Gerhard Mayer
Austrian discus thrower
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Born | (1980-05-20) May 20, 1980 (age 44) Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 109 kg (240 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Discus | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 12 August 2012 |
Gerhard Mayer (born May 20, 1980 in Vienna) is a male discus thrower from Austria.
He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 24th place.[1] Mayer is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1999 | European Junior Championships | Riga, Latvia | 6th | 49.65 m[2] |
2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10th | 53.30 m[3] |
2005 | Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 9th | 58.29 m |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 15th (q) | 59.54 m |
2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | 61.55 m |
2008 | Summer Olympics | Beijing, China | 18th (q) | 61.32 m |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 8th | 63.17 m |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 15th (q) | 60.76 m |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 21st (q) | 61.47 m |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 62.85 m |
Summer Olympics | London, United Kingdom | 24th (q) | 60.81 m | |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 18th (q) | 59.85 m |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 15th (q) | 60.78 m |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 30th (q) | 57.73 m |
References
- ^ "London 2012 - Men's Discus". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ European Junior Championships 1999 Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". www.eaa-athletics.ch. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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External links
- Gerhard Mayer at World Athletics
- Gerhard Mayer at Olympics.com
- Gerhard Mayer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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World University Games 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:
Luis Delís (CUB)
- 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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