Osakue, 22, is a rising track and field star who specializes in the discus throw.
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It said that the 33-year-old "has the silver medal, the diploma, and the medalist pin obtained in the discus throw event withdrawn and is ordered to return these".
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Brazil's Luiz Alberto de Araujo again drew the most cheers from the sparse crowd in Rio's Olympic Stadium, wining the second hurdles heat in 14.17 and managing a 45.10m discus throw, leaving him in seventh overall.
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The Diamond League conducted research to decide which disciplines should be a part of the 210 season and concluded that the men's and women's 22020 meters, discus throw, triple jump and 3000m steeplechase will not be contested.
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Draped around the top of its body is a band of LED lights which illuminate when the vehicle uses artificial intelligence to follow event officials toward the equipment hurled by athletes onto the pitch during shot put, discus throw, hammer throw and javelin events.
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The Diamond League, which will celebrate its 10th season beginning in May, currently features nine races for men and women, including the 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m, and seven field events - high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus throw and javelin throw.
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In the discus throw, he only managed to come twenty-ninth in the regular discus throw, but came sixteenth in the two-handed discus.
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He was born in Rome. In 1908 he finished tenth in the Greek discus throw event. In the discus throw competition his result is unknown.
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Folke Fredrik Fleetwood (15 November 1890 - 4 February 1949) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he participated in the Greek discus throw competition and in the discus throw event but in both competitions his final ranking is unknown. Four years later he finished seventh in the two handed discus throw competition and 28th in the discus throw event.
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In 1936, she finished tenth in the Olympic discus throw event. Twelve years later she finished 17th in the discus throw competition at the 1948 Olympics. In the 1938 European Championships in Athletics she finished sixth in the discus throw contest and in the 1950 European Championships in Athletics she finished seventh in the discus throw event. Records from the European Championships use the 1917 birthdate, reporting her as a 20 year old and 32 year old respectively.
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Her personal best in the discus throw was the then-national record of 43.03, in May 1960. Winterberg was the Israel Women's Champion in the Discus Throw in 1960, and 1962–64.
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She was a Norway champion in discus throw three times.
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Born in Pozsony (present-day Bratislava), Luntzer competed for his hometown club Pozsonyi Torna Egylet. His first major international appearance came in 1906, when he took part at the Intercalated Games, where he competed in four events (discus throw, Greek-style discus throw, javelin throw and pentathlon). Luntzer finished fifth in Greek-style discus throw and tenth in pentathlon, while his other results are unknown. Two years later at the 1908 Summer Olympics he finished seventh in the discus throw competition.
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Sulaiman also excelled in the disciplines of pentathlon and discus throw.
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Four years later he finished 32nd in the discus throw competition.
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Claudio Romero (born 10 July 2000) is a Chilean track and field athlete competing in the discus throw. In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the men's discus throw event at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland. In 2019, he competed in the men's discus throw event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.
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In 2017 Finley won the bronze medal in the discus throw event at the World Championships in London, throwing 68.03 meters. This breaks an 18-year drought of no American medalists in the discus throw, and marks the first time an American has placed in the men's discus throw since the World Championships in Seville, where Anthony Washington won the gold medal.
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Mohamed Mansour finished in 4th place in the men's discus throw event.
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Oney Tapia (born 27 February 1976) is a visually impaired Italian Paralympic athlete competing in discus throw and shot put events. He represented Italy at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's discus throw F11 event. He qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the men's discus throw event in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships held in Grosseto, Italy.
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In the 1912 Summer Olympics he finished sixth in the two handed discus throw competition, just behind fellow Irish American Athletic Club member and US Olympic team mate James Duncan, who won the bronze medal in the one-handed discus throw that year. Muller also participated in the discus throw event and finished twelfth. In 1913, Muller competed against fellow Irish American Athletic Club member and nine time Olympic medalist Martin Sheridan in the discus throw at the New York Metropolitan Association championship meet of the Amateur Athletic Union.
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He also participated in the Greek discus throw competition and in the freestyle javelin throw event but in both competitions his final ranking is unknown. He also participated as sport wrestler in the 1908 Summer Games but was eliminated in the first round of the Greco-Roman light heavyweight event. Four years later he finished 21st in the discus throw competition as well as twentieth in the two handed discus throw event. On national level Luntzer collected three Hungarian Athletics Championships titles in discus throw, winning the event in 1908, 1912 and 1915.
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Martin Marić represented Croatia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw in Daegu, South Korea. Martin placed 27th at 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw in 60.61 meters. Martin Marić represented Croatia at the Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade also called 2009 World University Games. Martin placed 7th at Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw in 58.37 meters.
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Norwegian international athletes - V He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1977, 1985 and 1990-1996.Norwegian championships in discus throw His personal best throw was 68.00 metres, achieved in May 1982 in Juárez. This makes him the second best discus thrower in Norwegian history after Knut Hjeltnes.Norwegian all-time list discus throw He currently works as a teacher at Porsgrunn Videregående Skole.
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André Tison (26 February 1885 – 25 December 1963) was a French track and field athlete who competed at the 1906, 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1906 he finished fourth in the shot put, fifth in the freestyle discus throw, and 22nd in the standing long jump competition. Two years later he placed eighth in the discus throw, while his result in the shot put contest is unknown. In 1912 he was ninth in the shot put and 30th in the discus throw, and in 1920 he finished eleventh in the discus throw. Tison was the French champion in the shot put (1905, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1914) and discus throw (1907–1914 and 1920); he finished second in the shot put (1909, 1912, 1919, and 1920) and javelin throw (1913) and third in discus throw (1919). He held national records in the shot put (1905: 12.46 m, 1907: 12.75 m, 1908: 12.81 m, 1909: 13.145 m) and discus throw (1908: 39.13 m, 1909: 41.25 m, 1913: 41.58 m).
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Dacres participated in the boys' discus throw at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
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Consisted of long jump, javelin throw, 200 metres, discus throw, and 1500 metres.
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He was born in Pistoia. In 1912 he finished twelfth in the shot put competition and 18th in the discus throw event. Eight years later he finished ninth in the discus throw competition and 13th in the shot put event.
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In 1928 she finished eighth in the qualification of the discus throw event. She also competed in the 1938 European Championships in Athletics held in Vienna and finished fifth in the discus throw competition and seventh in the shot put contest.
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Azam Khodayari is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F56/58 discus throw events. She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F56/58 discus throw event.
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Chinwe Okoro (born 20 June 1989) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and the discus throw. She is a three-time African champion and holds the Nigerian record for the discus throw at .
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Four years later he participated in the Greek discus throw event and in the discus throw competition but in both contests his result is unknown. At the 1908 Olympics he also competed in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight event but was eliminated in the first round after losing his fight to Walter West. His last Olympic appearance was in 1912 when he finished 38th in the discus throw event.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 2.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 3.
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One of the sons, Ole Hertel, competed nationally in shot put and discus throw.
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This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the discus throw event.
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She has the current National Record for the longest discus throw of 64.76 meters.
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Brar was India's national champion in the shot put and discus throw events in the 1950s. He won his first national shot put event in Madras in 1958 and won the national discus throw events in 1954, 1958 and 1959. In the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, he won gold medals in the shot put and discus throw events, thus becoming the first athlete in Asia to achieve the feat. He continued his performance in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, winning a gold in the shot put event and bronze in the discus throw event.
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Michael Robertson (born December 19, 1983 in Plantation, Florida) is a male athlete from the United States. He competes in the men's discus throw. Robertson set his personal best in the discus throw event (65.61 metres) in Denton, Texas on April 24, 2008.
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Gallin's personal best in the discus throw is 48.02, in 1956. He competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 24. He participated in the men's discus throw, coming in 32nd with a best distance of 40.76.
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In 1908 he participated in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, in the freestyle javelin throw competition, in the javelin throw event, and in the hammer throw competition but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown.
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Dave Gale is a Paralympian athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category F32/51 discus throw events. He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F32/51 discus throw event.
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The Men's Discus Throw F44 had its Final held on September 15 at 17:40.
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The Men's Discus Throw F42 had its Final held on September 16 at 9:30.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 17 August.
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The women's discus throw at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 9 July.
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He won gold in the pentathlon and discus throw at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
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The men's discus throw at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 21 April.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2013 Summer Universiade was held on 8 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2007 Summer Universiade was held on 12 August.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2015 African Games was held on 16 September.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2015 African Games was held on 13 September.
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As a junior, he was the league champion in the discus throw and shot put.
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Stefania Strumillo (born 14 October 1989) is an Italian athlete specialising in the discus throw.
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Before taking up American football, Hunt competed in the discus throw and shot put, and was the former world junior record holder in discus throw."Margus Hunt" From www.iaaf.org, Retrieved October 18, 2009. At , he is one of the tallest players in the NFL.
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Brett Morse (born 11 February 1989) is a British athlete who competes in the discus throw.
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The Men's Discus Throw F12/11 had its Final held on September 13 at 9:20.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 19–21 August.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2013 Summer Universiade was held on 10–12 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships was held on June 4.
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The Men's Discus Throw F32/51 had its Final held on September 11 at 17:00.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2007 Summer Universiade was held on 10–11 August.
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The Women's Discus Throw F35-36 had its Final held on September 9 at 9:35.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 23.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 28.
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The women's discus throw F11-12 had its final held on September 16 at 17:13.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 11–12 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7–8 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2011 All-Africa Games was held on 14 September.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 26–27 July.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 26–27 July.
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Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.
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In 1908 Leeke participated in the shot put event, in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, in the freestyle javelin throw competition, in the javelin throw event, and in the hammer throw competition but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown.
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Büşra Nur Tırıklı (born December 7, 1994) is a Turkish female Paralympian athlete competing in the F11 disability class of discus throw event. She is a member of Gaziantep BB Disabled SK. She won the silver medal in the discus throw F11/12 event at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships held in Grosseto, Italy. She competed in the discus throw F11 at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after receiving a special invitation.
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Khotele ranked tenth in the women's discus throw F43–44 competition with a throw of 19.91 metres.
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Rosendahl's father, Heinz Rosendahl, was the German champion in the discus throw in 1948, 1951 and 1953.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held on in Daegu, South Korea.
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The corresponding F35 classification (F for (in)Field) includes club and discus throw, shot put, and javelin.
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The Girls' discus throw at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10 July.
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The Men's Discus Throw F33-34/52 had its Final held on September 8 at 17:00.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2019 African Games was held on 26 August in Rabat.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2019 African Games was held on 26 August in Rabat.
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In the shot put event he finished fifth and in the discus throw competition he finished sixth.
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Martin Marić represented Croatia at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw in Moscow, Russia. Martin placed 27th at 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw in 60.61 meters. Martin Maric represented Croatia at the 2012 Olympic Games. Martin placed 17th with a 62.87 meters.
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Andressa Oliveira de Morais (born December 21, 1990) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the discus throw. With a throw of 64.21 meters she achieved at the 2012 Ibero-American Championships she became the South American record holder. In 2019, at Leiria, Portugal, she broke the South American record in Discus Throw, with a mark of 65.34. At the 2019 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal in Discus Throw, breaking the South American record, with a mark of 65.98.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 20 September in Kuala Lumpur.
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The Men's discus throw, F44 was held on January 26 F44 = single below knee amputation or equivalent impairments.
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The Girls' discus throw at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 and 14July.
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The Women's discus throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 28–29 July.
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Jean Roberts . sports- reference.com Jean won the discus throw at the Pacific Conference Games in 1969 at Tokyo.
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The men's discus throw at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai in November 2019.
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The women's discus throw at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai in November 2019.
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He took silver second in the discus throw at the 2008 WIAA Sectional Championships, with a throw of .
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Events that may be on the program for F54 competitors include the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
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Events that may be on the program for F56 competitors include the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 17 September in Kuala Lumpur.
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The men's discus throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 6 & September 7.
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The women's discus throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 3 & September 5.
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Born in Eperjes (Prešov), Kobulszky began his career in 1904 by local club Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egylet, where he remained until 1910. Generally competing in throwing events (discus throw, shot put), he was also member of the Eperjesi TVE football team, with them he won the first edition of the Northern District Championship of the Hungarian league (1907–08). In 1910 Kobulszky switched to Budapesti Postás SE, the club of the Hungarian Post, in their color he won his first Hungarian Athletics Championships title in the discus throw event. In 1912 he made it to the Olympic Games, where he finished nineteenth in the discus throw competition and eighteenth in the two handed discus throw event.
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Vasilka Rafailova Stoeva (; born January 14, 1940 in Kotel, Sliven) is a Bulgarian athlete who competed mainly in the women's discus throw event during her career. She competed for Bulgaria at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where she won the bronze medal in the women's discus throw event.
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Paul Winter (February 6, 1906 - February 22, 1992) was a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin. He competed for a France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, in the discus throw where he won the bronze medal.
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Jessica Heims (born 11 December 1998) is an American Paralympics athlete who competes in discus throw events. Heims was born with amniotic band syndrome and had her left leg amputated below the knee aged one year old. She currently the world record holder in the discus throw in her sports category.
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Kelsey Card (born August 20, 1992) is an American track and field athlete whose specialty is the discus throw.
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Events that may be on the program for CP5 competitors include the club, discus throw, shot put and javelin.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held on 28 August in Daegu, South Korea.
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Catherine Beauvais (born 11 January 1965 at Argenteuil) is a former French athlete, who specialised in the discus throw.
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The Men's Discus Throw event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 18:00.
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The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 22 at 17:00.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 28.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27.
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Glenn Graham, Cal Tech 3\. Frank Glaser, Marquette 3\. Frank Wirsig, Nebraska 6\. William Droegemueller, Northwestern Discus throw 1\.
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Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events.
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Valarie Carolyn Allman (born February 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw.
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These are the official results of the women's discus throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
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Apart from cricket and javelin throw, he also played volleyball, triple jump, discus throw and hurdles during his childhood.
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The men's discus throw at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Wuhan, China on June 6.
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Itohan Aikhionbare (born March 29, 1994) is a Belize-American athlete who competes in Shot put and Discus throw.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2005 Summer Universiade was held on 16–17 August in Izmir, Turkey.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2005 Summer Universiade was held on 17–18 August in Izmir, Turkey.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 20.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 21.
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In 2017, he participated and won that year's edition of the dancing television show Ballando con le Stelle. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11-13 event at the Para Athletics Grand Prix in Rieti, Italy. At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships held in Berlin, Germany, he won the gold medals in both the men's shot put F11 and men's discus throw F11 events. In the discus throw event, he set a new world record of 46.07 m.
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Johan Trandem (23 July 1899 – 29 December 1996) was a Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower. At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the discus final with a throw of 43.97 metres and thirteenth in shot put with 13.40 metres.Norwegian international athletes - T He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1922-1924,Norwegian championships in discus throw and in shot put in 1925.Norwegian championships in shot put His personal best discus throw was 44.60 metres, achieved in September 1928 in Skotterud.
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He represented Inderøy IL in athletics competitions. He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in 1934 and 1935. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he finished tenth in the discus final with a throw of 45.89 metres. His personal best throw was 47.72 metres, achieved in July 1936 at Bislett stadion in Oslo. Norwegian international athletes - S Norwegian championships in discus throw Norwegian all-time list discus throw During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany (1940-1945), he was a member of Milorg.
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Richard "Dick" Drescher (born February 2, 1946) is a retired male track and field athlete from the United States. He competed in the men's discus throw during his career. Drescher set his personal best in the discus throw event (63.90 metres) at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut on April 24, 1976.
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At the 1979 European Indoor Championships, he was fourth in shot put. He won the Finnish discus throw championship five times (1977 and 1979-1982). His personal best in discus throw was 68.12 metres, achieved in May 1979 in Fresno. It remained the Finnish record until 2001, when Timo Tompuri threw 69.62 m.
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Ingeborg Ella Pfüller (born January 1, 1932) was a female track and field athlete from Argentina, competing in the discus throw. She represented her native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and won the gold medal in the women's discus throw event at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Laura Igaune (10 February 1988) is a Latvian athlete who specializes in the discus throw and hammer throw. Igaune achieved her best result in hammer throw of 71.61 m on April 19, 2019 in Durham, NC United States, which is the Latvian national record. Her personal record in discus throw is 51.17 m.
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He garnered national recognition for record-breaking performances in shot put and discus throw. He was a 2005 second-team All-Big Ten Conference selection, as he qualified for the 2004 and 2005 NCAA Regionals in the shot put and discus throw. He majored in business administration while at the University of Wisconsin.
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The Men's discus throw, F46 was held on January 25 F46 = single above or below elbow amputation, or equivalent impairments.
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Kathryn Olwen Farr (born 1967) is a former track and field athlete who competed for England in the discus throw.
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Najat El Garaa (Arabic: نجاة الكرعة) is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 discus throw events.
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Shelbi JoDae Vaughan (born August 24, 1994) is an American track and field athlete whose specialty is the discus throw.
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Left-right: Irfan, Haddadi, Gowda The men's discus throw at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 July.
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Mesulame Rakuro (12 May 1932 – 13 June 1969) was a Fijian athlete specialising in the discus throw and shot put.
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Tapoki, however, failed to advance into the discus throw final, as she placed thirty-seventh overall in the qualifying rounds.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Incheon, South Korea on September 1.
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The women's discus throw at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 21 August.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Incheon, South Korea on September 2.
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Yasser Ibrahim Farag (, born May 2, 1984) is an Egyptian athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw events.
