Märt Israel
Estonian discus thrower
![]() Israel at the 2011 Bislett Games | |
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Born | (1983-09-23) September 23, 1983 (age 40) Karksi-Nuia |
Education | Tallinn University of Technology[1] |
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 128 kg (282 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus |
Coached by | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson[1] |
Updated on 12 August 2012 |
Märt Israel (born 23 September 1983 in Karksi-Nuia) is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista (his previous best was 66.56 metres, achieved in September 2007 in Helsingborg).
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Result | |
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2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 7th | 59.43 m[2] | |
2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 8th | 54.86 m | |
Universiade | Daegu, South Korea | 12th | 53.57 m | ||
2005 | Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 11th | 57.63 m | |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 14th (q) | 59.80 m | |
2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 3rd | 60.32 m | |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 14th (q) | 61.98 m | |
2009 | Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 4th | 63.35 m | |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 9th | 62.59 m | |
2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 1st | 64.07 m | |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 4th | 65.20 m | ||
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 17th (q) | 60.59 m | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 25th (q) | 60.34 m | ||
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | – | NM |
References
- Märt Israel at World Athletics
- ^ a b 2014 EC bio
- ^ (1.750kg)
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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)
- 2011: Märt Israel (EST)
- 2013: Ronald Julião (BRA)
- 2015: Philip Milanov (BEL)
- 2017: Reginald Jagers III (USA)
- 2019: Matthew Denny (AUS)
- 2021: Oskar Stachnik (POL)
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