event weight birth_place height sport birth_date article_title
discus 127 kg lb on tallinn , estonia 1.96 athletics 6 may 1979 gerd kanter

gerd kanter

gerd kanter -lrb- born 6 may 1979 -rrb- is an estonian discus thrower .
he was the 2007 world champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 summer olympics , and bronze in london 2012 .
his personal best throw of 73.38 m is the estonian record and the third best mark of all-time .
he made his first olympic appearance in 2004 and established himself a year later by taking the silver medal at the 2005 world championships .
he was runner-up at the 2006 european athletics championships and won further medals at the world championships in 2009 -lrb- bronze -rrb- and 2011 -lrb- silver -rrb- .
he won the 2012 and the 2013 iaaf diamond league in discus throw .