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The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
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Armas Rudolf Taipale (27 July 1890 – 9 November 1976) was a Finnish athlete. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won gold medals in two discus throw events, conventional and two-handed, where the total was counted as a sum of best throws with a left hand and with a right hand. After World War I he won a silver medal in the conventional discus throw at the 1920 Olympics and finished tenth in the shot put. At the 1924 Olympics he competed only in the discus throw and finished in 12th place.
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Daniel Scheil (born 13 January 1973) is a German Paralympic athlete competing in F33-classification discus throw and shot put events. He represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F33 event. At the 2014 European Championships he won the gold medals in the men's discus throw F34 and in the men's javelin throw F34 events. Two years later he won two silver medals: both in the men's shot put F33 event and in the men's discus throw F34 event.
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At the 1908 Olympic Games he took the seventh place in the freestyle javelin throw and also participated in the Greek discus throw competition and in the discus throw event, however, his final ranking is unknown in both competitions. Four years later, yet as the competitor of Nagyatádi Atlétkiai Club, he finished sixth in the shot put competition. Among his successes were nine national titles in the shot put (1908–1914, 1916–17), and two each in the discus throw (1910, 1916) and the javelin throw (1916–1917).Kalcsó, p. 35.
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Veste was born in Lespesses. She took fourth in the shot putAthletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's Shot Put Final Round (July 7, 2015) and tenth in the discus throw during the 1948 Olympics at London. Four years later, at the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki, she took ninth in the shot put and the sixteenth place in the discus throw. Veste won three French national titles in the shot put (1949, 1952 and 1953) and three French national titles in the discus throw(1948, 1951 and 1952).
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Gino De Keersmaeker is an athlete and Paralympian from Belgium competing mainly in category F42 discus throw events. He competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished thirteenth in the men's Shot putt - THS2 event and finished eleventh in the men's Discus throw - THS2 event. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States winning a gold medal in the men's Discus throw - F42 event, breaking the world record in the progress and finished fifth in the men's Shot putt - F42 event.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.
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They have one daughter and two sons; one of the sons, Ole Hertel, competed nationally in shot put and discus throw.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium on November 14.
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The women's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 8 and August 10.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium on November 13.
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Abdul Buhari (born 26 June 1982) is a British athlete who competes in the discus throw. He was born in Nigeria.
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David Lawson Weill (born October 25, 1941, Berkeley, California) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
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The boys' discus throw competition at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games was held on 17–21 August 2010 in Bishan Stadium.
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The women's discus throw at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium on 8 July.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2018 Asian Games was held on 29 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2018 Asian Games was held on 30 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
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Paulette Veste (born 24 February 1928) is a former French athlete, who specialised in the shot put and the discus throw.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 27 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 August at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.
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He is married to Ulla Lundholm, the Finnish record holder in women's discus throw; they are the parents of Niko Hovinen.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2015 Military World Games was held on 7 October at the KAFAC Sports Complex.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2015 Military World Games was held on 8 October at the KAFAC Sports Complex.
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The men's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.
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The girls' discus throw event at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games was held on 17–21 August 2010 in Bishan Stadium.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 11 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.
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The men's discus throw at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 August.
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The women's discus throw at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11 August.
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Olga Winterberg (אולגה וינטנברג; May 3, 1922 – 2010) was an Israeli Olympian in the discus throw. She was the first woman to represent Israel at the Olympics. Winterberg was the Israel Women's Champion in the Discus Throw in 1960, and 1962-64. She was born and raised in the Czechoslovakia, moved to Israel, and was Jewish.
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Official Video Highlights The women's discus throw competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held at the Olympic Stadium on 16–17 August.Women's Discus Throw - Standings rio2016.com Retrieved on 2016-08-17 Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance progressed to the final.
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Paula Mollenhauer (December 22, 1908 - July 7, 1988) was a German athlete who won the bronze medal in the discus throw event at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. She was born and died in Hamburg and she also won the bronze medal in the discus throw event at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Vienna.
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Wang Ting is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category F54-56 discus throw events. She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a gold medal in the women's F54/55 discus throw event. She failed, however, to win a medal in either of the shot put or javelin throw.
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Arthur Kent "Ding" Dearborn (May 27, 1886 – August 28, 1941) was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He finished fourth in the Greek discus throw event and fifth in the conventional discus throw. He was also a member of the American tug of war team which was eliminated in the first round.
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The men's discus throw was one of two throwing events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The discus throw was the fourth event held. It was contested on 6 April. 11 athletes competed, including one each from France, Sweden, the United States, Great Britain, and Germany as well as three Greeks and three Danes.
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György Luntzer (; also spelled Luncser; ; August 23, 1886 - March 1942) was a Hungarian track and field athlete and sport wrestler. A three-time Hungarian Athletics Championships winner in the discus throw, he also participated at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics, achieving his best result in 1908 by finishing seventh in the discus throw event.
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From 2008-10, Colin Quirke represented University of Oklahoma and from 2010-2012, Colin Quirke represented Manhattan College '12 as an NCAA Division I thrower. Colin received NCAA Division 1 All-American honors in the Discus Throw. He was named the MAAC Conference Most-Outstanding Performer in both 2011 and 2012 setting a Championship record in the Discus Throw.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vassil Levski Stadion in Sofia on 22 August.
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The men's discus throw at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 29 June.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 1.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 1.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 10.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 11.
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The women's discus throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 September 1974.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 26 and 28 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2019 Summer Universiade was held on 9 July at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2011 Military World Games was held on 23 July at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.
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Manuel Consiglieri (born 15 November 1915) was a Peruvian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Pranee Kitipongpitaya (born 9 August 1942) is a Thai athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Lech Gajdziński (born 25 September 1946) is a Polish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Günter Schaumburg (born 1 January 1943) is a German athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Antonina Popova (born 25 April 1935) is a Soviet athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Virzhiniya Mikhaylova (born 1 January 1932) is a Bulgarian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Jason Gervais (born 18 January 1976) is a Canadian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Renata Gustaitytė (born 7 April 1974) is a Lithuanian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Mariana Canillas (born 28 December 1984) is a Paraguayan athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Alison Lever (born 13 October 1972) is an Australian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Irene Schuch (born 20 November 1935) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Dorli Hofrichter (born 8 March 1935) is an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Ernst Soudek (born 30 September 1940) is an Austrian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Todor Artarski (born 30 January 1935) is a Bulgarian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Günther Kruse (born 5 July 1934) is an Argentine athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Isabel Avellán (born 20 August 1933) is an Argentine athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Shirley Cotton (born 17 October 1934) is an Australian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Manfred Grieser (born 9 May 1938) is a German athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Maggy Wauters (born 5 September 1953) is a Belgian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Stanisław Wołodko (born 20 March 1950) is a Polish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Ibrahima Guèye (born 7 September 1941) is a Senegalese athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Salman Hessam (born 30 November 1947) is an Iranian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Erlendur Valdimarsson (born 5 November 1947) is an Icelandic athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Roy Pella (born 11 May 1930) is a Canadian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Jean Maissant (born 23 January 1926) is a French athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Oskar Häfliger (born 9 August 1923) was a Swiss athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Kaarina Koivuniemi (born 13 April 1932) is a Finnish athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Libuše Nováková (born 29 March 1924) was a Czech athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Eggert Bogason (born 19 July 1960) is an Icelandic athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Xing Ailan (born 23 February 1965) is a Chinese athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Robert Gray (born 5 October 1956) is a Canadian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Rita Pfister (born 20 March 1952) is a Swiss athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Natalya Gorbachova (; born 24 July 1947) is a Soviet athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Christian Erb (born 14 February 1959) is a Swiss athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Qiu Qiaoping (born 31 October 1971) is a Chinese athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Ilga Bērtulsone (born 10 January 1966) is a Latvian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Manuela Tîrneci (born 26 February 1969) is a Romanian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Ursula Weber (born 26 September 1960) is an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Olgierd Stański (born 4 April 1973) is a Polish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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John Menton (born 2 May 1970) is an Irish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Chary Mamedov (born 12 October 1963) is a Turkmenistan athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Kyrylo Chuprynin (born 22 July 1975) is a Ukrainian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Andriy Kokhanovsky (born 11 January 1968) is a Ukrainian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Oumou Traoré (born 10 October 1969) is a Malian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Brian Blutreich (born January 5, 1967) is an American athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Herbert Rodríguez (born 15 December 1967) is a Salvadoran athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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József Ficsor (born 29 July 1965) is a Hungarian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Stefania Simova (born 5 June 1963) is a Bulgarian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Danuta Rosani (born 30 April 1951) is a Polish athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Emil Vladimirov (, born 25 January 1952) is a Bulgarian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Hilmar Hoßfeld (born 18 January 1954) is a German athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Adnan Houri (; born 13 February 1955) is a Syrian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Werner Hartmann (born 20 April 1959) is a German athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Ulla Lundholm (born 20 February 1957) is a Finnish athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Jiao Yunxiang (born 29 May 1956) is a Chinese athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Marlene Lewis (born 4 October 1962) is a Jamaican athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Ingra Manecke (born 31 March 1956) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 13 July 1987.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 23 and 24 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 17 July 1987.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 24 November.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 23 November.
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The women's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.
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The men's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.
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The women's discus throw at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Swansea University Stadium from 18–23 August.
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The men's discus throw at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.
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The women's discus throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 August 1954.
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Below a list of all national champions in the Men's Discus Throw event in track and field from several countries since 1980.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 January at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.
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The men's discus throw at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on July 4.
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The women's discus throw at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on July 3.
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The women's discus throw at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 June.
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Siniva Marsters (born 7 October 1980) is a former Cook Islander female athlete who competed in discus throw, hammer throw and shot put.
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The girls’ discus throw competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 20–23 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.
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She won the silver medal in the women's discus throw F41 event at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 July 1999.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 21 July.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 23 July 1991.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg on 27 and 28 August 1989.
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There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 shot putt event. She also took part in the women's F40 discus throw.
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The women's discus throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.
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The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in London from 14–23 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 8 July 1983.
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The women's discus throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics was held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo on July 14.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics was held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo on July 16.
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At the Class 5A Region I Track and Field Championship in 2008, he came in 10th with a discus throw of 148–03.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Since 8 August 2006 she is holder of the Serbian national record in Discus Throw with her personal best shot of 63.63 m.
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The boys' discus throw competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 11 and 14 October, at the Parque Polideportivo Roca.
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The girls' discus throw competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 11 and 14 October, at the Parque Polideportivo Roca.
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James Nesbitt (22 September 1913 - October 1992) was a British athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Walter Wood (January 3, 1914 - January 1972) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Modesto Mederos López (born 30 March 1942) is a Cuban athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Sayed Mirza Molimadail (born 14 February 1938) is an Iranian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson (born 23 March 1976) is an Icelandic athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Olga Viktorovna Andrianova (; born 12 June 1949) is a Soviet athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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José Santa Cruz (born 3 June 1954) is a Cuban athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Ludovina de Oliveira (born 26 April 1955) is a Mozambican athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Agathe Ngo Nack (born 2 March 1958) is a Cameroonian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 18 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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The women's discus throw at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 25 August 1950.
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The boys’ discus throw competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 20–23 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.
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The women's discus throw at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
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The women's discus throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 September 1962.
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The men's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 1966.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 8 and 9 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.
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Renata Śliwińska is a Polish Paralympic athlete competing in F40-classification discus throw and shot put events. She represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she competed in both the women's discus throw F41 and women's shot put F40 events. In the women's discus throw event she set a new world record of 23.34. She has qualified to represent Poland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's shot put F40 event after finished 2nd in the women's shot put F40 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Taipale set two unofficial world records in the discus. Domestically Taipale started competing in 1908 and won three Finnish titles in the discus throw and two in the shot put. In 1914 he was British champion both in the shot put and discus throw. Besides athletics he competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Nordic Games and played association football.
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Her collegiate honors include All-American recognition, All-Big Ten honors, All-Academic Big Ten, 5 Big Ten Conference Medals, and Solomon Eye Terp of the Week recipient. She won a gold medal for the Discus Throw at the 2018 African Championships in Asaba, Nigeria. She won another gold medal for the Discus Throw at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.
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She edged close to her best in the 1945 with a throw of , which was the second best that season after national rival Lyudmila Anokina. She also had her best season in the discus throw that year, with her mark of being a lifetime best and second in the international rankings behind Nina Dumbadze.Main > Women, Discus Throw > 1937–1948. Track and Field Brinkster.
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Emil Magnusson (23 November 1887 – 26 July 1933) was a Swedish athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1912 Olympics in the two-handed discus throw. In this event the final result was a sum of best attempts with a right hand and with a left hand. He finished eighth in the traditional discus throw competition.Emil Magnusson. sports-reference.
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Courtney Knight is a Canadian Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category P13 discus throw events. Knight competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. There she won a silver medal in the women's Discus throw - F12 event and finished fourth in the women's Pentathlon - P10-12 event. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.
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He has also taken part in discus throw competitions. In 2003 he was the Egyptian champion in both shot put and discus throw.Egyptian athletics championships winners since 1981 - GBR Athletics His personal best shot put is 19.87 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Ústí nad Labem. In the discus throw he has 61.58 metres, achieved at the 2007 All-Africa Games.
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Zygmunt Heljasz (21 September 1908 – 12 June 1963) was a Polish athlete. He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the shot put and discus throw and finished in 7th and 13th place, respectively. He also placed 7th in the shot put at the 1934 European Athletics Championships. Heljasz was a multiple national champion in the shot put, discus throw and hammer throw.
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The women's discus throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23, 25 and 29 January.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vassil Levski Stadion in Sofia on 20 and 21 August.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16 and 17 August.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg with the final on 29 August 1989.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Erfurt, Germany, at Steigerwaldstadion on 16 and 17 July.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Erfurt, Germany, at Steigerwaldstadion on 14 and 16 July.
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Mechanical analysis of the discus throw. WorldCat. Retrieved on November 8, 2014. He also served as an assistant college football coach for Indiana University.
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Nikolaos Georgantas (, February 27, 1880 (OS)/March 12, 1880 (NS) – November 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.
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The women's discus throw competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 11 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.
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The men's discus throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 3 and 4 September 1974.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2019 Summer Universiade was held on 11 and 13 July at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States on 15 July 1993.
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The women's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August 1978.
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The men's discus throw competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 10 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.
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Home . National Olympic Committee - Lithuania. Retrieved on October 10, 2008. Discus throw Olympic athlete Virgilijus Alekna is a two-time gold winner and medalist.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 2 September 1985.
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Michael Collins (15 September 1879 - 23 February 1959) was an Irish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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Gunnar Bolander (20 July 1889 - 19 December 1964) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Hans Tronner (25 June 1883 - 7 October 1951) was an Austrian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Rezsõ Újlaki (13 January 1892 - 5 January 1927) was a Hungarian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Gunnar Nilsson (19 August 1889 - 8 March 1948) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Henning Möller (21 June 1885 - 7 February 1968) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Gabino Lizarza (25 October 1888 - 5 July 1938) was a Spanish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Rena MacDonald (April 3, 1907 - November 16, 1958) was an American athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Erzsébet Ruda (22 August 1904 - 2 April 1991) was a Hungarian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Gerhard Hilbrecht (2 April 1915 - 1 November 1996) was a German athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Heikki Taskinen (28 July 1905 - 15 May 1988) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Elfrīda Karlsone (18 April 1904 - 4 June 1983) was a Latvian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Valér Barač (16 July 1909 - 11 August 1991) was a Slovak athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Anna Hagemann (26 February 1919 - 2 October 2008) was a German athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Evelyn Ferrara (December 12, 1909 - September 9, 1966) was an American athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Eino Kenttä (3 November 1906 - 16 November 1952) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Fred Weicker (August 1, 1906 - March 7, 1955) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Gerrit Postma (25 December 1894 - 3 November 1969) was a Dutch athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Kálmán Egri (25 November 1902 - 20 September 1968) was a Hungarian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Félix Erauzquin (20 November 1907 - 7 May 1987) was a Spanish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Hermann Tunner (17 May 1913 - 25 August 1985) was an Austrian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Vic Frank (April 4, 1927 - April 6, 2010) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Jack Brewer (21 October 1914 - 16 July 1993) was a British athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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An Yeong-han (born 27 November 1917) was a South Korean athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Park Yeong-suk (born 24 January 1947) is a South Korean athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Jens Reimers (15 August 1941 - 19 November 2001) was a German athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Jiří Žemba (17 November 1939 - 31 July 1981) was a Czech athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Kim Byeong-gi (born 13 February 1938) is a South Korean athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Zdeněk Čihák (9 February 1933 - 4 April 2015) was a Czech athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Albina Yelkina (; 29 December 1932 - 20 March 2009) was a Soviet athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Carol Lindroos (29 May 1930 - 9 December 2001) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Mahmoud Al-Zabramawi (born 6 February 1948) is a Saudi Arabian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 22 and 23 July 1981.
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Kaj Andersen (4 November 1943 - 15 September 1973) was a Danish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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The Men's Discus Throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.
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Kristian Johansen (11 March 1916 - 14 March 1975) was a Norwegian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Boris Butenko (9 May 1923 - 26 November 1999) was a Soviet athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Friðrik Guðmundsson (9 November 1925 - 16 April 2002) was an Icelandic athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Min Se-hun (born 26 July 1963) is a South Korean athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Kim Chun-hui (born 14 July 1963) is a South Korean athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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He contributed to the school winning a pair of district championships in basketball. He competed in track in the shot put and discus throw.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 11 September 1979.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10 September 1979.
