Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw.
2013
Ståhl's throw was farther than any discus throw in the world since 2013.
2015
He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing fifth.
2016
In 2016, he competed at the European Championships, where he finished fifth.
Ståhl also competed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro the same year, where he failed to qualify for the final.
Just a couple of weeks following his failure in Rio, Ståhl competed at the Swedish Championships in Sollentuna.
Not only did he win the discus throw on a new personal best 68.72 metres, it was also the new world leading throw of 2016, surpassing Christoph Harting's 68.37 metres from the Rio Olympics final.
By the end of the year, it remained the number one throw in 2016.
The day before, Ståhl had also won the shot put on a new personal best 19.38 metres.
2017
In June 2017, Ståhl managed a throw of 71.29 metres in Sollentuna, setting a new personal best and improving the Swedish record set in 1984 by Ricky Bruch by three centimetres.
At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, Ståhl won the silver medal in the discus throw event, throwing 69.19 meters.
He was beaten by Lithuanian Andrius Gudžius by 2 centimeters.
2018
He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships where he was beaten again by Andrius Gudžius.
2019
Ståhl came back in the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and was crowned World Champion with a winning throw of 67.59 ahead of competitor Federick Dacres.
2020
Ståhl is the Olympic champion (2020 Tokyo) and two-time world champion (2019 Doha, 2023 Budapest), setting the new championships record in Budapest.
He won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a throw of 68.90 metres, ahead of his fellow countryman Simon Pettersson.
Daniel Ståhl was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal on 5 December 2023.
Outdoor
Indoor
Ståhl is of Finnish descent as his mother is Finnish.
His mother Taina Ståhl (Laakso) is a former discus thrower.
