OLYMPIC CHAMPION 2008 GERD KANTER

 

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Olympic Champion Gerd Kanter competed yesterday in Budapest, where he got 5th position with a throw of 62.12m. At first, seems like an average result with mediocre position. But this result was another milestone for the Estonian - this 62.12m was 300th time for Gerd Kanter to throw over 60m - extraordinary achievement, that only 7 athletes have accomplished before in history.

It has taken Gerd all together 15 very active competition seasons, to get to this result. First time Gerd threw over 60m was in 15th August 2001, when the had a meet in Tallinn and result was 60.47m. The following years Gerd had an average of 20-27 competitions per season over the magical line (record was 27 competition in 2007 and that included 6 meets over 70m).

Ahtletes at least 300 times over 60.00m

1. Rickard Bruch (SWE), 456 meets, seasons 1968 - 1986
2. Ludvík Daněk (CZE), 374 meets, seasons 1963 - 1980
3. Jürgen Schult (GER), 332 meets, seasons 1980 - 2002
4. Mac Wilkins (USA), 328 meets, seasons 1973 - 1984, 1986 - 1989
5. Imrich Bugár (CZE), 323 meets, seasons 1977 - 1994
6. Virgilijus Alekna (LTU), 316 meets, seasons 1992 - 2015
7. John Powell (USA), 314 meets, seasons 1970 - 1977, 1979 - 1989
8. Gerd Kanter (EST), 300 meets, seasons 2001-2015

Active throwers, who have at least 75 throws over 60m

15. Mario Pestano 233 meets
21. Piotr Małachowski 189 meets
24. Zoltán Kővágó 182 meets
29-31. Märt Israel 169 meets
32. Erik Cadée 168 meets
38. Robert Harting 155 meets
40. Roland Varga 154 meets
49. Benn Harradine 133 meets
56-57. Casey Malone 124 meets
66. Vikas Gowda 109 meets
68. Martin Wierig 106 meets
74-76. Niklas Arrhenius 100 meets
80-82. Loy Maikel Martínez 96 meets
80-82. Ehsan Hadadi 96 meets
85. Gerhard Mayer 92 meets
87. Jorge Y. Fernández 89 meets
89-91. Hannes Kirchler 87 meets
92-94. Rutger Smith 86 meets
98-100. Robert Urbanek 81 meets

Thank you Priit Tänava for interesting statistics!

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