Florida World Youth Champions in men's javelin throw 1999: Joachim Kiteau (FRA) 2001: Teemu Wirkkala (FIN) 2003: Júlio César de Oliveira (BRA) 2005: Noël Meyer (RSA) 2007: Tuomas Laaksonen (FIN) 2009: Shih-Feng Huang (TPE) 2011: Reinhard van Zyl (RSA) 2013: Matija Muhar (SLV) 2015: Paul Botha (RSA) 2017: Liu Zhekai (CHN)