Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw | Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw |
He broke world records in the discus throw and high hurdles and won two medals in the 1908 Summer Olympics – a silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles and a bronze medal in the shot put.
Discus thrower Adewale Olukoju and sprinter Mary Onyali became the first athletes to win four All-Africa gold medals.
Discus winners Gerd Kanter and Franka Dietzsch became world champions, while the men's hammer throwers Primož Kozmus and Ivan Tsikhan took the top two spots in Osaka as they did in Yalta.
She was raised in Big Lake, Texas and attended high school at Reagan County High School where she excelled in basketball, shot put and discus throw.
Seelig also won the men's discus throw event (63.52 m) at the Military World Games in 1999 (Zagreb).
Ángel Guillermo Heredia Hernández (born 1975), Mexican sports coach and former discus thrower
Boris Matveyev (athlete), Soviet discus thrower who participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics, see Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
Carmen Ionesco (birth name Ionescu; born 1951), Canadian discus thrower and shot putter of Romanian descent
The stadium features a 400m synthetic rubberized track surface, as well as separate areas for long jump/triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, shot put, and javelin.
Harold Alfond Stadium new in 2008, contains an illuminated 400-meter, 8-lane track, with area for the long and triple jump, new discus and hammer cage and separate areas for shot put and javelin competition.
Danijel Furtula (31 July 1992 in Mojkovac) is a Montenegrin discus thrower who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, coming in 20th in qualification group 2 and not advancing.
Initially a discus thrower (she won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics), she won three silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
This places him seventh among English discus throwers, behind Perriss Wilkins, Richard Slaney, Glen Smith, Carl Myerscough, Robert Weir and Bill Tancred.
The team includes reigning Olympic discus throw champion Gerd Kanter and European Indoor champions Mikk Pahapill and Ksenija Balta.
Ingrid Lotz (born March 11, 1934 in Malliß near Ludwigslust) is an East German athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw event.
Devaluez set her personal best in the women's discus throw event (62.02 metres) on 15 June 1996 in La Garde.
His personal best discus throw was 44.60 metres, achieved in September 1928 in Skotterud.
His most successful athlete was Jean Roberts who won several Commonwealth Games silver and bronze in the Discus and Shot Put during the 1960s and 1970s.
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (born 1939), Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw event
Margus Hunt, defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals, former discus thrower and the former world junior record holder in discus throw.
Sim Iness - Olympic gold medalist and world record holder for the discus.
Saulius Kleiza (born 1964), Lithuanian shot putter and discus thrower
Koji Murofushi comes from a hammer throwing family, as his father Shigenobu Murofushi is a former Olympian and held the Japanese record for 23 years until his son broke it, and his sister, Yuka Murofushi, throws both hammer and discus.
After transferring to the University of California, he attained All-American Status in the discus by placing 8th at the NCAA championships.
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As a competitor for the University of Georgia, he attain All-American status in the discus by placing 6th at the NCAAs.
It also has a Pilder attached to the robot's cranium, able to transform itself into a discus to slice off its target, similar to some of the enemy mechas found in Grendizer.
There she won a gold medal in the F40 discus and a silver medal in the women's F40 shot put event.
This ranks him seventh among German discus throwers, behind Jürgen Schult, Lars Riedel, Wolfgang Schmidt, Armin Lemme, Hein-Direck Neu and Alwin Wagner.
Michael ("Mike") Buncic is a former NCAA record holder in the discus, born to Yugoslavian parents.
As a 13 year old he competed in the GPS 100m, 200m, 400m relay, 100m relay, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot put and discus, winning all of his events bar and discus with a respectable 4th.
Nancy McCredie (born February 5, 1945 in Belleville, Ontario) is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada, who represented her native country in two events (discus and shot put) at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Neubrandenburg was the location of both of the world record throws in Discus, by Jürgen Schult in 1986 and by Gabriele Reinsch in 1988.
She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu.
The Nila Chakra (Blue Discus) is the discus mounted on the top shikhar of the Jagannath Temple at Puri.
He competed in eight Olympic Games from 1948 to 1988, being one of only four persons ever (the others are sailor Ben Ainslie and athletes Carl Lewis in the long jump and Al Oerter in the discus) to win four consecutive individual gold medals (1948, '52, '56, '60), first time in a Firefly, subsequently in Finns.
Billy Mills' upset victory in the 10,000 meters in 1964, the legendary leap of 29’2-1/2 by Bob Beamon in the long jump, the (third and) fourth gold medal in the discus by Al Oerter, the 100 meters sprint world record of 9.9 seconds by Jim Hines, Tommie Smith’s gold medal win in the 200 meters in 19.8 seconds, and Lee Evans’ world record (43.8 seconds) in the 400 meters were among the many Olympic highlights achieved when Jordan was coach.
Eha Rünne, female shot putter and discus thrower from Estonia
Lion Colin Charvis depicted as Atlas with the world on his shoulders, Chris Wyatt struck the famous discus pose, while presenter Amanda Protheroe Thomas recreated a scene form Botticelli’s painting, The Birth of Venus (1486).
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.
Finally, Krishna enters the fight (Canto XX), and after a long battle, strikes off Shishupala's head with Sudarshana Chakra, his discus.
In the discus throw she has 53.07 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Roodepoort.
Stephanie Brown Trafton, U.S. discus thrower who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
His personal best in discus throw was 60.84 m, achieved in April 2010 in Denton, Texas, USA.
Kenneth L. Wilson (1896-1979), American discus thrower and amateur athletics administrator
In 1924, Lilli Henoch, the world record holder in the discus, shot put, and 4 × 100 meters relay events, trained the women's section in the club.
His coach was Mr Werner Goldmann who is currently coaching shot put and discus throw in Berlin.
He was constantly under surveillance by the Volkspolizei and they uncovered a plan for his escape (aided by discus colleagues Ricky Bruch and Alwin Wagner).
This result ranks him ninth among German discus throwers, behind Jürgen Schult, Lars Riedel, Wolfgang Schmidt, Armin Lemme, Hein-Direck Neu, Alwin Wagner, Michael Möllenbeck and Rolf Danneberg.