{{Short description|German javelin thrower}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Bernhard Seifert | full_name = | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|2|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hildburghausen, Germany | height = | weight = | nationality = German | sport = Athletics | event = Javelin throw | club = SC Potsdam | coach = Burkhard Looks | education = }} '''Bernhard Seifert''' (born 15 February 1993) is a German athlete specializing in the javelin throw. He represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw.
==Career== Seifert was awarded the 2019 Fair Play Prize of German Sports after he allowed Julian Weber to take his spot at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.<ref name=tokyo2020/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/72918-echter-teamgeist-fair-play-preis-des-deutschen-sports-geht-an-bernhard-seifert |title="Echter Teamgeist": Fair Play Preis des deutschen Sports geht an Bernhard Seifert |website=leichtathletik.de |date=23 January 2020 |access-date=7 August 2021 |language=German}}</ref>
Seifert represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw.<ref name=tokyo2020>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1347211-seifert-bernhard.htm |title=Bernhard Seifert |website=olympics.com |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807104931/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1347211-seifert-bernhard.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |- |2012 |World Junior Championships |Barcelona, Spain |4th{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} |Javelin throw |75.84 m |- |rowspan=2|2013 |European U23 Championships |Tampere, Finland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Javelin throw |82.42 m |- |World Championships |Moscow, Russia |13th (q){{citation needed|date=August 2021}} |Javelin throw |80.02 m |- |2015 |European U23 Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Javelin throw |80.57 m |- |2018 |European Throwing Cup |Leiria, Portugal |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Javelin throw |80.62 m |- |2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |31st (q) |Javelin throw |68.30 m |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seifert, Bernhard}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:German men javelin throwers Category:Olympic athletes for Germany Category:People from Hildburghausen Category:Athletes from Thuringia Category:21st-century German sportsmen
{{Germany-athletics-bio-stub}}