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Their daughter Daria Zabawska, born 1995, competes in the discus throw. Her personal best throw is 19.42 metres, achieved in July 1992 in Lyon.
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The men's discus throw at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 8 September 1934.
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The men's discus throw at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 5 September 1938.
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Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz (30 January 1912 in Pabianice, Russian Empire – 1 February 1990) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 29 September.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 30 September.
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The men's discus throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.
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The men's discus throw at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 20 and 22 August 1958.
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The women's discus throw at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 20 and 22 August 1958.
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The women's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 1 September 1966.
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The Women's discus throw event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.
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The Men's discus throw event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 13 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20 and 21 July 1991.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow with the final on 18 August.
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2011 Summer Universiade Men's Shot Put Results . sz2011. Retrieved on 2012-05-21.2011 Summer Universiade Men's Discus Throw Results . sz2011. Retrieved on 2012-05-21.
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Accambray's wife, Isabelle Accambray (née Reynaud), was French national champion in women's discus throw from 1980 to 1982. Handball international William Accambray is their son.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 12 and 14 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 14 and 15 July.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin with the final on 6 September 1970.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 19 and 20 July.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July.
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The men's discus throw at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha from 22–31 October.
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The women's discus throw at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha from 22–31 October.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin with the final on 3 September 1970.
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The men's discus throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 13 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 7 and 8 July 1983.
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The men's discus throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.
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The women's discus throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1971.
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The men's discus throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.
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The women's discus throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 10 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 13 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
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The men's discus throw at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto from 11-16 June.
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Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik was a Pakistani athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Lucie Petit-Diagre (24 July 1901 - 24 December 2001) was a Belgian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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William Edward Burton (March 29, 1915 - May 13, 1984) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Karen Inge Halkier (30 May 1937 - 15 August 2005) was a Danish athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 7 and August 11.
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Said Farouk Al-Turki (born 27 September 1943) is a Saudi Arabian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Jørgen Munk Plum (16 July 1925 - 11 April 2011) was a Danish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Ouiran (born 28 November 1962) is a Saudi Arabian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest with te final on 24 July 1981.
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Margrethe Lynne Winbigler (married Anderson; born March 21, 1953) is an American athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Between 1951 and 1957 she had 10 finishes within first four places at the national championships, in the shot put, discus throw and javelin throw.
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The men's discus throw at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 24 and 26 August 1950.
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The women's discus throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 12 April 2018.
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The men's discus throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12 and 13 September 1962.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 9 and 10 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 11 and 12 July.
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Josef Schäffer (born July 2, 1891 in Moravia) was an Austrian track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He competed in the decathlon, shot put, discus throw and two-handed discus throw. He finished tenth in the decathlon, throwing the second-furthest in the discus on his way to his score of 6568.585. In the shot put, he finished thirteenth.
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Sepahvand took up athletics in 2004 at the age 18. He was first selected for the Iran national team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, entering the discus throw event in the F44 classification. He finished just outside the medal positions in fourth place. Four years later he won his first Paralympic medal, taking bronze in the discus throw at the 2012 Games in London.
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Thanks to her father's assistance and encouragement, Saifi made her international debut for Algeria at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen. She entered both the shot put and discus throw, finishing fifth in both. Saifi made her first appearance at a Summer Paralympics in the 2008 Games in Beijing. She entered both the shot put and discus throw, finishing tenth and fourth respectively.
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Akeem Stewart (born 4 July 1992) is a Trinidad and Tobago Paralympic athlete competing in F43/F44-classification discus throw, javelin throw and shot put events. He represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F44 event and the silver medal in the men's discus throw F44 event.
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Adewale Olukoju (born 27 July 1968) is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four gold medals in total at the All- Africa Games. His personal best discus throw is 67.80 metres, which he achieved in May 1991. Olukoju is married to sprinter Fatima Yusuf.
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He competed in the European Championships in 1958 and 1962, without reaching the final.Norwegian international athletes - H He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1958-1964.Norwegian championships in discus throw In 1959 and 1960 he became national champion in shot put as well.Norwegian championships in shot put His personal best throw was 56.37 metres, achieved in June 1964 in Stockholm.
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Emil Welz (born April 5, 1879, date of death unknown) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he finished eleventh in the discus throw competition. He also participated in the freestyle javelin event but his result is unknown. Four years later he finished 24th in the discus throw competition.
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Wilbur Gordon Burroughs Sr. (June 13, 1884 - August 6, 1960) was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He finished eighth in the Greek discus throw event and tenth in the traditional discus throw; his result in the shot put is unknown. He was also a member of the American tug of war team that was eliminated in the first round.
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From 1917 to 1923 Kobulszky competed for Magyar AC, during which period he achieved his biggest results by winning two Hungarian Athletics Championships titles in the discus throw (1919, 1921) and being a member both the discus throw and shot put team of Magyar AC that won the gold medal at the 1919 Hungarian Athletics Championships. Kobulszky died in Budapest and was buried at the Farkasréti Cemetery.
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Luis Mariano Delís Fournier (born December 6, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. Specializing in discus throw on the international scene, he won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980 as well as medals at the two first World Championships. In 1990 he tested positive for banned substances and was disqualified from competition for two years.Casey, Ron.
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Aaron Neighbour (born 2 December 1977) is a retired Australian discus thrower and shot putter. He finished sixth in the shot put at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and eleventh in the discus throw at the 2006 Commonwealth Games where he threw 49.61m. Neighbour became Australian discus champion in 2001. His personal best discus throw was 64.26 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Salinas, California.
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Shanice Craft (born 15 May 1993 in Mannheim) is a German athlete who competes in the discus throw and shot put. She won three consecutive bronze medals in the discus throw at the 2014, 2016 and 2018 European Championships. In addition, she won multiple medals in various junior categories. Her mother is an African-American former U.S. Army soldier and her father is German.
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He also competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States., a silver medal in the men's Shot put - C6 event and finished fourth in the men's Discus throw - C7 event. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia winning a bronze medal in the men's Shot put - F36 event and finished fifth in the men's Discus throw - F36 event.
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He also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia., a silver medal in the men's Discus throw - F42 event and finished fourth in the men's Shot putt - F42 event. He also competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a silver medal in the men's Discus throw - F42 event and finished sixth in the men's Shot putt - F42 event.
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Andrei Marius Gag (born 27 April 1991) is a Romanian athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He won the silver medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade. His personal bests in the shot put are 20.96 metres outdoors (Pitesti 2015 – NR) and 20.17 metres indoors (Istanbul 2014). In addition he has a personal best of 61.27 metres in the discus throw (Bucharest 2014).
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The Men's discus throw at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme took place at Hampden Park on 30 and 31 July 2014.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 31 July and 1 August 1999.
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Jana Fesslová (born 13 November 1976 in Ústí nad Labem) is a Paralympian athlete from Czech Republic competing mainly in category F54-56 discus throw events.
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He again competed in the discus throw as well, and ranked tenth with a mark of .Dave Steen. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved on 2015-04-03.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 26 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.
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Grant Buchanan is a former New Zealand Paralympic athlete. In the 1988 Summer Paralympics he won two gold medals in the discus throw and shot put.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 31 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 26 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.
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The men's discus throw at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 2 and 3 September 1978.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States on 16 and 17 July 1993.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 September.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 19 July.
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Nayef Mohamed Hameed (born 1929) is an Iraqi athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Vasily Molokanov (born 1888, date of death unknown) was a Russian athlete. He competed in the men's two handed discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Jenny Toitgans (born 28 March 1905, date of death unknown) was a Belgian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Héctor Benaprés (born 31 January 1902, date of death unknown) was a Chilean athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Margarethe Held (born 19 March 1911, date of death unknown) was an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Vera Neferović (12 January 1907 - 13 May 1989) was a Croatian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.
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Hermann Hänchen (born 26 January 1898, date of death unknown) was a German athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Arturo Conturbia (born 4 February 1902, date of death unknown) was a Swiss athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Ling Peigeng (born 25 October 1912, date of death unknown) was a Chinese athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Nikola Kleut (20 February 1908 - 28 March 1946) was a Serbian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.
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Petre Havaleț (born 27 June 1909, date of death unknown) was a Romanian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Guram Gudashvili (born 28 December 1941) is a Georgian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics, representing the Soviet Union.
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Julija Matej (born 20 November 1925, date of death unknown) was a Serbian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Kazimiera Rykowska, née Sobocińska (27 March 1933 - 28 July 2012) was a Polish athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Milena Čelesnik (10 September 1933 - 4 May 2017) was a Slovenian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 13 and 14 July.
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Jessica Inchude was scheduled to compete in athletics in the women's shot put and women's discus throw events but she did not compete in either event.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 15 and 16 July.
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The Men's discus throw event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 16 and 17 July.
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Alifatou Djibril (born 13 February 1980) is a Togolese athlete specializing in the shot put and discus throw. She won multiple medals at the continental level.
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Levack, Univ. South. Calif. – 14 feet, 4 inches 3\. Landstrom, Michigan – 14 feet, 4 inches Discus throw 1\. Drummond, UCLA – 173 feet, 1/2 inch 2\.
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The men's discus throw at the IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship 2016 was held at the Dubai Police Club Stadium in Dubai from 7–12 March.
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Norwegian all-time list discus throw In June 1998 Hauge tested positive for the anabolic steroid Metandienone. He admitted to having used the substance, and retired.
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The Women's discus throw at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at Hampden Park on 31 July and 1 August 2014.
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Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim (born February 8, 1999) is a Qatari athlete, specializing in the discus throw. He won the gold medal at 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.
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Claudie Cuvelier (married name is Schisano) (born 13 May 1943 at Wignehies) is a former French athlete, who specialised in the shot put and the discus throw.
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As of 2018, she ranks in the all-time top 40 for the event.All Time Top Lists senior outdoor Discus Throw women. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai István Atlétikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 24 and 25 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 24 and 25 August.
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Schuurmans wins first national track & field title. LiteRock97. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. Schuurmans threw to place 29th in 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe with the final on 4 September 1985.
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Juliette Geverkof (born 18 August 1945) is an Iranian athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Rolando Mendoza (born 7 June 1939) is a Nicaraguan athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Mauricio Jubis (born 2 December 1945) is a Salvadoran athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Haider Khan (born 30 November 1932) is a Pakistani athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Nuri Turan (born 4 July 1924) was a Turkish athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Valerie Lawrence (born 5 August 1936) is an Australian athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Marianne Schläger (born 22 November 1920) was an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Georges Schroeder (born 17 February 1950) is a Belgian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Lucette Moreau (born 17 January 1956) is a Canadian athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Radostina Vasekova (born 10 February 1950) is a Bulgarian athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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José Galimberti (born 15 January 1896) was a Brazilian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Miroslav Vítek (30 March 1909 - 30 March 1976) was a Czechoslovak athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and shot put at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa (born 25 May 1944) is a Mongolian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Heimo Reinitzer (born 24 September 1943) is an Austrian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Lyudmila Muravyova (born 10 November 1940) is a Soviet athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Brigitte Berendonk (born 2 May 1942) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Olimpia Cataramă (born 25 October 1940) is a Romanian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Judit Stugner (born 22 January 1942) is a Hungarian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (born 1 January 1936) is a Soviet athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Velko Velev (, born 4 January 1948) is a Bulgarian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Boris Matveyev (10 December 1929 - 1968) was a Soviet athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Dominique Béchard (born 21 October 1963) is a Mauritian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and the men's hammer throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Roman Poltoratsky (born 22 July 1972) is a Uzbekistani athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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His personal best in the event is 78.85m set in Ostrava in 2017.All-Athletics profile Early in his career he also competed in the discus throw.
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The women's discus throw at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Vienna, at the time part of German Reich, at Praterstadion on 18 September 1938.
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The men's discus throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 12 and 13 April 2018.
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These are the official results of the Women's discus throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 28 August 1986.
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Fathia Amaimia (born 5 September 1989) is a Tunisian Paralympic athlete of short stature. She competes in F41-classification throwing events. She represented Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F41 event. At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Lyon, France, she won the silver medal in the women's discus throw F41 event.
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Whitney Ashley (born February 18, 1989) is an American athlete whose specialty is the discus throw. She represented her country at three consecutive Global Championships, in 2013, 2015 and 2016, making the 2015 world final. She competed at the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's discus throw. Ashley placed first in Discus at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) to qualify for Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Frans Wilhelm "Ville" Pörhölä (originally Horneman, 24 December 1897 – 28 November 1964) was a Finnish athlete who competed in shot put, discus throw, hammer throw and weight throw. Pörhölä won the gold medal in shot put at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He also competed in discus throw finishing in eighth place and in weight throw in which he was ninth. He later concentrated on work leaving his sports career behind him.
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Anna Elisabeth "Ans" Panhorst-Niesink (28 October 1918 – 25 July 2010) was a Dutch athlete. She competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics in the discus throw and finished in seventh and sixth place, respectively. In 1948 she also competed in the shot put, but failed to reach the final. She finished second and sixth in the discus throw and shot put, respectively, at the 1946 European Athletics Championships.
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In 1912 he finished sixth the discus throw event and 15th in the two handed discus throw competition. In 1916 he added five feet to the college discus record, throwing 145 feet 11 1/2 inches at the Penn Relays.St Alban's Winner of Titles in Relays, Washington Post, April 30, 1916 He was inducted in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1964. He died in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic athlete. He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event. He also competed in the men's shot put F12 event where he finished in 10th place. At the 2017 World Championships he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event.
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Volodymyr Piddubnyy , (Ukrainian:Володимир Піддубний), is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F11 shot putt and discus throw events. Volodymyr first competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in both the shot putt and discus throw without winning any medals. In 2004 he concentrated in the shot putt and won a bronze medal. He switched for the 2008 Summer Paralympics but was unable to win a medal in the discus.
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She won the 2010 British Championships. went on to represent England at that years Commonwealth Games, where she finished sixth in the discus throw. In 2011, she won both the British and English Championships. Lally retained her English in 2012, and went on to compete at that years European Championships, being knocked out in the discus throw competition in qualifying after her second- worst performance of the year, finishing 22nd.
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Rachael Morrison (born June 2, 1987) is an American Paralympic athlete. She competes in the discus throw and club throw and holds world records in both events. She won the discus throw at the 2015 World Championships, 2015 Parapan American Games and 2016 Paralympics. Morrison was an active able-bodied athlete before becoming quadriplegic in 2010 due to transverse myelitis, a rare condition that damages the spinal cord.
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Gao Yukui () is a retired Chinese athlete. She won a gold medal in the discus throw and a silver in the shot put at the 1974 Asian Games.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, at Moncton Stadium on 20 and 22 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.
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In 1912, he enrolled at Montclair Academy in New Jersey and became a football star there. He also excelled in the broad jump and discus throw at Montclair.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13 and 14 July.
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The women's discus throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 1 August.
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Wu Jin-yun (born 3 March 1938) is a Taiwanese athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz (born 30 September 1936) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama (born 11 February 1936) is a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Josef Hipp (13 February 1927 - 21 January 1959) was a German athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and the men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09. European bronze medallist Olli Partanen was runner-up in the discus throw to AAA Championships winner Ferenc Klics.
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All-Athletics profile He became British champion for the fourth time when winning the discus throw event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a throw of 59.74.
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Official Video The women's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019.
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Philip Milanov (born 6 July 1991) is a Belgian discus thrower. He is a five- time Belgian champion and the 2015 World University Games champion in men's discus throw.
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It was only until 2014, when she discovered her likeness and inclination towards Archery, that she left Discus-throw. She learnt Archery in just two and a half years.
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The women's discus throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 18 and 19 October.
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Roger Verhaes (8 May 1920 - 1 May 1999) was a Belgian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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John Murray (born 1881, date of death unknown) was an Irish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and the men's hammer throw at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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Nikolay Neklepayev (born 1888, date of death unknown) was a Russian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and the men's javelin throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Jean Wagner (28 December 1905 - 24 February 1978) was a Luxembourgian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Ion David (born 1900, date of death unknown) was a Romanian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Jeanne-Nicole Ngo Minyemeck (born 18 August 1969) is a Cameroonian athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Henry Smith (16 March 1955 - 14 March 2020) was a Samoan athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Margaret Jenkins (July 2, 1903 - January 8, 1996) was an American athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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Emil Janausch (14 February 1901 - 21 May 1960) was an Austrian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Karl Jensen (21 September 1898 - 28 July 1928) was a Danish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and the men's hammer throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Sławosz Szydłowski (20 July 1894 - 24 January 1952) was a Polish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and the men's javelin throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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János Faragó (8 July 1946 - 14 November 1984) was a Hungarian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Frieda Tiltsch (21 February 1922 - 11 July 1994) was an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Kriemhild Limberg (8 September 1934 - 24 August 2020) was a German athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Pentti Repo (23 October 1930 - 27 October 1997) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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These are the official results of the Men's discus throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 30 and 31 August 1986.
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Rose Wélépa (born 19 January 1986) is a New Caledonian Paralympic athlete who competes in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put events representing France in international level events.
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John Franklin Anderson (July 4, 1907 – July 11, 1948) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He won the gold medal in this event at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States. Anderson graduated from Cornell University in 1929, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. Prior to graduation from Cornell, he placed fifth at the 1928 Olympics in the discus throw.
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Shirlene Coelho (born 19 February 1981) is a Paralympian athlete. She competed in the T37 javelin throw, discus throw and shot put at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympics. At the 2016 Rio Paralympic games, she won a gold medal in Women's Javelin F37 and won a silver medal in Women's Discus Throw F38. At the 2012 London Paralympic games, she won a gold medal at the Women's Javelin F37/38 event.
