Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 2012 Thorkildsen ya gama na huɗu a Gasar Zakarun Turai a Helsinki kawai yana gudanar da jefa uku tare da kyakkyawan sakamako na mita 81.55 bayan ya sami rauni yayin dumama jiki. A cikin
Wasannin Olympics na 2012 a London ya jefa 82.63 kuma ya gama na shida wanda ya zama na biyar shekaru da yawa bayan an cire shi daga lambar azurfa ta asali Oleksandr Pyatnytsya saboda laifin doping. Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta shekara mai zuwa a Moscow ta kawo Thorkildsen a matsayi na shida tare da jefa 81.06 a cikin abin da ya zama bayyanarsa ta ƙarshe a babban gasar zakarun duniya. Raunin ya tilasta masa ya kawo kakar 2014 zuwa ƙarshen ƙarshen kafin gasar zakarun Turai. Daga baya ya yanke shawarar zama a duk lokacin kakar 2015 amma ya yi niyyar dawowa a shekarar 2016. Koyaya, a watan Mayu na 2016 Thorkildsen ya sanar da yin ritaya daga wasanni.