Boris Henry is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

er. He has won the bronze medal in the World Championships twice, in 1995 and again in 2003.

His personal best throw was 90.44 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Linz

Linz

Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

. This ranks him second among German javelin (new implement) throwers, only behind Raymond Hecht

Raymond Hecht

Raymond Hecht is a retired German javelin thrower. He represented SC Magdeburg in former East Germany....

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He represented SV Saar 05, Saarbrücken

Saarbrücken

Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....

 (Trainer: Klaus Bartonietz). He is 1.93 meters tall and weighs 105 kilograms. He is also a soldier attached to the Mainz sports promotion company.

Achievements

Representing
1992	World Junior Championships 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition for athletes aged 19 years or under. It was held in Seoul, South Korea from September 16 to September 20, 1992.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	76.04 m
1993	World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 47 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 16, 1993. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin...	Stuttgart, Germany	14th	77.42 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th	76.88 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	86.08 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... , USA	5th	85.68 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	6th	84.54 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final The 13th IAAF Grand Prix Final was held at the Hakata-no-mori Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan on September 13, 1997.-Men:- Women :-External links:*...	Fukuoka, Japan	2nd	86.76 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	85.43 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	8th	85.78 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	6th	85.52 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	85.33 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd	84.74 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	—	DNS