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Yang Yue (; born 1983) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category F42-46 discus throw events. She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she competed unsuccessfully in both the F42-46 discus and javelin. She also competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's F42-46 discus throw event as part of a Chinese clean sweep of medals.
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Martin Maric also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final placing 29th with a 59.25 meters. Martin Marić represented Croatia at the Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw. Martin placed 8th at Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw in 56.32 meters. Martin Marić finished thirteenth at the 2001 World Youth Championships and won the silver medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships.
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Ian Manley Reed (born 13 July 1927) was a discus thrower, who represented Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 1950 Commonwealth Games in the men's discus throw event. He was born in Victoria. He was 25 at the time of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. During the olympics he started the qualifying rounds ranked as #21 with the distance of his discus throw being 45.12 meters.
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Viktor Ivanovich Rashchupkin (, born October 16, 1950) was a Soviet/Russian athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Kamensk- Uralsky. He competed for Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union where he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event. With the death of Al Oerter on 1 October 2007, Rashchupkin is now the oldest surviving Olympic Champion in the Men's Discus.
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Aigars Apinis (born 9 June 1973, in Aizkraukle) is a Latvian athlete. He participates in F52 class which means he has limited finger movement and no trunk or leg function. He started to practice in 1998, but already at the 2000 Summer Paralympics he won two bronze medals – in discus throw and shot put. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics he became the Olympic champion in discus throw and was 4th in shot put.
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At the 1948 Summer Olympics he competed in the decathlon and finished eleventh with 6151 points. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the shot final with 16.02 metres and sixteenth in discus throw with 46.00 metres.Norwegian international athletes - S He became Norwegian champion in shot put in 1951 and 1952.Norwegian championships in shot put His personal best discus throw was 47.49 metres, achieved in September 1951 in Helsinki.
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Miroslav Šustera (March 15, 1878 - December 15, 1961) was a Czech track and field athlete and wrestler who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Prague. In 1906 he finished seventh in the Greek discus throw event and twelfth in the ancient pentathlon competition. He also participated in the discus throw event but his result is unknown.
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Copeland competed during the formative decades of women's competition in track and field. Consequently, her accomplishments are not fully described by the two medals she won in the discus throw. She excelled in all throwing events; in the shot put, she won the AAU championships 5 times (1924–28, 1931). In addition, she won the AAU discus throw title in 1926 and 1927, and the javelin throw title in 1926 and 1931.
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Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi (born 19 November 1973) is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category F57/58 shot put and discus throw events. She has competed at four paralympics taking two gold, a silver and two bronze medals. Iyiazi competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There, she won a gold medal in both the women's shot putt F57/F58 event and the women's discus throw F57/F58 event.
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Though Boniface's principal claim to fame is wheelchair tennis, he has excelled in other disciplines, too. He has represented India, at International events, in six disciplines, over 50 times. These include athletics, shot put, badminton, javelin throw, table tennis, shooting and discus throw, apart from wheelchair tennis. His foray into international sports was at the 1996 World Wheelchair Games, UK where he won gold medal in shot put and silver medal in discus throw.
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The men's discus throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic stadium for the finals and at the Museumplein for qualifying on 7 and 9 July.
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The women's discus throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic stadium for the finals and at the Museumplein for qualifying on 6 and 8 July.
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The men's discus throw at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 23 & 24 July. A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.
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She is the holder of national record in discus throw set on May 30, 1999 in Krasnodar, Russia. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia without success.
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He also played in the Army All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl after his senior year. Epenesa also won Illinois state titles in discus throw his junior and senior years.
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Earle Meadows, USC - 14 feet, inches 1\. Bill Sefton, USC 3\. Jack Mauger, California 3\. Jack Rand, San Diego State Discus throw 1\. Kenneth Carpenter, USC - 157 feet, inches 2\.
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His sister Dayana, was a three-time track All- American in the hammer and discus throw at the University of South Florida and competed in the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.
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Doris Lorenz-Müller (25 February 1935 - 25 February 2013) was a German athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Hernán Haddad Abdala (5 October 1928 - 9 May 2012) was a Chilean athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Dezsőné Józsa (in Hungarian: Józsa Dezsőné, birth name: Ilona Szikora; born 17 January 1918) was a Hungarian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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In total, athletes representing Colombia won 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 14 bronze medals. Yesenia Maria Restrepo won the silver medal in the women's discus throw F11 event.
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He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China., finished twelve in the men's Shot putt - F42 event and finished fifth in the men's Discus throw - F42 event.
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She also has 59.74 metres in the discus throw, achieved in June 2007 in Milan. She failed a doping test in 2003. She has also competed internationally in the bobsleigh.
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Yelena Panova (born 2 March 1987) is a female discus thrower from Russia. She competed in the Women's discus throw event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.
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The Men's Discus Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 (qualification) and August 28, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
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Piera, better known Pierina Borsani (2 November 1909 - 29 July 1960) was an Italian female basketball player and versatile female athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in discus throw.
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The women's Discus Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 27, 2007 (qualification) and August 29, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
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Silva was born in Colombo and attended Nalanda College, Colombo. At school he played Cricket, Putt-shot, Discus Throw and Javaline Throw. In 1980 Silva captained Nalanda's first XI cricket team.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 10 and 11 September 1982.
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Arthur Delaender (born 28 July 1890, date of death unknown) was a Belgian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and the men's javelin throw at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
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Pedro Elsa (born 28 October 1901, date of death unknown) was an Argentine athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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Lotte Haidegger (born 15 June 1925, date of death unknown) was an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Ignacio Reinosa (born 9 May 1944) is a Puerto Rican athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games.
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Two years later at the 2019 World Championships he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event and the bronze medal in the men's shot put F11 event.
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She held the ninth all-time record in the discus throw in 1980, and won the women's championship at the 1976 Intermountain Conference Championships; she also made the U.S. Olympic trials.
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Veronika "Ronny" Kohlbach (3 January 1906 – 1996) was an Austrian athlete. She competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 80 m hurdles, 4 × 100 m relay and discus throw, with the best result of 13th place in the discus throw. Two years later she finished fifth in the long jump at European championships, where she had to compete for the Nazi Germany due to their accession of Austria. Between 1931 and 1942 she won 29 Austrian titles in the 100 m (1931, 1932, 1935), 200 m (1931–1933, 1935), 4 × 100 m relay (1931, 1932, 1935–1938), 80 m hurdles (1935), long jump (1931–1933, 1935, 1936, 1940–1942), discus throw (1932, 1935–1937, 1941, 1942), and cross country (1932 and 1933).
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Richard Leslie "Dick" Byrd (May 16, 1892 - June 20, 1958) was an American athlete and baseball player who won the silver medal in the discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished fourth in the standing high jump, eighth in the standing long jump and 17th in the two handed discus throw event. At the same Olympics he also was a member of USA national baseball team which competed in a single baseball match held as demonstration sport.
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Harald Stenerud (10 May 1897 – 5 February 1976) was a Norwegian hammer and discus thrower. He represented TIF Viking in Bergen. At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the discus final with a throw of and sixteenth in the hammer final with a throw of .Norwegian international athletes - S He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in 1928 and 1931,Norwegian championships in discus throw and in hammer throw in the years 1928–1931 and 1933–1935.
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Zoltán Kővágó preparing to spin and throw the discus In the discus throw, athletes compete to throw a heavy disc the farthest. In standard competitions, athletes throw the disc from a set circular arc and take turns in a series of throw, with the singular best effort deciding the victor. As one of the events within the ancient pentathlon, the history of the discus throw dates back to 708 BC.Miller, Steven G. (2004). Ancient Greek Athletics. Pg. 61.
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Shetty was born on December 11, 1969, in a Tulu speaking Bunt family in Katapady, Karnataka, the son of Chandra Prakash Shetty and Uma Shetty. He attended Rizvi College of Arts, Science & Commerce, located in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai, in Maharashtra state of India, to earn his bachelor's degree in commerce. Shetty began playing Shot put and Discus throw in high school, winning many prizes in these sports. In 1994, he became the discus throw champion from Maharashtra.
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Dzmitry Sivakou (; born February 15, 1983 in Bykhaw, Mahilyow) is a Belarusian discus thrower. He won a silver medal for the 1.75 kg discus throw at the 2002 IAAF World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, with his final throw of 62.00 metres. Sivakou represented Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's discus throw. He threw the discus into the field at 61.75 metres, finishing fifteenth overall in the qualifying round.
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Marquis Franklin "Bill" Horr (May 2, 1880 – July 1, 1955) was an American football player, coach, and Olympic track and field athlete. He played college football as a tackle at Syracuse University and was selected as an All- American in 1908. At Syracuse, Horr also competed in track and field. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal in the Greek Style discus throw and a bronze in the freestyle discus throw.
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There she won a silver medal in the women's F57-58 discus throw event but could not medal in the shot put. She also won silver at the 2012 Paralympics in London.
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She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China in an attempt to defend her title. However, she only won a silver medal in the women's F54-56 discus throw event.
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The men's discus throw athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 9 September. A total of five events are contested for eight different classifications.
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In May 1932 he participated in the annual Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute interscholastic track meet in Troy, New York, and broke two state records, the 12-pound shot put and the discus throw.
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O'Dayne Valentin Richards (born 14 December 1988 in St. Andrew2014 CWG profile) is a Jamaican athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He studied at the University of Technology, Jamaica.
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Land was the 1932 high jump AAA champion He competed in the discus throw and high jump at the 1934 British Empire Games.Land also held the British javelin throw record in 1935.
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High Jump and Discus Throw provide best results - Mediterranean Games, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-02. Her personal best at 100 metres is 11.24 seconds, achieved in 2010 in Patras.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 24 July. A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used.
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 8 September 1982.
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Józef Baran-Bilewski (4 March 1899 - 15 April 1940) was a Polish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was killed during World War II.
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Pak Bong-sik was a South Korean athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to represent South Korea at the Olympics.
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Zdeněk Němec (3 February 1933 - 2014) was a Czech athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was a husband of Jiřina Němcová, a Czechoslovak athlete.
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Viktor Kompaniyets (; born 21 March 1937) is a former Ukrainian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics, representing the Soviet Union.
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The women's discus throw athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 9 September. A total of 7 events are contested for 15 different classifications.
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Tom Scofield, Kansas – 6 feet, 6 inches Pole vault 1\. Warren Bateman, Colorado – 14 feet 1\. George Rasmussen, Oregon – 14 feet 3\. Harry Cooper, Minnesota – 13 feet, 10 inches Discus throw 1\.
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Alireza Kamali is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F58 discus throw events. Kamali competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where he finished third in the F58 discus.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.
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Women's discus throw made its debut at the games. The women's 10,000 metres was not contested on this occasion, however.CISM Río de Janeiro BRA 17 - 23 July. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-08-19.
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Renee Danielle Foessel (born May 30, 1995) is a Canadian Paralympic athlete who competes in the discus throw in international level events. She also competes in javelin throw and shot put events internationally.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July. A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.
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Brown Trafton edged into the final, needed all three throws to take a best non-qualifier's position.Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-19). Event Report - Women's Discus Throw - Qualification . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
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Charles Lagarde (born 13 September 1878, date of death unknown) is a French athlete. He competed in the discus throw and shot put at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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Jānis Jordāns (1899 - 25 February 1944) was a Latvian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He died in a Soviet prison camp during World War II.
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Claudine Vita (born 19 September 1996 in Frankfurt am Oder) is a German athlete competing in the discus throw and shot put. She won a gold medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships.
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Josef Šilhavý (born 17 December 1946) is a Czech athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His wife, Zdeňka Šilhavá, was also a discus thrower for Czechoslovakia.
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Velimir Šandor is a Croatian Paralympic athlete. He represented Croatia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the bronze medal in the men's discus throw F52 event.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 September. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.
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Nielsen also competed in the discus throw. He did not place among the top four in the event, though records are unclear as to which place between fifth and last (ninth) he received.
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Ranjith Kumar Jayaseelan is an Indian track and field athlete. He won the bronze medal in the Men's Seated Discus Throw EAD at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, with a throw of 29.88 meters.
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Khotlele took up sport in 2004 and began playing discus throw eight years later. On 11 September, she participated in the women's discus throw F43–44 event. Khotlele recorded a best throw of 19.91 metres and this mark ranked her tenth out of twelve participants. The gold medal was won by Yao Juan of China, the silver medal was won by her fellow countrywoman Yang Yue, and the bronze medal was taken by Noraivis de la Heras Chibas of Cuba.
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The men's discus throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 22 to 28 January. In the Men's discus throw F42, held on January 27, the Gold was originally won by Fanie Lombaard of South Africa. However, he tested positive for Probenecid in a urine sample provided on 27 January 2011. The prohibited substance had been prescribed to him because of a medical problem, but he did not have a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE).
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She won the gold medal in the discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which earned her the Dutch Sportswoman of the year award the same year. Between 1973 and 1983 she won medals, including 15 gold, in the discus throw and shot put at every national championships. Stalman went to Arizona State University, where she was on the track and field team. She retired shortly after the 1984 Olympics to work as a journalist and athletics commentator with Eurosport.
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Yoshio Okita (Japanese: 沖田 芳夫, March 28, 1903 – April 28, 2001) was a Japanese athlete who won a gold medal in the discus throw at the 1927 Far Eastern Championship Games. He competed in the hammer and discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics and placed 15th and 30th, respectively. He also attended the 1932 and 1936 Olympics as a field coach for the Japanese athletics team. In 1993 Okita took part in the World Masters Athletics Championships.
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Henry Beltsazer "Harry" Hart (2 September 1905 – 10 November 1979) was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Harrismith, Orange River Colony, and died in Reitz. In 1932 he finished tenth in the Olympic shot put event, eleventh in the decathlon competition, and twelfth in the discus throw contest. At the 1930 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the discus throw event as well as in the shot put competition.
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Ingeborg Mello de Preiss (Germany, January 4, 1919 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 25, 2009) was a track and field athlete from Argentina who competed mainly in the discus throw and the shot put. She represented Argentina at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympic Games.Biography and Olympic results at SPorts Reference She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw and the shot put event at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Born in Berlin, Germany, she was Jewish.
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Galina Murašova (; born December 22, 1955 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a retired female discus thrower, who competed for the Soviet Union at two Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988. Her last name is sometimes also spelled as Murashova. Murašova set the Lithuanian national record in the women's discus throw on August 18, 1984 in Prague, by throwing 72.14 metres. She claimed the silver medal in the women's discus throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, behind East Germany's Martina Opitz.
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Barrett competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics and 2000 Summer Paralympics for Team USA. During her first Paralympic Games, she earned a bronze medal in Women's Shot Put F42-44/46 and a gold medal in Women's Discus Throw F42-44/46. In the 2000 Paralympics, Barrett earned a silver medal in Women's Discus Throw F46 and a bronze medal in Women's Shot Put F46. She also holds the world record in discus and the United States national record for shot put.
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He competed for West Germany in the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished sixth in the men's Discus throw - A2A9 event, finished fifth in the men's Javelin throw - A2A9 event and finished sixth in the men's Shot putt - A2A9 event. Following reunification he competed for Germany in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won a gold medal in the men's Discus throw - THS2 event and finished fourth in the men's Pentathlon - PS3 event.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 40 competitors. The final was held on July 31, 1996.
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At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany, she won the silver medal in the women's shot put F40 event and the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F41 event.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.
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Portious Warren (born 2 March 1996) is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago competing in the shot put and discus throw. She won a silver medal in the former at the 2019 Summer Universiade.
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Daniel Pierre (17 January 1891 – 21 January 1979) was a French athlete. He competed in the discus throw and shot put at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in 15–19th place.
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The men's discus throw was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 14 and July 15, 1900. 16 discus throwers from eight nations competed.
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The Men's Discus Throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 20 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on August 10, 1984.
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Retrieved on 2014-09-28. Her international debut came in the discus throw at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where she came eighth in qualifying.Lauren Therin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-09-28.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.
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The final of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Tuesday August 5, 2003. Defending champion Aretha Hill of the United States once again claimed the title.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August. A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 29 and 30 July. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 18 July. A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used.
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Carr competed in the men's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the discus at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
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Pierre Alard (17 September 1937 – 13 January 2019) was a French athlete.Luçon. Pierre Alard s’est éteint dimanche He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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The Women's Discus Throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 17 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on August 11, 1984.
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Howell was born in Fresno, California. He was a Parade magazine high school All-American for Fresno High School football team in 1974, and Central California Valley discus throw champion in track and field.
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Gideon Ariel (גדעון אריאל; also "Uriel," born April 27, 1939) is an Israeli authority in biomechanics, as well as a former Olympic track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw.
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Mac Maurice Wilkins (born November 15, 1950) is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Eugene, Oregon and graduated in 1969 from Beaverton High School in Beaverton, Oregon.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 and 28 July. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.
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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924. 32 discus throwers from 18 nations competed.
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Frank Potts, Oklahoma - 12 feet, 4 inches 1\. Earl McKown, Kansas State - 12 feet, 4 inches 1\. Royal Bouschor, Northwestern - 12 feet, 4 inches 1\. Kenneth Lancaster, Missouri - 12 feet, 4 inches Discus throw 1\.
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The first world record in the women's discus throw was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1923. As of 2013, 55 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.
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The Men's Discus Throw athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from August 31 to September 7. A total of 10 events were contested incorporating 13 different classifications.
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Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin (born 27 August 1956) is a former Australian athlete who competed in the shot put and in the discus throw at the Olympic level and also had a career in powerlifting.
