Sören Klose
Sören Klose is a German hammer thrower. He won the German Athletics Championships in 2023 and 2024. He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games.
Career
He is a member of Eintracht Frankfurt athletics club. He is coached by Helge Zöllkau. He was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland in the hammer throw, finishing behind compatriot Merlin Hummel, who won the silver medal, and Ukrainian Mykhaylo Kokhan.He became senior national champion at the German Athletics Championships for the first time in July 2023. He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in the hammer throw where he threw 72.23 metres but did not proceed to the final.
He set a new personal best of 77.49 metres, achieving a throw over 77 metres for the first time, at the International Sparkasse Hammer Throw Meeting in Fränkisch-Crumbach in May 2024. He competed in the 2024 European Championships in Rome in the hammer throw, throwing 72.96 metres without reaching the final. He retained his German national title in June 2024. He competed in the hammer throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics where he threw 71.20 metres but did not progress through to the final.