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2 unusual facts about Hammer throw


Francis Birley

In his time at Oxford he threw the hammer against Cambridge University in 1872 and represented the university at football.

Percy Perry Stadium

Percy Perry Stadium features a 400m polyflex synthetic rubberized track surface, as well as separate areas for long jump/triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, shot put, and javelin.


Centennial Stadium

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.

Dolores Pedrares

María Dolores Pedrares Alonso (born January 17, 1973 in Tuy, Pontevedra) is a retired female hammer thrower from Spain.

Frédéric Kuhn

Frédéric Kuhn (born July 10, 1968 in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine) is a retired male hammer thrower from France, who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Ireland at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Ireland won its first Olympic medal as an independent nation as Pat O'Callaghan won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw.

Jesseca Cross

She attended the University of Wyoming on a basketball scholarship, and then competed for the United States in the hammer throw and shot put at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Kirsten Klose

Kirsten Münchow (known as Kirsten Klose from 2002 until 2007; born 21 January 1977 in Auetal-Rehren) is a German hammer thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000 with a personal best throw of 69.28 metres.

Manuela Priemer

Manuela Priemer (born November 19, 1978 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria) is a retired female hammer thrower from Germany.

Markus Esser

Markus Esser (born 3 February 1980 in Leverkusen) is a male hammer thrower from Germany.

Paul Dickenson

Derek Paul Dickenson (born 4 December 1949 in North Shields, Northumberland) is a retired male hammer thrower from England, who represented the United Kingdom at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976 (Montreal).

Roman Rozna

Roman Rozna (born 25 March 1976 in Grigoriopol, Moldavian SSR) is a male hammer thrower from Moldova.

Sanja Gavrilović

Sanja Gavrilović (born 20 September 1982 in Split, Split-Dalmacija) is a female hammer thrower from Croatia.


see also

Dilshod Nazarov

He set a new national hammer throw record of 79.28 m in Uberlândia, Brazil.

Duncan Gillis

He competed for Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the Hammer throw where he won the silver medal.

Jochen Sachse

Jochen Sachse (born 2 October 1948 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is an East German former athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.

Joseph N. Pew, Jr.

As an undergraduate, Pew was captain of the track team and won the IC4A championship in the hammer throw.

Kıvılcım Kaya

She made first big step to international scene at 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Brixen, after took the silver medal in the girl's hammer throw competition.