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Borys Chambul (born February 17, 1953) is a retired discus thrower, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2. The final was won by Adolfo Consolini of Italy.
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Elisabeth "Liesl" Perkaus (later Richter, May 24, 1905 - January 27, 1987) was an Austrian track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 she finished sixth in the discus throw event.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 25 and 26 July. A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used.
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The men's discus throw event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.
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The Women's Discus Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 18 competitors, with one qualifying group and the final (12) held on Friday 1980-08-01.
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Giuseppe Tugnoli (2 October 1888 – 13 September 1968) was an Italian champion in the discus throw, javelin throw and shot put. He competed in the shot put at the 1920 Summer Olympics and placed 14th.
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The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 18 competitors, with one qualifying group and the final (12) held on Monday July 28, 1980.
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Berta Jikeli (19 April 1911 - 7 October 2000) was a Romanian athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to represent Romania at the Olympics.
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Teodors Sukatnieks (born 1894, date of death unknown) was a Latvian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He died during World War II in a Soviet prison camp.
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John Watts (born 23 April 1939) is a British athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Watts remains an active Masters athlete, winning the 2018 World Masters Athletics Championships.
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Lemuel Clarence "Bud" Houser (September 25, 1901 – October 1, 1994) was an American field athlete. He won Olympic gold medals in the discus throw in 1924 and 1928 and in the shot put in 1924.
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Although not competing in Athens, O'Neill was in the Ireland team for both the 2008 Games in Beijing and 2012 Games in London. Her only Paralympic podium finish came at London, where she won a silver in the discus throw - F51/52/53. O'Neill's most successful tournament was the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, winning a gold in the discus throw and a silver in the club throw. After the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships at Swansea, O'Neill decided to retire from sport.
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Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (née Kontsek; born 29 August 1939 in Budapest) is a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw event during her career. In 1964 she finished sixth in the Discus competition at the Olympics. She competed for Hungary in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where she won the bronze medal in the discus throw competition. She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1965 after having won the Summer Universiade the same year held in her hometown, Budapest.
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Kenneth Hampden Pridie (8 March 1906 – 4 May 1963) was an English track and field athlete who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and in the 1934 British Empire Games. He was born in Bristol. At the 1930 British Empire Games he finished fourth in the discus throw event and sixth in the shot put competition. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the shot put contest and finished sixth in the discus throw event at the 1934 British Empire Games.
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He is an eleven-time national champion in the discus throw, and a member of C.S. Carabinieri, an Italian military police sporting club. In 2007, Kirchler achieved his personal best throw of 65.01 metres at the Italian national championships in Bolzano. Kirchler competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and qualified for the men's discus throw. His biggest achievement was to reach the Final at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he threw 63.74m in the Qualifying and 60.18m in the Final.
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Mitchell won a silver medal at the 2011 IPC World Championships and the same year won five gold medals at the UCI World Para- cycling Championships and National Para-cycling Championships. In 2010, she won the national Para-cycling Championships for H1 criterium. She holds American and world records in multiple track and field events and medaled in discus throw and club throw at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. She placed fourth in the 100 m, 200 m and discus throw at the 2012 Paralympics.
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Perković started with athletics in the second grade of elementary school, and also played basketball and volleyball. By the 6th grade, athletics prevailed and Perković concentrated on shot put and discus throw. In 2001, she joined the Dinamo-Zrinjevac athletics club. Since 2004 she has been coached by former Olympic shot putter Ivan Ivančić, who recognized her talent in discus throw. In her first year with the new coach, she improved her personal best from 32 to over 50 meters, as Ivančić had predicted.
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Werner Josef Reiterer (born 27 January 1968 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian-born retired discus thrower and shot putter from Australia, who represented the latter at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). His best result was winning the title in the men's discus throw at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Reiterer is an eight-time national champion in the discus throw. In his book 'Positive' he admitted to five years of performance-enhancing drug use.
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Sven Otto Nilsson (February 26, 1879 - November 10, 1960) was a Swedish athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he won the bronze medal in the javelin throw event. He also participated in the freestyle javelin throw competition and in the discus throw event but in both competitions his final ranking is unknown. Four years later he finished eighth in the two handed javelin throw event, tenth in the javelin throw competition, and fortieth discus throw event.
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Birgit Evelyn Lundström (later Nyhed, 30 September 1911 – 4 May 2007) was a Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. In this event she finished sixth at the 1936 Summer Olympics and fourth at the 1938 European Athletics Championships. Lundström was the Swedish champion in the discus throw (1935, 1937–41 and 1944), javelin throw (1934) and shot put (1941). In the discus she held the senior Swedish record and later the world record in the masters (80+) category (from 1992 to 2006).
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 39 competitors, with the qualification round mark set at 62.00 metres.
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He was again the flag bearer for Israel at the 1964 Olympics. His personal best in the discus throw was 55.22 meters, in 1964. Ariel's personal best in the shot put was 16.27 meters, in 1966.
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The Men's discus throw, F12 was held on January 28 F12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand, have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of less than 5 degrees.
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He also competed in track, in the shot put, discus throw and 440 metres relay events. He was third in the District 8-5A discus with a mark of 143-5 1/2 as a senior.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 36 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 27, 1991.
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The men's discus throw at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships was held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin from 20 - 26 August. 7 classification finals are held in all over this event.
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The women's discus throw at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships was held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin from 20 - 26 August. 7 classification finals are held in all over this event.
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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 1, 1928. Thirty-four discus throwers from 19 nations competed.
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Laura De Snoo (born September 21, 1962) is an American discus thrower. She was born in Fremont, California. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she placed tenth in women's discus throw.
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The women's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4, 1936. The final was won by Gisela Mauermayer of Germany.
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Soufiane El Bakkali won the bronze medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event. Elbachir Mbarki won the bronze medal in the men's discus throw event. Marouane Kacimi won the bronze medal in the men's decathlon.
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Just days later, Perković suffered a back injury that forced her to miss the European Cup Winter Throwing in March. She returned to competition in May by winning the Diamond League discus throw event in Shanghai.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 16 and 18 July. A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used.
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The Women's Discus Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 22 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Thursday September 29, 1988.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 20 and 21 October. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.
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The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 27 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.
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František Hoplíček (23 April 1890 - 13 April 1946) was a Czech athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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The men's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was John Powell of the United States.
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Ryan Whiting was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Kent and Jill Whiting. Whiting attended Central Dauphin High School and started competing in shot put and discus throw events as a teenager.Ryan Whiting . Sun Devils.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday September 4, 1987.
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 14, 1983.
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Aleksandr Shtepa (; born April 15, 1979) is a retired male decathlete from Russia. He set his personal best score (8007 points) at a meet in Krasnodar on May 24, 2002. Shtepa also competed in discus throw.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 24, 1999.
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María Angélica Cubillán Chourio (born 22 April 1981) is a Venezuelan athlete specialising in the discus throw. She won several medals at the regional level. Her personal best of 55.57 metres (2009) is the current national record.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday August 11, 1995.
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In track, he competed in the shot put and discus throw. In 2010, he was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. In 2011, he was inducted into the Southern University Sports Hall of Fame.
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Retrieved on 2013-11-16. The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition.Butcher, Michael (2006-03-19).
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 31, 1987.
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This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the discus throw. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003.
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.
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Following this, she opted to focus solely on the discus throw at major tournaments. She closed the year with a sixth-place performance at the 2006 IAAF World Cup, representing Oceania.Samuels Dani. IAAF. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.
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Lee Seng Chow, the blind discus throw athlete then take the oath on behalf of the athletes. Finally the torch was lit by four Malaysian paralympic athletes, Razali Jaafar, Hisham Khaironi, Choo Kam Chan and David Wang.
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Theodor Neijström (September 23, 1883 - July 29, 1948) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he participated in the discus throw competition but his final ranking is unknown.
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The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Carmen Romero of Cuba.
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Chris Sua'mene (born 16 August 1972) is a Samoan athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Sua'mene's parents are Mene Mene, a duathlete, and Sally Mene, a javelin and discus thrower.
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Vilho Aleksander Niittymaa (19 August 1896 – 29 June 1979) was a Finnish athlete who competed in the discus throw, hammer throw and shot put. He won a silver medal in the discus at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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In track & field, Babin was a state-qualifier in the throwing events, with top-throws of 16.15 meters (52 ft 9 in) in the shot put and 47.85 meters (156 ft 4 in) in the discus throw.
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Přemysl Hajný won a shot put and discus throw double in the men's section and later won an Olympic silver medal in ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics.Přemysl Hainý. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
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Ness Ashby Murby (born 4 October 1985) is an Australian-born Canadian Paralympic athlete who competes in discus throw and javelin throw events in international level events. Murby has represented Australia in goalball between 2005 and 2007.
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He was runner-up at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and won further medals at the World Championships in 2009 (bronze) and 2011 (silver). He won the 2012 and the 2013 IAAF Diamond League in discus throw.
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Mario "Bebe" Cota Castro (born 11 September 1990 in MexicaliEl Gigante de Mexicali, Mario Cota) is a Mexican track and field athlete specialising in the shot put and discus throw. He won multiple medals on continental level.
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In the 2018 African Championships in Athletics held in Asaba, Nigeria, Onyekwere decided to focus her efforts solely on the Discus throw. This paid off as she put on a show for her home country, earning a Gold Medal the Discus throw with a personal best throw of 58.09 meters. Onyekwere was invited to represent Team Africa in the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. She finished in 4th place with a top throw of 56.68 meters and had the furthest mark of any African Discus thrower in the competition.
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The following year, he represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2015 Parapan American Games and he won two gold medals: in the men's discus throw F44 event and in the men's javelin throw F44 event. In the same year, he also competed in the 2015 World Championships and he won the bronze medal in the men's discus throw F44 event. In 2017, he competed in the 2017 World Championships winning the gold medal in both the shot put F44 and javelin throw F44 events. He also set a new world record in both events.
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The discus throw at the Summer Olympics is one of four track and field throwing events held at the multi-sport event. The men's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896 (one of two throws events at the first Olympics, alongside the shot put). The women's event was first contested at the 1928 Olympics, being one of the five athletics events in the inaugural Olympic women's programme. The Olympic records are for men, set by Virgilijus Alekna in 2004, and for women, set by Martina Hellmann in 1988.
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In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's discus throw, a handicap competition was held four days later. Gustaf Söderström, who had placed sixth in the main event, took first place with a throw of 40.50 m, having had a handicap of 5.5 m. Gyula Strausz, 13th in the main discus, was runner-up with 39.49 m off a 6.3 m handicap. Karl Gustaf Staaf, a gold medalist in the tug of war, was third with 38.80 m (8 m handicap)Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw, Handicap.
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She competed at her third games in Sydney, Australia in 2000 where she won the silver medal in the F13 discus and failed to medal in the pentathlon. In 2004 in Athens, Greece she finished as winner of the gold medal in the F12 shot putt and silver medal in the F13 discus throw She competed at her fifth Paralympics in 2008 in Beijing, China where she reversed her results of the previous games, winning the gold medal in the F12/13 discus throw and the silver medal in the F12/13 shot putt.
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In 2011, Cole won a silver medal at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships and the same year won a gold medal at the Parapan American Games. She also participated at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where she won a bronze medal for discus throw of 5.29 metre. She participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, competing in discus and club throw. In 2016 she beat her previous personal best of 4.89 metre with a 4.98 metre throw at the Women's Discus Throw in F52 category but got a bronze medal.
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Koleva took up para-sport in Stara Zagora in 1985 out of curiosity. In 1994 she represented Bulgaria at the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, winning gold in the discus throw and bronze in the javelin. She followed this with further success in the 1998 World Championships in Birmingham, when she took silver in the shot put. She competed in her first Summer Paralympic Games in 2000 in Sydney. There she entered the discus throw (F58) and the shot put (F57), taking the gold medal in the latter with a distance of 7.85.
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Walter Edward Bonhote Henderson (21 June 1880 - 2 September 1944) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Leeds and died in Chelsea, London. In 1908 he finished eighth in the standing high jump competition. He also participated in the standing long jump event, in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, and in the freestyle javelin throw competition but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown.
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Most members of the Croatian team qualified for the World Championships by meeting the A standards in their respective events. In men's discus throw, Martin Marić surpassed the A standard in April 2011, followed by Roland Varga, national record holder in the same event, who did so in June. Hammer thrower András Haklits qualified in mid-August with a throw of 75.77 m, good enough to meet the B standard. A notable absence from the World Championships was Sandra Perković, the reigning European champion in discus throw and thus an automatic qualifier.
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Erik "Myggan" Uddebom (born 5 July 1934) is a retired Swedish athlete. He competed in the shot put and discus throw at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics with the best result of sixth place in the shot put in 1956. He set 11 national shot put record and was the first Swede to break the 17 meter barrier in this event. Uddebom won the national titles in the shot put (1955–57, 1959–61, 1963–64), discus throw (1956, 1961) and weightlifting (1964), and also competed in the javelin throw and high jump.
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Rudolf Gandler is an Austrian Paralympic athlete. He competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in the Men's Discus Throw A2 and Men's Shot Put A2 events. He won the silver medal in the Men's Shot Put A2 event.
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These are the official results of the Women's discus throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 28 and 29 August 1990. There were a total number of sixteen participating athletes.
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The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awardeded to Laverne Eve from the Bahamas. She won 3 gold medals (shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw) in the junior (U-20) category.
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Stein has won one National Title at the Australian National Track & Field Championships in the Decathlon and has won a handful of medals at the Australian Junior Championships in the Junior Decathlon, Shot Put, Discus Throw & 110m Hurdles.
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George Puce (: born December 29, 1940 in Jelgava) is a retired discus thrower, who represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the men's discus throw event at the 1967 Pan American Games.
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And it was after a gap of 52 years that India won a Gold in Athletics when Krishna Poonia won Gold in Women's discus throw and when Geeta Phogat won India's first ever gold medal in women's wrestling.
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Inês Fernandes (born 28 June 1988) is a Portuguese Paralympic athlete who competes in shot put at the Paralympic Games and hammer throw, javelin throw and discus throw at the INAS World Athletics Championships and INAS Global Games.
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Paola Paternoster (née Carotenuto; 22 December 1935 - 27 June 2018) was an Italian athlete. She competed in the discus throw at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and in the javelin throw in 1956, and placed 11th–20th.
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Parduman Singh Brar (15 October 1927 – 22 March 2007) was an Indian athlete who specialized in shot put and discus throw events. He was one of the few Indians to have won multiple medals at the Asian Games.
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The Women's discus throw athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 8 September. A total of 6 events were contested over this distance for 11 different classifications.
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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 5, 1936. The final was won by Ken Carpenter of the United States.
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European Cup Winter Throwing. RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition.
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Carmelo Rado (born 4 August 1933) is an Italian athletics competitor. He competed for his native country in the discus throw at the 1960 Olympics held in his home country, finishing in seventh place."Carmelo Rado". Sports- Reference.com.
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The final of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Friday August 8, 2003. Jason Tunks won the first discus gold for Canada in the history of the Pan American Games.
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The men's discus throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 64.50 m (211.61 ft) (A standard) and 62.50 m (205.05 ft) (B standard).
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GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-28. She was also entered into the discus throw event and was the third best qualifier before throwing shorter in the final and finishing sixth overall.European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK.
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Siololovau Ikavuka (born 8 February 1968) is a Tongan athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to represent Tonga at the Olympics.
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The 2002 South American Youth Championships saw her win both the discus throw and hammer throw events, as well as a bronze medal in the shot put.2002 South American Youth Championships . WJAH. Retrieved on 2012-06-09.
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The pentathlon event in the 1906 Games consisted of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192 metre run, and a Greco-Roman wrestling match. A stone throw was held with a 6.4 kg weight.
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After winning gold at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, Perković became the youngest ever European champion in discus throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, and successfully defended her title two years later in Helsinki.
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El límite está sólo en su mente. La Nación. Retrieved on 2013-05-19. In his first continental competition he won both the shot put and discus throw events at the 2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics.
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As well as Paralympic success, Abouelkhir has also won medals at World Championship level, winning medals at three different tournaments. His most successful World Championships was at the 2002 Lille Games, winning gold in the F57/58 discus throw.
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Alejo Alvarez (c. 1890s - c. 1940s) was a Filipino track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw events. Alongside Regino Ylanan, he was the most successful throws athlete at the Far Eastern Championship Games.
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Alfredo Romero (born March 5, 1972) is a Puerto Rican track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw. He won multiple medals on regional level. His personal best of 56.20 metres (2002) was the national record until 2012.
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She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F54-56 discus throw event. She is investigated by the Czech Police for the financial fraud.iDNES.cz: Paralympionička Fesslová se udala.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia , held at Stadion Poljud on 31 August and 1 September 1990. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes.
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These are the official results of the Men's discus throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 12 and 14 August 1994. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes.
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Mariana Lengyel (née Ionescu; born 14 April 1953) is a Romanian female former track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw. She was a three-time national champion, winning from 1987 to 1989.Romanian Championships. GBR Athletics.
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Born in Loznica, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Stojković was born into a sporting family. His father Vladeta (d. 2007) was also a football goalkeeper and his mother (1949–2012) was an athlete who competed in the discus throw.
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Profeti has 26 caps in Italy national athletics team. In his career, he participated in an edition of the Olympic Games and won 15 national championships in discus throw, and its record for speciality ex aequo with Adolfo Consolini.
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The season had been of a high standard, with a number of athletes throwing over 65 m, including Frank Casañas, Bogdan Pishchalnikov and Zoltán Kővágó.Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-09). Men's Discus Throw - PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-18.
