Simon Wieland

Simon Wieland
At the 2025 Summer World University Games
Personal information
Born (2000-12-16) 16 December 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsJavelin 82.26m (Tokyo, 2025) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
European Throwing Cup
Silver medal – second place2026 NicosiaJavelin throw
Summer World University Games
Gold medal – first place2025 BochumJavelin throw
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 BoråsJavelin throw

Simon Wieland (born 16 December 2000) is a Swiss javelin thrower. He is the Swiss national record holder in the javelin, and competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]

Biography

He qualified for the final of the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, placing eighth with a throw of 70.51 metres.[2][3] The following year, he won the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden, with a throw of 79.44 metres.[4][5] That year, he won the senior Swiss Athletics Championships for the first time, throwing 75.68 metres in Basel.[6]

He won the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, in July 2025 with a best throw of 79.33 metres.[7][8]

He threw a personal best 81.29m at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August 2025.[9] He was selected for the Swiss team for at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where he threw a Swiss national record with 82.26 metres, without advancing to the final.[10][11]

In March 2026, he won the silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2026 European Throwing Cup in Nicolas, Cyprus, where he threw over 80 metres more than once with a best throw of 80.76 metres to finish runner-up to Germany's Nick Thumm.[12] In August, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the javelin throw.[13]

Personal life

Wieland studied economics at the University of Bern.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Simon Wieland". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Delia Sclabas and Simon Wieland in the final in Tampere". Swiss Athletics. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "IAAF World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Avec 35 athlètes aux CE U20 à Boras". Swiss-Athletics. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gold für Simon Wieland an den World University Games". stb-la.ch. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Simon Wieland überflügelt in Bochum Speerwurf-Konkurrenz". Swiss-Athletics. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Swiss World Championship team comprises 31 athletes". Bluewin.ch. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  12. ↑ Trapnell, Jasmine (15 March 2026). "Thumm soars to javelin victory to close out the 2026 European Throwing Cup". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Simon Wieland wins javelin gold for Switzerland at the 2025 Universiade". Sportaktuell.ch. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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