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Competitor for Estonia
Medal record
Gerd Kanter
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Discus
World Championships
Gold	2007 Osaka	Discus
Silver	2005 Helsinki	Discus
Bronze	2009 Berlin	Discus
European Championships
Silver	2006 Gothenburg	Discus

Gerd Kanter (born May 6, 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian discus thrower. He competed at the 2004 Olympics, but didn't reach the final. 2005 was his breakthrough year as he won silver medals at the World Championships and World Athletics Final, took home a victory in the European Cup and won the World University Games. He also threw more than 70 metres for the first time.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he took gold with a throw of 68.82 meters, one meter ahead of second-place finisher Piotr Malachowski of Poland.

On September 4 2006, in Helsingborg, Sweden, Kanter threw more than 70 metres in four different rounds (69.46 - 72.30 - 70.43 - 73.38 - 70.51 - 65.88). The best mark of 73.38 m was the third best in history – only Jürgen Schult (74.08 m, 1986) and Virgilijus Alekna (73.88 m, 2000) have thrown further.

On 15 March 2009 he won the European Cup Winter Throwing event in Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain with 69.70. On 22 March 2009, he set a world indoor best 69.51 in Växjö, Sweden.[1]

Achievements

Kanter in Osaka in 2007

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Mark
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	12th	55.14 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	25th	56.63 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th	60.05 m
2004	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	63.28 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	68.57 m
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	1st	65.29 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd	66.01 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	68.03 m
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	68.47 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	1st	68.94 m
2007	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	66.54 m
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	1st	68.82 m^[1]
2008	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	68.38 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	66.88 m

References

^ John Branch (2008-08-24). "Estonia’s Kanter Celebrates Gold Medal in the Discus His Way". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/sports/olympics/24thrower.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss. Retrieved 2008-08-25.

IAAF profile for Gerd Kanter

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Olympic Champions in Men's Discus Throw

1896: Robert Garrett • 1900: Rudolf Bauer • 1904: Martin Sheridan • 1906: Martin Sheridan • 1908: Martin Sheridan • 1912: Armas Taipale • 1920: Elmer Niklander • 1924: Clarence Houser • 1928: Clarence Houser • 1932: John Anderson • 1936: Ken Carpenter • 1948: Adolfo Consolini • 1952: Sim Iness • 1956: Al Oerter • 1960: Al Oerter • 1964: Al Oerter • 1968 Al Oerter • 1972: Ludvík Daněk • 1976: Mac Wilkins • 1980: Viktor Rashchupkin • 1984: Rolf Danneberg • 1988: Jürgen Schult • 1992: Romas Ubartas • 1996: Lars Riedel • 2000: Virgilijus Alekna • 2004: Virgilijus Alekna • 2008: Gerd Kanter

World Champions in Men's Discus Throw

1983 Imrich Bugár \| 1987 Jürgen Schult \| 1991 Lars Riedel \| 1993 Lars Riedel \| 1995 Lars Riedel \| 1997 Lars Riedel \| 1999 Anthony Washington \| 2001 Lars Riedel \| 2003 Virgilijus Alekna \| 2005 Virgilijus Alekna \| 2007 Gerd Kanter \| 2009 Robert Harting

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Discus Throw

1959: Antonios Kounadis (GRE) • 1961: Edmund Piątkowski (POL) • 1963: Gaetano dalla Pria (ITA) • 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE) • 1967: Gary Carlsen (USA) • 1970: János Murányi (HUN) • 1973: Viktor Zhurba (URS) • 1975: Markku Tuokko (FIN) • 1977: Nikolay Vikhor (URS) • 1979: Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) • 1981: Armin Lemme (GDR) • 1983 – 1985: Luis Delís (CUB) • 1987: Randy Heisler (USA) • 1989: Kamy Keshmiri (USA) • 1991: Adewale Olukoju (NGR) • 1993: Alexis Elizalde (CUB) • 1995: Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) • 1997: Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) • 1999: Frantz Kruger (RSA) • 2001: Aleksander Tammert (EST) • 2003: Wu Tao (CHN) • 2005: Gerd Kanter (EST) • 2007: Gerhard Mayer (AUT) • 2009: Mohammad Samimi (IRI)

Awards
Preceded by Andrus Veerpalu	Estonian Sportsman of the Year 2007 – 2008	Succeeded by Andrus Veerpalu

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