Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2012 Thorkildsen akapedza ari wechina paEuropean Championships muHelsinki achibudirira kungokanda katatu chete nemhedzisiro yakanakisa yemamita 81.55 mushure mekukuvara panguva yekudziya. Pa
2012 Summer yeOlympic muLondon iye akakanda 82.63 uye apedza rechitanhatu iyo yakava wechishanu makore akawanda gare gare pashure disqualification yepakutanga sirivha medalist Oleksandr Pyatnytsya nokuda doping mhosva. Makwikwi eNyika egore rakatevera muMoscow akaunza Thorkildsen nzvimbo yechitanhatu nekukanda kwe81.06 mune izvo zvakazove kuoneka kwake kwekupedzisira pamakwikwi makuru emakwikwi. Kukuvara kwakamumanikidza kuti apedze mwaka wake wa2014 nguva isati yakwana pamberi peEuropean Championships. Akazosarudza kugara kunze kwemwaka wese wa2015 asi akanangana nekudzoka muna 2016. Zvisinei, muna Chivabvu 2016 Thorkildsen akazivisa kuenda kwake pamudyandigere.