres to meet the 2024 Paris Olympics standard, and three days later won a meet in Halle.[8] On 2 June 2024 he finished fourth at the 2024 Diamond League event in Stockholm with 65.85 metres.[9] He was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[10] He competed in the discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[11]