Joachim B. Olsen
Joachim B. Olsen (born May 31, 1977 in Aalborg, Denmark is one of the World´s leading shot putters.
With eight straight international finals, Joachim holds the longest string of appearances in finals at Olympic, World and European Championships.
Joachim is coached by the former olympic finalist Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (Iceland), who started working with Joachim in october 2003.
In his teens Joachim primarily focused on the discus throw, but after switching shot put technique from the so called glide style to rotational style, he improved dramatically during his four years at University of Idaho, where he was coached by Tim Taylor.
Although he appeared at the World Junior Championships in Sydney 1996, where he threw the Discus, it was at the U23 European Championships in Gothenburg in 1999 he made his first international impact, winning a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Joachim B. Olsen did not qualify for the final. Nevertheless he received worldwide attention after he in a chat room wrote,that a rumour was spreading in the Olympic Village, that the winner of the final, Arsi Harju had failed a [doping test]]. The rumour was false, and the incident caused the Danish National Olympic Committee sent Joachim B. Olsen home prior to the closing of the Games.
At the 2001 World Championships in Athletics Joachim B. Olsen qualified for his first international final. Since then he has qualified for every final at Olympic, World and European Championships.
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