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He holds the current M70, M75 and M80 world record in the discus throw, the M75 and M80 world record in the weight pentathlon and the M80 world record in the weight throw."Records Outdoor Men" . world-masters-athletics.org.
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These are the official results of the Women's discus throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 August 1994. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes.
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Marija Tolj (born 29 November 1999) is a Croatian athlete specialising in the discus throw. She won a gold medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships. Her personal best in the event is 62.76 metres set in Gävle in 2019.
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He represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). He won the men's discus throw event at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, and set his personal best (64.69 m) on 24 June 2000 at a meet in Ravenna.
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Nassima Saifi (; born 29 October 1988) is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F58 throwing events. Specialising in both the discus throw and shot put, Saifi is a double Paralympic gold medal winner and three time World Champion.
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The Men's discus throw, F11 was held on January 22 F11 = visual impairment: from no light perception in either eye, to light perception but with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction.
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Annual sports competitions are held every year in February. Individual competitions such as races, shot put, javelin throw, discus throw, long jump, high jump take place along with group sports such as cricket, volleyball, kho-kho, tug-of-war and kabbadi.
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His winning throw of was a large improvement on the Commonwealth Games record set by Lucking four years earlier. In addition to the shot put, he competed in the discus event and placed fourth.1966 Results for Athletics - Discus Throw - Men.
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Anna Rüh (born 17 June 1993 in Greifswald) is a German athlete who specialises in the discus throw. Rüh represented Germany at the 2012 European Athletics Championships where she finished 4th in the discus event with a throw of 62.65 metres.
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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, August 21, 1920, and on Sunday, August 22, 1920. 17 discus throwers from eight nations competed.
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Official Video @ 10:15 The women's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 30, 1948. The final was won by Micheline Ostermeyer of France.
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Gary Schaff (13 November 1959 – 7 August 2020) was a Canadian Paralympic athlete. In the 1988 Summer Paralympics he won a silver medal in the men's discus throw. He also placed fifth in the shot put event in the same Paralympics.
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Valther Valdemar Jensen (March 1, 1888 - March 15, 1982) was a Danish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he finished seventh in the discus throw competition. He was the 1916 Danish shot put champion.
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The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Several events were split into two groups due to the number of entries. Russia and Germany were the top performing nations at the competition.
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Marcel Pelletier (born February 26, 1888, date of death unknown) was a Luxembourgian track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he finished 17th in the shot put competition and 33rd in the discus throw event.
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Ljubica Gabrić-Calvesi (17 October 1914 - 16 December 2015), known as Gabre Gabric, was an Italian track and field athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Her best discus throw was 43.35 m (1939).
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991.
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Mathilde ("Milly") Emilie Reuter (1 October 1904 in Rödelheim - 30 April 1976 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 she finished fourth in the discus throw event.
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The men's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 23 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Jorge Fernandez of Cuba.
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The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Yarelys Barrios of Cuba.
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Prior to being a bobsledder, Hostache also competed as a track and field athlete in the shot put and discus throw events. Hostache died of Ewing's sarcoma, a form of cancer in 2007 after fighting the disease for eight years.
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Georgios Arestis (; born 27 December 1981) is a Cypriot athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. He represented his country at two Commonwealth Games and won multiple medals at the Games of the Small States of Europe.
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Hadel Aboud competed in the women's 100 metres event. She was disqualified after a false start. She also competed in the women's long jump event. Retag Asaiah was scheduled to compete in the women's discus throw and women's hammer throw events.
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Simoné du Toit (born 27 September 1988) is a South African shot putter. Her personal best throw is 17.13 metres, achieved in October 2005 in Naboomspruit. In the discus throw she has 53.07 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Roodepoort.
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The women's throwing events here presaged the 1952 Summer Olympics, as shot put winner Galina Zybina and discus throw champion Nina Ponomaryova added Olympic gold to their World Student titles.Olympic Games Medallists (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
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McLean attended Clermont High School, before moving on to Florida State University. In his first two years he played defensive tackle, before being moved to defensive end as a junior. He also practiced track and field, competing in the discus throw.
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Sven Martin Skagestad (born 13 January 1995) is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships. His personal best in the event is 65.20 metres set in Wiesbaden in 2016.
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Zhang Cunbiao (; born 11 February 1969) is a Chinese former track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw. He was the 1994 Asian Games champion in the event. He holds a personal best of , set in 1996.Zhang Cunbiao.
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Mustafa Kadhim Dagher Al-Saamah (born 29 November 1995) is an Iraqi athlete specialising in the discus throw. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final. He won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games.
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Nagui Asaad Youssef (a.k.a. Nagy Assaad Youssef) ناجى أسعد, (born September 12, 1945), is a retired Egyptian athlete (track and field) who represented Egypt in international athletics events in the 1970s and early 1980s in shot put and discus throw.
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Calvesi's wife was Gabre Gabric, a former athlete who participated at 1936 Summer Olympics and 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1936 she finished tenth in the Olympic discus throw event. Twelve years later she finished 17th in the discus throw competition at the 1948 Olympics. At the 1938 European Athletics Championships she finished sixth in the discus throw contest and at the 1946 European Athletics Championships she finished seventh in the discus throw event. In 2008 she competed at the Veterans Athletic Championships and,16th European Veterans Athletic Championships Ljubljana 2008 following the 2011 death of Alfred Proksch, was the last known track and field competitor from the 1936 Olympic Games to still be competing. Gabre Gabric's daughter, Lyana Calvesi (born 1944), is a former athlete who afterward assumed the role of manager of several Masters athletics teams and before founding the athletic master club, Atletica Calvesi. She married Eddy Ottoz (born 1944), a former Italian hurdler (bronze medal in 1968 Summer Olympics and 5 times European champion) before becoming the manager of the Italian National Olympic Committee from 2001. He represented Italy at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico, where he won the bronze medal in the 110-metre hurdles event.
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Erik de Bruin (born 25 May 1963 in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid-Holland) is a retired Dutch discus thrower and shot putter. He held the Dutch national record in shot put from 1986 to 2005, and his 68.12 m discus throw record of 1 April 1991 still stands today. The older brother of discus thrower Corrie de Bruin, he was Holland's leading discus thrower and shot putter in the 1980s and early 1990s. He participated in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, reaching 8th places at the 1984 shot put, and 9th place at the 1988 discus throw event.
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Zoia Ovsii (born 30 August 1994) is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete. She represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won two medals: the silver medal in the women's club throw F51 event and the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F52 event. She has qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in both the discus throw and club throw events. In 2014, she competed in paracanoeing at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow, Russia and she won the bronze medal in the women's V–1 200 m A event.
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The pentathlon made its return as an Olympic event at the 1906 Games in Athens, consisting of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192-metre run, and a Greco- Roman wrestling match. The 1912 Summer Olympics saw the introduction of two new types of the pentathlon. The first was the classic pentathlon, an athletics competition which was a variation on the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, comprising the long jump, javelin throw, 200 metres, discus throw, and a 1500 metres race. The competition featured at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics but was discontinued thereafter.
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She broke her own deaf world record in the women's hammer throw at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics with a distance of 66.35m, the previous best was 65.03m Trude Raad currently holds the Deaflympic records for the women's hammer throw and discus throw events. She was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2008 for her performances in deaf athletics including Junior deaf world records set by her in 2009 at the women's hammer throw and discus throw events. She was also nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2009.
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Discus commemorative coin The discus throw has been the subject of a number of well-known ancient Greek statues and Roman copies such as the Discobolus and Discophoros. The discus throw also appears repeatedly in ancient Greek mythology, featured as a means of manslaughter in the cases of Hyacinth, Crocus, Phocus, and Acrisius, and as a named event in the funeral games of Patroclus. Discus throwers have been selected as a main motif in numerous collectors' coins. One of the recent samples is the €10 Greek Discus commemorative coin, minted in 2003 to commemorate the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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At the 1972 Paralympic Games in Heidelberg, West Germany, Reimer set the world record for the Men's Pentathlon 4 at 5141 points, one point more than the silver medalist. He also set the world record for the Discus Throw 4, with a final width of 29.91 metres. Alongside Dann W., Henderson F., and Simpson B, they came second at the Men's 4×60 Wheelchair Open Relay with a time of 0:56:30. At the 1976 Paralympic Games in Toronto, Reimer's record in the Men's Discus Throw B was broken by Remi Ophem and he finished second.
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There he won a gold medal in the men's Discus throw - F42 event, a gold medal in the men's Shot putt - F42 event and a silver medal in the men's Javelin throw - F42 event. He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China where he won a bronze medal in the F42 shot putt and a gold medal in the F42 discus throw. Lombaard is world record holder in F42 discus and P42 pentathlon events. In 2011 Lombaard was suspended for 1 year after he failed a drug test for probenecid doping.
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Scott Martin (born 12 October 1982 in Wodonga, Victoria) is an Australian shot putter and discus throw competitor. He rose to prominence in a National Australia Bank advertisement promoting the 2006 Commonwealth Games; in the ad, Martin was shown taking part in a ballet class to improve his discus technique. He won a bronze medal in the men's shot put at the Games, and won gold in the men's discus throw. Scott Martin is currently the Australian and Oceania record holder with a throw of 21.26 metres in the Melbourne leg of the World Athletics Tour meeting in February 2008.
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Shadae Lawrence (born 31 December 1995) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. Her personal best in the event is 61.18 metres set in Eugene in 2016.
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Winterberg competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 30. In the Women's Discus Throw she came in 19th, with a throw of 35.79 metres. She missed moving up to the finals by less than .30 metres.
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Akash Antil (born 1991) is an Indian track and field athlete competing in the discus throw. He won the silver medal at the 2007 South Asian Junior Athletics Championships.Ram. Murali Krishnan (2007-11-30). India dominates inaugural South Asian junior championships . IAAF.
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He has held the M60 American record in the discus throw since 1998. He died from cancer in Reno, Nevada, aged 60. Keshmiri married in Iran in 1965 and had two sons: Kamal (Kamy) and Jamal (Jamy). Kamy became an American discus thrower.
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The men's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 6 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Fedrick Dacres from Jamaica.
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The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 6 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Denia Caballero from Cuba.
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The women's discus throw was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 19 October 1964. 22 athletes from 15 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.
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Shakti Singh (born 14 May 1962) is an Indian discus thrower and shot putter. His personal best shot put is 20.60 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Bangalore. His personal best discus throw is 61.72 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Bangalore.
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Price attended Lincoln High School, where he began to play football as a junior. He was a two-way tackle and a two-time All-district selection. He also competed in the discus throw. He accepted a football scholarship from Louisiana State University.
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Mitchell Cooper (born 2 June 1995) is an Australian athlete specialising in the discus throw. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. His personal best in the event is 63.98 metres set in Lawrence in 2017.
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The 1954 edition saw the introduction of the shot put and discus throw for women, as well as the first 4×110 yards relay for women (which replaced a medley relay).Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday, August 12, 1995.
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Lu Xiaoxin (born 22 February 1989) is a Chinese athlete specialising in the discus throw. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. Her personal best in the event is 63.27 metres set in Shenyang in 2013.
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In 1995, she competed in the World Championships for powerlifting. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she won a silver medal in the F10-11 shot put and also competed in the F10-11 discus throw. In 2000, she won an Australian Sports Medal.
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Josef Waitzer (1 May 1884 – 28 March 1966) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He placed 19th in the javelin throw and 16th in the discus throw, and failed to finish the pentathlon event.
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Jean Evelyn Roberts (born 18 August 1943) is a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw events. She competed for the Coburg club, alongside athletes such as Raelene Boyle and Carolyn Lewis.List of international athletes . Coburg Harriers.
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Mary Nakhumicha Zakayo (born 19 April 1979) is a Kenyan Paralympic track athlete. She competes in the T57 class for javelin, shot put and discus throw. Her first Paralympics was 1992. In 2008 she received the Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year Award.
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At the South American Championships he won a bronze medal in 1991, and silver medals in 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He also won a bronze medal in the discus throw in 1993. He is also a multiple Venezuelan national champion.
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Douglas Junior dos Reis (born 9 December 1995) is a Brazilian athlete specialising in the discus throw. He has won several medals at regional level. His personal best in the event is 59.90 metres set in São Bernardo do Campo in 2017.
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Two Michigan players, Joe Curtis and fullback John Garrels, were selected as first-team All-Western players. Garrels, who had broken world records in the discus throw and the high hurdles, was also selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp.
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Broughton attended Fort Pierce Central High School. He was a two-way tackle. He received All-state honors as a senior. He also practiced track, where he was the conference's discus throw chamion He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Miami.
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Róbert Szikszai (born 30 September 1994) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won bronze medals at the 2015 European U23 Championships and 2017 Summer Universiade. His personal best in the event is 64.37 metres set in Szombathely in 2018.
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She announced her retirement from athletic competition in November 1954. At the time she ranked number one in world track and field history in the long jump, fifth in the pentathlon, 12th in the discus throw and 19th in the shot put.
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In the 2009 Illinois 3A State T&F; Championship meet, he threw personal-bests of 43.01 meters (141-1) in the discus throw and 14.58 meters (47-7) in the shot put to place 17th and 22nd, respectively, in the preliminary heats.
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Corinne Nugter (born 28 March 1992 in Emmeloord) is a Dutch athlete specialising in the discus throw. She won two medals at the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. Her personal best in the event is 60.02 metres set in Heerhugowaard in 2018.
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She competed in the discus contest at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in 35th place (55.68 metres). Martinelli set her personal best in the women's discus throw event (58.24 metres) on 1996-04-21 in Buenos Aires.
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Otto Garnus (1896 - 1 February 1960) was a Swiss athlete. He competed in the men's shot put and the men's discus throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the men's 82.5kg division in the weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Mir played fullback and defensive end on the school's American football team, which reached the Southern Zone semifinals in 1997. He also competed in track and field; his discus throw of 177 feet, 10 inches (54.20 meters) is still a Sunset Regional record.
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He committed to play college football at Texas A&M; University in October 2013. In track & field, he was a state qualifier in the throwing events, with top-throws of 16.01 meters in the shot put and 50.84 meters in the discus throw.
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The men's discus throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October 1964. 29 athletes from 22 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.
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Ray Lazdins (born September 25, 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a retired discus thrower from Canada, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). He is a nine-time national champion in the discus throw.
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Rolf Danneberg (born 1 March 1953 in Hamburg) is a former German athlete who, representing West Germany, won the gold medal in discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics with 66.60 metres. He won the Olympic bronze medal in 1988 in Seoul.
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Jennifer Thompson is a former New Zealand discus thrower. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she won the silver medal in the women's discus throw. She also competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in the discus where she placed 13th overall.
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Willy Schröder (7 March 1912 - 28 September 1990) was a German athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and set the world record in the men's discus throw event. He was born in Magdeburg, where the 1936 Summer Olympic games were held.
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Armin Lemme (born 28 October 1955 in Packebusch, Bezirk Magdeburg) is a former track and field athlete from East Germany who competed in the men's discus throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (68.50 metres) in 1982.
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Lajos Kürthy (; born 22 October 1986) is a Hungarian shot putter. He was successful as a junior athlete, specializing in the discus throw. He later shifted to the shot put. His personal best is 20.32 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Pécs.
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He won his first major gold shortly after with a win in the 100 m at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.Sampaolo, Diego (2009-07-02). High Jump and Discus Throw provide best results - Mediterranean Games, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
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Cart held the university's 9th all-time discus throw record in 1980, at 52.04 meters. Cart was inducted into the Cronkite School Alumni Hall of Fame in 1988. She's married to an Australian journalist, who she met in Melbourne, at the Australian Open.
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Tara-Sue Barnett (born 9 October 1993) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. Her personal best in the event is 61.28 metres set in Irvine in 2016.
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Official Video The men's discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 16, 1908. 42 throwers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.
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Rezső Crettier (November 15, 1878 - 1945) was a Hungarian track and field athlete who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He participated in the discus throw competition and finished fifth and in the shot put competition where he finished fourth. He was born in Budapest.
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Borden attended William L. Dickinson High School, where he was an All-state fullback and tackle. He also practiced the discus throw, the shot put and the two-mile run. He accepted a scholarship from Indiana University. As a freshman, he played at defensive tackle.
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Chen Yang (born 10 July 1991) is a Chinese female track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing seventh in the final. Her personal best is , set in 2016.Yang Chen. All-Athletics.
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Shanice Love (born 9 June 1997) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. Her personal best in the event is 62.69 metres set in Austin, Texas, in 2019.
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Vanessa Kamga (born 19 November 1998) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. Her personal best in the event is 59.06 metres set in Halle in 2019.
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Zane Duquemin (born 23 September 1991) is an athlete representing Jersey and Great Britain who specialises in the shot put and discus throw. He competed at three consecutive Commonwealth Games starting in 2010. His sister, Shadine Duquemin, competes in the same events as Zane.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 10, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.
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Zhao Yonghua (born 22 January 1969) is a Chinese female former track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw. She holds a personal best of , set in 1993 and which ranked her 13th globally for the season.Zhao Yonghua. Track and Field Statistics.
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Nilsson held national records in the shot put and discus throw, becoming the first Swede to break the 40 m barrier. He won five national titles in the shot put (1911–1914) and two in the discus (1911 and 1912), and placed second six times.
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Cunningham competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the javelin and won gold in the F53 discus throw. profile on paralympic.org He competed in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics without winning a medal. He won gold in the F52/53 javelin at the London 2012 Paralympics.
