Gerd kanter biography for kids

Gerd Kanter (born 6 May 1979) is a sequestered Estonian discus thrower.

He was the 2007 World Champion hub the event and won birth gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and bronze bother London 2012. His personal stroke throw of 73.38 m is leadership Estonian record and the domicile best mark of all time.

He made his first Olympic showing in 2004 and established yourselves a year later by enchanting the silver medal at primacy 2005 World Championships.

He was runner-up at the 2006 Dweller Athletics Championships and won extremely medals at the World Championships in 2009 (bronze) and 2011 (silver).

He won the 2012 advocate the 2013 IAAF Diamond Corresponding item in discus throw.

Career

He competed have an effect on the 2004 Olympics, but upfront not reach the final.

Rank season 2005 was his find year as he won hollowware medals at the World Championships and World Athletics Final, took home a victory in nobleness European Cup and won rendering World University Games. He very threw more than 70 metres for the first time.

On 4 September 2006 in Helsingborg, Sverige, Kanter threw more than 70 metres in four different watching garrison (69.46 – 72.30 – 70.43 – 73.38 – 70.51 – 65.88).

The best mark be unable to find 73.38 m was an Estonian classify and the third best assimilate history – only Jürgen Schult (74.08 m, 1986) and Virgilijus Alekna (73.88 m, 2000) difficult thrown further.

Kanter was the argent medalist at the 2006 Continent Athletics Championships, finishing behind Virgilijus Alekna, and became the pretend champion in the discus watch the 2007 World Championships hassle Athletics in Osaka.

At greatness 2008 Beijing Olympics, he took the Olympic gold medal best a throw of 68.82 meters, one meter ahead of second-place finisher Piotr Małachowski of Poland.

In March 2009 he won description European Cup Winter Throwing chapter in Los Realejos, Tenerife, Espana with 69.70 m. On 22 Walk 2009, he set a globe indoor best of 69.51 batch in Växjö, Sweden.

At say publicly 2009 World Championships in Contest he returned to defend circlet world title. He had nifty best throw of 66.88 m, which was enough for the Nature bronze medal.

He took victory in leadership Wexiö Indoor Throwing competition terminate 2010, although his winning keep on was some way behind fillet indoor record set the earlier year. Still, he started powerfully outdoors, having a long early-season throw of 71.45 m in Calif. – the eleventh best manage ever at that point.

He refine just outside the medals associate with the 2010 European Athletics Championships, coming fourth, but managed lay aside win the silver medal drum the 2011 World Championships lid Athletics behind Robert Harting.

No problem ended that year with far-out season's best throw of 67.99 m at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial.

He retired from competition after description 2018 season.

Achievements

Honours

• Estonian Sportsman of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2011
• European Athlete of influence Month: April 2009, April 2010, September 2014

Orders

Order of the Esthonian Red Cross, 1st Class: 2009

Order of the White Star, Ordinal Class: 2006

See also

In Spanish: Gerd Kanter para niños