Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2012 Thorkildsen gbara onye nke anọ na European Championship na Helsinki na-ejikwa naanị atọ atọ na nsonaazụ kachasị mma nke 81.55 mita mgbe ọ nwetasịrị mmerụ ahụ n'oge ọkụ ọkụ. Na
2012 Summer Olympics na London ọ tụbara 82.63 wee mechaa nke isii nke ghọrọ nke ise ọtụtụ afọ ka e mesịrị mgbe a kwụsịrị onye mmeri ọla ọcha mbụ Oleksandr Pyatnytsya maka mmebi iwu doping. N'asọmpi ụwa nke afọ na-esote na Moscow, Thorkildsen nwetara ebe nke isii na 81.06 n'ihe mechara bụrụ ọhụhụ ikpeazụ ya na asọmpi asọmpi kachasị. Mmerụ ahụ manyere ya iweta oge 2014 ya na njedebe tupu oge European Championship. O mechara kpebie ịnọ n'oge oge 2015 niile mana ọ na-achọ ịlaghachi na 2016. Agbanyeghị, na Mee 2016, Thorkildsen kwupụtara ezumike nka ya na egwuregwu.