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At the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Cunningham won gold in discus throw F51/52/53/57 and bronze in javelin throw F53/54/55 competition. Cunningham finished 5th in javelin F54 and 10th in shot put F53 at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
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Cristina Boiţ (born May 14, 1968 in Bucharest) is a retired female discus thrower from Romania. She set her personal best (64.58 metres) in the women's discus throw event in 1988. Boiţ competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996.
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Du Fresne, Oregon State Pole vault 1\. Ganslen, Columbia - 14 feet, 5 inches 2\. Day, USC 2\. Padway, Wisconsin 2\. Varoff, Oregon Discus throw 1\. Pete Zagar, Stanford - 164 feet, 1/4 inch 2\. William Watson, Michigan - 161 feet, 9¾ inches 3\. Harris, Indiana 4\.
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Lloyd Thompson, Xavier Pole vault 1\. Loring Day, USC - 14 feet, 2 inches 2\. Irving Howe, USC 2\. Milt Padway, Wisconsin 2\. George Varofr, Oregon Discus throw 1\. Pete Zagar, Stanford - 162 feet, 3¼ inches 2\. Hugh Gribben, Stanford - 155 feet, 2½ inches 3\.
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She was far off this form at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and her best of nearly five metres less was only enough for fifth.Arcoleo, Laura (2012-07-15). Barcelona 2012 - Event Report - Women's Discus Throw Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
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Karina Moya (born September 28, 1973) is a retired female hammer thrower from Argentina. She set her personal best throw (63.51 metres) on July 10, 2004 at a meet in Rosario, Santa Fe. Moya also competed in the discus throw and the shot put.
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She finished in sixth place at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Annecy, France. She won the discus throw bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games and improved to take the silver medal at the 2003 edition.Pan American Games. GBR Athletics.
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The emerging Tamara Press dominated the shot put and discus throw (a year later she became an Olympic champion in both disciplines). Iolanda Balaș, reigning European champion at the time, retained her high jump title for a fourth straight UIE win.European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 17, 1993. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.
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Siositina Hakeai (born 1 March 1994) is a New Zealand athlete. She was New Zealand women's discus champion for three years from 2012 to 2014. Hakeai placed fourth in the women's discus throw at both the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Bartłomiej Paweł Stój (pronounced ; born 15 May 1996) is a Polish athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won a gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna. His personal best in the event is 64.64 metres set in Bydgoszcz in 2016.
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David Wrobel (born 13 February 1991) is a German athlete specialising in the discus throw. He represented his country at the 2019 World Athletics Championships without qualifying for the final. His personal best in the event is 65.98 metres set in Schönebeck in 2018.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 14, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.
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Agnès Teppe (born 4 May 1968 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a former French athlete, who specialised in the discus throw. She won two French national championship titles in the discus: in 1990 and 1994.French Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
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Hakim Yahiaoui is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F13 discus throw events. Yahiaoui has competed in three Paralympics. He competed in the shot put and discus events in 1996, 2000 and 2004 winning a silver medal in the discus in 2004.
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Robert S. Garrett (May 24, 1875 - April 25, 1961) was an American athlete, as well as investment banker and philanthropist in Baltimore, Maryland and financier of several important archeological excavations. Garrett was the first modern Olympic champion in discus throw as well as shot put.
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Colin Quirke represented Ireland at World Youth Championships in Athletics and the World Junior Championships in Athletics, making the finals in the shot put and setting a national junior record (63’5). He holds the Irish national junior record in the discus throw and shot put.
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Mattis was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Marlon and Marcie Mattis. Mattis grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey and attended East Brunswick High School, where he started competing in the discus throw events as a teenager.Sam Mattis . Penn Quakers.
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While Zvonkin was born in New York, New York, he represented Canada at the 1930 Empire Games. At the games Zvonkin won the bronze medal in the discus throw event. He finished fourth in the shot put competition, one place out of medal contention.
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Lukas Weißhaidinger (born 20 February 1992) is an Austrian discus thrower and shot putter. He was European junior discus champion in 2011 and holds the Austrian record in men's discus throw. He won bronze medals at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 World Athletics Championships.
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Subenrat Insaeng (born 10 February 1994) is a Thai athlete specialising in the discus throw. She has won multiple medals on regional level. Her personal best in the event is 60.09 metres set in Taipei City in 2015. This is the current national record.
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Marián Kuřeja (born 30 July 1980) is a Slovak Paralympic athlete competing in F51-classification club throw and discus throw events. He represented Slovakia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the bronze medal in the men's club throw F51 event. He qualified to represent Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan after finishing in 4th place in the men's club throw F51 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At the 2017 World Para Athletics Dubai Grand Prix he won the silver medal in the men's discus throw F51/52 event.
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He represented Colombia at the 2011 Parapan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In total he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's discus throw F32/33/34 event and the silver medal in the men's shot put F32/33/34 event. At the 2013 World Championships held in Lyon, France, he won the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F33/34 event. Two years later, at the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, he won three medals: the silver medal in both the men's discus throw F34 and men's javelin throw F34 events and the bronze medal in the men's shot put F34 event.
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The 37.44 metres by Alexandra Terry were a new Caymanian record for women in discus throw. Sandisha Antoine set the women's record for Saint Lucia in triple jump to 12.11m. Finally, there were a total of 7 new national records for the host nation Turks and Caicos Islands: in the men's sector, Robert Jennings needed 10:17.94 for 3000 metres, and the 4x100 metres relay finished in 42.04s. The new women's records were set by Kadisha Wickham (59.36s for 400 metres), Shanricka Williams (10:59.56 for 3000 metres), Israel Ramsey (4.80m in long jump), Marquita Carter (26.33m in discus throw), and the 4x100 metres relay team in 50.02s.
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He was born in Steno, Arcadia. He competed for Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, in the discus throw where he won the Bronze medal. He also entered the shot-put, but after his first two attempts were called fouls for throwing, he withdrew in disgust. Two years later in Athens, in his home country of Greece ,he won the gold medal in the stone throw competition at the 1906 Intercalated Games. He added two silver medals in the Greek style discus throw (behind Finland’s Verner Järvinen) and in the normal discus again behind America's Martin Sheridan, who won his second consecutive Olympic title.
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Alfred Edward Flaxman (1 October 1879 - 1 July 1916) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Wombwell, South Yorkshire and was killed in action in Gommecourt, Pas-de- Calais, France. In 1908, he participated in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, in the freestyle javelin throw competition, and in the standing high jump event but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown. Flaxman was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a second lieutenant with the South Staffordshire Regiment on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, aged 26.
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At the 1906 Intercalated Games he won a gold medal in the javelin throw and three bronze medals, in the shot put, tug of war and ancient pentathlon, which consisted of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192 m run, and a Greco- Roman wrestling match. He also finished fourth in the discus throw and stone throwing contests. At the 1908 Olympics, Lemming won two gold medals in two types of javelin throw, and finished eighth in the hammer throw. He won another gold medal in the javelin at his last Olympics in 1912, where his half-brother Oscar placed tenth in pentathlon.
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Guo Jie (; January 16, 1912 – November 15, 2015) was a Chinese Olympic athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he was eliminated before reaching the final of the men's discus throw event. A multi-sport athlete in high school, Guo was inspired to attend the Olympics after hearing about Liu Changchun's participation at the 1932 Summer Games. He became the national discus throw champion at the 1935 Chinese National Games and set a new national record shortly before his journey to Berlin. Following the Olympics, Guo traveled to Japan, where he graduated with a degree in agricultural sciences from the University of Tokyo in 1942.
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Natalia Stratulat (born 24 July 1987) is a Moldovan athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. Her personal best in the event is 62.13 metres set is Vila Réal de Santo António in 2012.
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Mariya Telushkina (Kazakh: Мария Телушкина; born 3 April 1994) is a Kazakhstani athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. Her personal best in the event is 61.20 metres set is Tashkent in 2016.
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Heikki Olavi ("Olli") Partanen (18 August 1922, in Kouvola – 15 June 2014) was a Finnish discus thrower. Partanen won EM-bronze in the discus throw in Bryssel 1950 with the result 48,69. He was born in Kouvola. Partanen performed his record 50,14 25 September 1949 in Karhula.
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Gabriele Hinzmann (née Trepschek; born 31 May 1947, Schwerin) is a retired track and field athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw, such as at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where she competed for East Germany and won the bronze medal.
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At her last national championships, aged 46, she won the discus throw event with her best-ever throw of 38.98 m. Three years earlier she set her personal best in the shot put while placing second at the national championships. Svedberg was a physiotherapist by profession.
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He invented this technique when studying the position of the famous statue of Discobolus. After only one year of developing the technique he gained the olympic silver. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .
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He had a personal best of . He previously won the bronze medal in the discus throw competition, at the 1934 British Empire Games. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Prendergast was of British descent. He studied medicine in London, at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, from 1933-42.
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Lindy Brigitte Leveau-Agricole (born 14 November 1978 in Victoria, Seychelles) is a Seychellois javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 57.86 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Victoria. This is the national record. She also holds national records in the shot put and discus throw.
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Essa Mohammed Gharib Al-Zankawi (born 17 October 1992) is a Kuwaiti athlete specialising in the discus throw. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. He won a silver medal at the 2015 Asian Championships2015 Asian Championships Results. Athletics Asia.
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 8 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 65.50 metres.
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The men's discus throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. The competition was held on Saturday, September 3, 1904. Six athletes from two nations competed.
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On the final throws, Song threw only enough to move up to fifth place, leader Grasu fouled but Barrios responded, although her mark of 65.31 m guaranteed her only second place.Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-21). Event Report - Women's Discus Throw - Final . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
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Norman Heinsen, Illinois 4\. Albright, Coe Discus throw 1\. Eric Krenz, Stanford 149 feet, 2 inches 2\. Leo Baldwin, Texas 3\. Peter Rasmus, Ohio St. 4\. Lorin Hagerty, Iowa 5\. Welch, Pittsburgh 6\. Emerson Nelson, Iowa Javelin 1\. Lee Bartlett, Albion 216 feet, 7 inches 2\.
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Robert Jachimowicz (born 7 June 1967) is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing in category F53 throwing events. He has competed at one Summer Paralympics, in Sydney 2000 and at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha he won the silver medal in the discus throw.
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Veronika Domjan (born 3 September 1996) is a Slovenian athlete specialising in the discus throw. She won the silver medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. Her personal best in the event is 60.11 metres set in Amsterdam in 2016. This is the current national record.
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Eliška Staňková (born 11 November 1984 in Kraslice) is a Czech athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at four consecutive European Championships, her best placing being 10th in 2014. Her personal best in the event is 60.48 metres set in Kolín in 2016.
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Siegfried Pachale is a German former Olympic discus thrower. He represented East Germany in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His distance was a 60.64 in the qualifiers, and a 64.24 in the finals. He is the father of German volleyball player Hanka Pachale.
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Svetlana Melnikova (; born 29 January 1951) is a retired female discus thrower and shot putter, who represented the Soviet Union during her career. Melnikova is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's discus throw event at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Johanna Freda Gertrude Wilhelmsen (née Stelling; January 16, 1913 – March 19, 2005) was an American track and field athlete and softball player. She represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, placing seventh in the women's javelin throw and eighth in the discus throw.
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Lolassonn Djouhan (born 18 May 1991 in Montargis) is a French athlete specialising in the discus throw. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships missing the final by two centimetres. His personal best in the event is 65.10 metres set in Saran in 2017.
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Su Xinyue (born 8 November 1991) is a Chinese athlete specializing in the discus throw. She won the gold at the 2013 Asian Championships. She also competed at the 2013 World Championships failing to reach the final. Her personal best throw is 61.67 metres (Chonburi 2013).
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Mataika Tuicakau was a Fijian track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw events. Born on Tovu, Totoya on the Lau Islands of Fiji, Tuicakau was a tall athlete who excelled at throwing events.Charter Inductee 1990 Mataika Tuicakau – Athletics. Fox Sports Pulse.
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Martin Kupper (born 31 May 1989, in TallinnESBL Kupper, Martin. Retrieved 1 March 2018.) is an Estonian track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He has a personal best of , set in 2015. He is a member of the Audentese SK sports club.
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Oleksii Pashkov (born 6 January 1981) is a Ukrainian track and field athlete who competes in disability athletics in the F36 category. Pashkov represented his country in the discus throw at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he won the silver medal with a distance of 38.89 metres.
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The final of the Women's discus throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 7, 2002. There were a total number of 18 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on August 6, with the mark set at 62.00 metres.
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Muller was also a member of the California track and field team. The Bears won the ICAAAA championships in 1921, 1922, and 1923, and also won the second NCAA championships. Muller placed second in the Broad jump, third in the High Jump, and fourth in the Discus Throw.
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Bertrand Vili (born 6 September 1983) is a French former track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw. He represented France at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and was a silver medallist at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie.Francophone Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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Anastasia "Tasoula" Kelesidou (, , born 28 November 1972 in Hamburg, Germany) is a retired Greek discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Greek records in discus throw, the best being 67.70 metres.Anastasia Kelesidou. Sports Reference.
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With the junior shot (6 kg) he has 21.96 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Zagreb. This was the junior world record until June 2009, when it was surpassed by David Storl. He also has 60.54 metres in the discus throw, achieved in May 2005 in La Jolla, California.
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The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the second time in the role to Laverne Eve from the Bahamas. As in 1982, she won 3 gold medals (shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw) in the junior (U-20) category.
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He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1947-1949, representing Røra IL. His main competitor was Stein Johnson. He received the Norwegian Athletics Association Gold Medal, and was an honorary member of Røra IL. Ramstad died in April 2009. He was buried from Sakshaug Church.
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Stephen Bienko (born February 24, 1979) is an American coach and athlete. He is best known as the founding Director of the Institute of Athletic Performance, the former largest franchise owner of the College Hunks Hauling Junk brand, and holding the Villanova University discus throw record for eight years.
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Robert Harting (born 18 October 1984) is a retired German discus thrower. He represents the sports club SCC Berlin, his coach is Torsten Schmidt. He is a former Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's discus throw. His younger brother Christoph is the event's current Olympic champion.
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Jaideep Singh Deswal is an Indian athletics competitor, representing India at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, in the discus throw event under F42 classification. He underwent training at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, for the Games. He is supported y GoSports Foundation through the Para champions programme.
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Kristin Pudenz (born 9 February 1993) is a German athlete specialising in the discus throw. She won a gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade and a bronze medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships. Her personal best in the event is 62.89 metres set in Wiesbaden in 2017.
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In his last games appearance in 1962 in Jakarta, he won a silver medal in discus throw, thus completing his medal tally of five medals in three Asian games events. He was given the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 1999 recognizing his contribution to Indian sports.
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Ralph Lovshin, Wisconsin 4\. Ralph Johnson, Notre Dame Discus throw 1\. Bob Hall, USC 152 feet, 7½ inches 2\. Frank Purma, Illinois 3\. Ed Moeller, Oregon 4\. Greg Kabat, Wisconsin 5\. Gerboth, Milwaukee St. Teachers 6\. Wesley Youngerman, Iowa Javelin 1\. Ken Churchill, California 215 feet, 0 inches 2\.
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The women's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was the first medal decision of a women's event in Olympic athletics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928. Twenty-one discus throwers from twelve nations competed.
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Georgi D. Georgiev (, born 16 July 1961) is a retired Bulgarian discus thrower. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 1987 and 1991 World Championships without reaching the final. He became Bulgarian champion in 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1991.
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Annual Sports competitions are held every year in the month of February. Different types of games are played during the competition. Single games like races, shot put, javelin throw, discus throw, long jump, high jump, etc. and group games like cricket, volleyball, kho-kho, tug-of-war, kabbadi, etc.
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Xavier Boyles, Iowa 2\. Ralph Hammons, Texas Discus throw 1\. James Corson, College of Pacific - 144 feet, 2 inches 2\. Welch, Pittsburgh 3\. Tiny Gooch, Texas 4\. Jack Taylor, Baylor 5\. Cecil Mau, Iowa 6\. Peter Rasmus, Ohio St. Javelin 1\. Doral Pilling, Utah - 199 feet, 8 inches 2\.
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József Remecz (3 March 1907 – 17 May 1989) was a Hungarian discus thrower. Remecz broke the European record in men's discus throw several times and was the first European to break 50 metres. He was one of the favorites at the 1932 Summer Olympics, but only placed ninth.
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In 2011 won the gold medal and new world record in the Parapanamericans Games in Guadalajara, México, and silver medal in discus throw. She became double Paralympic Champion by winning gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016. She is daughter of Víctor Ángel Ortiz Tenorio, a baseball player.
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Rezső ("Rudolf") Bauer (2 January 1879 - 9 November 1932) was a Hungarian athlete and the winner of the gold medal in the men's discus throw at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He won with 36.04 metres, a new Olympic record. Bauer was born in Budapest, and died, aged in Dunatetétlen.
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EVENT Report - Men's Discus Throw. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03. Fernández started the 2011 season in strong form, throwing 65.54 m at the Copa Cuba meeting in March and winning at the Barrientos Memorial with a throw of 64.77 m in May.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-05-29).
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Bucci was born in Ferrara. He won the national championships three times. In 1980s he had a rivalry with Marco Martino. In 1984 he was forced to forfeit prior to the qualification of the discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics because of a stretched pectoralis muscle strain.
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All sisters are teachers by profession. They grew up in a peasant family, and the eldest, Polina, trained in kettlebell lifting. Darya first took up shot put and discus throw, but around the age of 16 changed to weightlifting, which fitted better to her relatively short stature (1.65 m).
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Jamaica completed a sweep of the women's titles and had three double champions: Carmen Smith (100 m and 80 metres hurdles), Una Morris (200 m and 400 m) and Joan Gordon (shot put and discus throw). All the champions are known, but data is limited for the minor medallists.
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In 2016 he was selected to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Jaineiro where he competed in the shot put and finished 28th overall. In addition, he has a best of 62.80 metres in the discus throw (Jacksonville 2014) which is also a Nigerian record.
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Savvas Panavoglou (; born 14 August 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a retired Greek discus thrower. Holding a dual citizenship to compete internationally, he was selected to compete for the host nation Greece's largest Olympic team in the discus throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also trained throughout his sporting career for Iraklis Thessaloniki under his coach Kostas Spanidis. In 2002, Panavoglou has launched a Greek record-breaking throw of 63.18 m from the EAA Permit Meeting in Thessaloniki. Panavoglou qualified for the Greek squad in the men's discus throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by posting an Olympic B-standard throw of 62.73 m from the Vardinoyannia EAA Permit Meeting in Rethymno.
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Vaughan was the 2012 Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year."T&FN; HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Track & Field News has been selecting a prep AOY on the girls side since 1977 The 40 winners, with their prime event(s) Vaughan's senior season's best of 50-1.25 in the Shot put and 198-9 in the Discus fifth and first respectively in 2012. She won University Interscholastic League Texas State championships in discus titles in 2011 and 2012.Shelbi Vaughan recap of Mansfield Legacy High School results She won 2012 Discus throw USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships title with a and set the Discus throw American Junior record.
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In May 1936 Guo set a new national record in the discus throw with distance of 41.07 m, which qualified him to join the Chinese delegation to the 1936 Summer Olympics. The team was burdened with a lack of financial backing, and Guo was provided no coach or training equipment. He competed in the men's discus throw event but, despite achieving a personal best throw of 41.13 m, his efforts were not enough to qualify him for the final and he was eliminated. Soon after returning from the Olympics he began attending the University of Tokyo, graduating in 1942 with a degree in agricultural science and technology during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Andreas Seelig (born July 6, 1970 in Berlin) is a retired discus thrower from Germany. He won the 1989 European Junior Championships and ended up in seventh place at the 1998 European Championships. Seelig also won the men's discus throw event (63.52 m) at the Military World Games in 1999 (Zagreb).
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Faustyna Kotłowska (born 24 March 2001) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who competes in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put events in international level events. Kotłowska sustained a serious leg injury in March 2016 when she was involved in an accident. She wears a prosthetic when participating in sporting events.
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Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix (born 1 September 1965) is a Paralympic athlete from Mexico who competes in category F54 throwing events.Luis Alberto Zepeda Felix. rio2016.com At the 2004 Summer Paralympics Luis competed in the shot put, discus throw and javelin throw, winning a gold medal in the javelin.profile on paralympic.
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Fowler attended Seminole High School, where he played quarterback, running back and linebacker. As a junior, he was the Florida state champion in the discus throw. As a senior, he was the team captain of a team that qualified for the state playoffs. He accepted a football scholarship from Duke University.
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Ronald Odair de Oliveira Julião (born 16 June 1985) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. He is a member of BM&F; Bovespa's track club and is trained by João Paulo Alves da Cunha.Seleção Masculina. CBAT. Retrieved on 2012-05-21.
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Elizabeth Almada is a Paralympian athlete from Argentina competing mainly in category F12-13 throwing events. She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F12-13 discus throw event. She also competed in the women's F12-13 shot put.
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Toyoko Yoshino, a Japanese woman athlete, won all the golds in three throwing sports— shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw. Lavy Pinto of India was the only man who achieved multiple gold medals, he finished at the top podium in men's 100 m and 200 m sprint running events.
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Before entering the world of wrestling, Poirier started training for shot put and discus as early as the age of 12 years old. His dedication and athletic abilities allowed him to become Canadian Junior discus throw champion. Poirier also held the French- Canadian (Province of Quebec) record for nearly 30 years.
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Heikki Vilho Esaias Malmivirta (6 July 1898 - 18 January 1956), aka Malmström, was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Piikkiö. In 1924 he was eliminated in the qualification of the discus throw competition and finished eighth overall.
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Sándor Toldi (January 26, 1893 - January 2, 1955), aka Nagy, was a Hungarian track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Pápa and died in Győr. In 1924 he was eliminated in the qualification of the discus throw competition and finished ninth overall.
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Born in Edwardsburg, Michigan, she attended Edwardsburg High School before going on to college at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.Becky Breisch. USATF. Retrieved on 2011-02-13. While majoring in community health, she competed for the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's track and field team in the shot put and discus throw.
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This made Hammersley part of Chile's first official delegation to the Olympics. At the 1918 South American Championships in Athletics – the first such gathering in the region – he won the discus throw event and was runner-up in the hammer throw as well. South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial). GBR Athletics.
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Official Video Highlights @ 2:40 The final of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on August 5, 1992. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. Top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final.
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Henning Prüfer (born 7 March 1996) is a German athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade. Earlier he won a silver at the 2014 World Junior Championships. His personal best in the event is 63.52 metres set in Naples in 2019.
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Shelbi competed at the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's discus throw and threw to place 29th. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the final.Qualification results In addition, she was bronze medals at the 2012 World Junior Championships and the 2011 World Youth Championships.
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Louis Joseph Vasseur (24 January 1885 – 11 October 1968) was a French weightlifter and athlete who won a silver medal at the 1906 World Weightlifting Championships. He held the national titles in the discus throw (1906) and shot put (1909). His younger brother Alfred competed nationally in the javelin throw.
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Nilsson was listed on the Penn Relays Wall of Fame in 2009. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Nilsson finished fourth in the shot put and seventh in the discus throw. In 2006, Nilsson was one of the inaugural inductees into the University of Michigan Track & Field Hall of Fame.
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The competition features a 300 metres hurdles event, which highly uncommon as a senior national championship event. Furthermore, winter championships in discus throw and javelin throw are held each year in the same period, but are typically held outdoors due to venue constraints.Yleisurheilun mestaruuskilpailusäännöt , (p. 56). SUL. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
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This caused him not to place in round 3, thus taking him out of the games. Reed's personal best ever recorded discus throw is 49.52 meters. World Masters Athletics has ranked Ian Reed world number one in his 85-89 age group for the years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
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Ernest Lennignton, Illinois Discus throw 1\. Frank Purma, Illinois - 156 feet, 4¼ inches 2\. Booker Brooks, Michigan 3\. Graham Batchelor, Georgia 4\. K. Thornhill, Kansas 5\. N. Mountain, Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa 6\. Alfred Howell, Oklahoma Javelin 1\. George Williams, Hampton Institute - 215 feet, 0 inches IE Dwight Purvis, Purdue 2\.
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Ken Cole, Southern Illinois 5\. Fran Dittrich, Michigan State 6\. Kermit King, Pittsburg (Kansas) State Teachers Pole vault 1\. Earle Meadows, USC - 14 feet, inches 1\. William Sefton, USC - 14 feet, inches 3\. Albert Haller, Wisconsin 3\. David Weichert, Rice 5\. Loring Day, USC 5\. John Hooker, USC Discus throw 1\.
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De Beer was born and raised in South Africa. He played rugby and discus throw in high school at the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool. He moved to America to attend the University of Arizona to play American football. He redshirted his first season, but saw playing time for his final three seasons.
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 19, 1993. The qualification mark was set at 62.50 metres.
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Sources disagree, however, whether it was a world or US national record. Once in Amsterdam, however, she only competed in the discus throw, where she finished second to Poland's Halina Konopacka. Because it was the first time the event had been held, she was the sport's first silver medalist.Lillian Copeland.
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F54 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics for people who compete in field events from a seated position. Different disability groups compete in this class, including people with spinal cord injuries. Events that may be on the program for F54 competitors include the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
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Octavien is of Haitian descent, and attended Lely High School. He became a starter at linebacker as a sophomore. In his last 2 years he was used as a two-way player. In his junior season, he won the state title in the discus throw and finished second as a senior.
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Elspeth Anderson Whyte (born 24 December 1926), later known as Elspeth Stephanson, is a British athlete. Whyte was born in Hendon, Middlesex in December 1926. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1963, she was living in Queensland, Australia.
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The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes. A total of 294 athletes from 39 European countries entered the competition.Final entries confirmed for European Cup Winter Throwing.
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Ruzhdi Ruzhdi () (born 14 April 1991) is a Bulgarian Paralympian track and field athlete, competing in throwing events: javelin throw, shot put, and discus throw. He represented Bulgaria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning the gold medal in shot put in class F55, and setting a new world record of .
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Armas Taipale in action. Richard Byrd. The men's discus throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
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The final of the Men's discus throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on August 23, 1998. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were held on August 22, with the standard mark needed to reach the final set at 63.00 metres.
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In the 1960s she also competed in athletics. She won the national championships in discus throw in 1962, 1966 and 1967, and achieved bronze medals in 1963 and 1968. Her winning result in 1962 of 36.13 metres was the worst winning result since 1949 (Norwegian championships for women were inaugurated in 1947).
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Sabina Asenjo Álvarez (born 3 August 1986) is a Spanish athlete whose specialty is the discus throw. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final.Qualification results Her personal best in the event is 61.89 metres set in Bilbao in 2016. This is the current national record.
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The highlight performances were two South American records by Brazilians in the women's section. Andressa de Morais threw a record in the discus throw and Lucimara da Silva's heptathlon score was also a Championship record.Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-06-11). Two South American records fall as Ibero-American champs conclude in Barquisimeto. IAAF.
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Hannah attended Valley View High School, where he played offensive tackle. As a senior, he was selected the Ohio Division III high school lineman of the year. He lettered in basketball, setting a school record of 23 rebounds in one game. He also practiced track, recording 153' 6' in the discus throw.
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Unlike some of the athletes of the previous edition, no medallists in Damascus reached the podium at the following World Youth Championships. Sudan's sprint champion Makki and boys' discus throw winner Hamid Mansour went on to win medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships, however.Awadelkarim Makki. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-05-27.
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The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.Ramsak, Bob (2007-03-17). Kozmus upsets Tikhon in Yalta - European Winter Throwing Cup Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
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Bledsoe attended Walla Walla High School and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he was named a first team All-State selection by the Tacoma News Tribune. In track, he competed in the throwing events, recording top-throws of in the discus throw and in the javelin throw.
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The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships () are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition was held in Genoa). Titles assigned concern specialties indoors, so for example does not include 3000 meters steeplechase, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw.
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Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage, and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com. In 100 metres, long jump and triple jump, as well as in shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Polynesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days.
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Zoubida Laayouni (born 5 February 1956) is a retired Moroccan athlete who specialised in the discus throw. She won eight medals at the African Championships in Athletics including record six gold medals. Her personal best in the event is 56.94 metres set in Meknès in 1994. This is the still standing national record.
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In the Olympic final Danilova set a new Olympic record at 62.64 m, surpassing the record of Argentina Menis set in the qualifying round two days earlier. Her record was beaten two throws later by Menis, and then by Melnyk.Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw Final Round. Sports- reference.com.
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He received Class A All-state, All-Georgia and All-area honors at the end of the season. He was a four-year starter for the basketball team. He also practiced track, finishing fourth in the state meet in the shot put as a freshman and in the discus throw as a junior.
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Retrieved 2018-04-29. Berit Berthelsen of Norway was the athlete of the tournament, taking a sweep of the women's sprints from 100 metres to 400 metres as well as the long jump. Finland's Marjatta Mäkinen won the shot put and discus throw events. No man won an individual double at this edition.
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At 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the Discus throw event. Her personal best throw is 63.05 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Kiev. She contested at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but failed to reach the finals, and was ranked 17th in the qualifiers with a throw of 56.42 m.
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Jared Schuurmans (born August 20, 1987) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He holds a personal record of for the event, set in 2015. He was the American national discus champion in 2015. Schuurmans won an NAIA discus title in 2010 while at Doane College.
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Xu Juan (, born 8 May 1981) is a Chinese retired goalball player. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Her visual impairment is hereditary. From a rural background, she took part in the Jiangsu Provincial Para Games in 1999, winning bronze medals in discus throw, shot put, and javelin throw.
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The final of the Men's discus throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 11, 2002. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged two days earlier, on August 9, with the mark set in 63.00 metres (3 + 9 athletes).
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António Martins (4 April 1892 - 3 October 1930) was a Portuguese sports shooter. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the discus throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics. His son of the same name also represented Portugal at the Olympics as a sports shooter.
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Alfred Oerter Jr. (September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games. Oerter is an inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame.
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Tatyana Dmitryevna Lesovaya (, née , Starodubtseva; born April 24, 1956 in Taldykorgan) is a retired athlete who represented Soviet Union (until 1991) and later Kazakhstan. Competing in the discus throw, her greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.Olympic results Her personal best throw was 68.18 metres, achieved in 1982.
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He placed sixth overall with a throw of , and was the second-best Australian behind gold medallist Warwick Selvey.Results for Athletics - Discus Throw - Men, 1962 BRITISH EMPIRE & COMMONWEALTH GAMES , Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2016. Vlahov also represented Australia at the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo, and served as the flag-bearer.
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Dorothea Kalpakidou (; born September 21, 1983 in Serres) is a female Greek discus thrower. Kalpakidou represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's discus throw. She placed thirty- fifth in the qualifying rounds with a throw of 53.00 metres, failing to advance into the final.
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Iosif Naghi (20 November 1946 - 20 March 2018) was a Romanian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. He retired at the age of 38 years and died in his hometown Târgu Mureș on 20 March 2018 from a myocardial infarction.
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His personal best put was 20.46 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Sremska Mitrovica. He had 58.66 metres in the discus throw, achieved in September 2006 in Zenica. He received a two year ban from the sport on 28 June 2010 after failing a drug test for metandienone and stanozolol.Anti Doping Violations.
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She also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the women's discus throw F51/52/53 and women's javelin throw F33/34/52/53 events, also without winning a medal. At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom, she won the gold medal in the women's shot put F53.
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He earned second-place finishes in both the shot put (54–3 or 16.58 m) and discus throw (155–7 or 47.50 m) at the 2010 West Central District 4A Championships. As a senior, he won the state 4A shot put championship with a career-best throw of 18.31 meters (60–1).
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Sofia Larsson (born 22 July 1988) is Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2009 World Championships without qualifying for the final. Early in her career she competed in the 100 metres hurdles. Her personal best in the event is 59.25 metres set in Södertälje in 2015.
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Pellmann became the first centenarian to clear an official height in the high jump. Pellmann also set records in the shot put, discus throw and long jump. Later that week, Pellmann was named USATF "Athlete of the Week". In 2018, his wife Marge died with whom he had been married for 71 years.
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Discus Throw - women - senior - outdoor - 1999. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-16. She was runner-up at the Znamensky Memorial and the Russian Championships, but on her fourth career outing at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics she did not make the final. Korotkevich's final season in international athletics came in 2000.
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Nicholas Percy (born 5 December 1994) is a Scottish athlete specialising in the discus throw. He represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships. His personal best in the event is 63.38 metres set in Helsingborg in 2016.
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As a senior, he finished with 81 tackles. He had 12 tackles against the University of Alabama. He had 9 tackles and blocked a field goal against the University of South Carolina. He also participated in track, where he was the Sun Belt Conference Discus throw champion as a junior in 1992.
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Piotr Małachowski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 7 June 1983) is a Polish discus thrower, two-time silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. His personal best throw is 71.84 metres, ranks him fifth in all-time longest discus throw distances, achieved on 8 June 2013 at Hengelo, the Netherlands.
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He came eighth in the Men's Discus Throw F42/44 at the games. He was coached by Roy Boyd, Cath Woodruff, John Eden, De Jennings, and Peter Negropontis. He held a scholarship from the Victorian Institute of Sport for 12 years. He is the team manager for the Australian Paralympic Athletics Team.
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Samuel Harrison Mattis (born March 19, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw and has a personal record of 67.45 meters.Personal Best nj.com. Accessed 2016-03-19 His biggest success to date was first place at the 2015 NCAA National Championships.2015 NCAA Nationals Penn Athletics.
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At the 1936 Olympic Trials Gertrude Wilhelmsen placed second in the discus throw (116 ft 9 in/35.59 m) and third in the javelin throw (119 ft 3 in/36.35 m), qualifying for the Olympic team in both events; in the javelin she defeated former world record holder Nan Gindele by a foot to win the last Olympic spot. She was the best American in both events at the Olympic Games in Berlin, placing seventh in the javelin throw and eighth in the discus throw. In addition to track and field, Wilhelmsen competed in a variety of other sports, including softball, basketball and later golf. She was inducted in the Tacoma-Pierce County Baseball/Softball Hall of Fame as a fastpitch softball player in 1994.
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Daniela Costian (born 30 April 1965) is a former Olympic discus throw bronze medallist. She was born in Brăila, Romania, but became an Australian citizen in 1990. She competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. She won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.
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High Jump and Discus Throw provide best results - Mediterranean Games, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-02. She was selected for the French team at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and she finished eleventh. She closed the year with a silver medal behind Anca Heltne at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie.
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Official Video Highlights The men's discus throw competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 12–13 August. Germany's Christoph Harting succeeded his brother Robert Harting to the Olympic title. Poland's Piotr Małachowski took the silver medal ahead of another German, Daniel Jasinski.
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Pesuit attended Wintersville High School, where he was an All-state offensive tackle, a wrestling and weight-lifter champion in the Ohio Valley Conference. He also practiced the discus throw and the shot put. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Kentucky. He was named a starter at offensive guard as a sophomore.
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