SHOT PUT TOP 10 SHOTPUTTERS ALL TIME!
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Countdown of the TOP 10 SHOT PUT PERFORMANCES ALL TIME. *all distances as of March 2007
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Adam Nelson
Adam Nelson (born July 7, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games. In 1996, Nelson worked at a concession stand during the 1996 Summer Olympics in his hometown of Atlanta.
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Adewale Olukoju
Adewale Olukoju (born July 27, 1968 in Zaria, Kaduna State) is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four gold medals in total at the All-Africa Games.
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Al Feuerbach
Allan ("Al") Dean Feuerbach (born January 14, 1948 in Preston, Iowa) is a former track and field athlete from the United States, who competed for his native country in the men's shot put event at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972.
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Alessandro Andrei
Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is a former Italian shot putter. He was born in Florence.
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Amelia Piccinini
Amelia Piccinini (January 17, 1917 – April 3, 1979) was an Italian athlete.
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Andrei Mikhnevich
Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich (, ; born 12 July 1976 in Babruysk) is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 22.00 metres, set in 2008. He holds the Belarusian record indoors with a throw of 21.81 m at the national indoor championships.
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Arsi Harju
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Astrid Kumbernuss
Astrid Kumbernuss (born 5 February 1970 in Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.
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Belsy Laza
Belsy Laza Muñoz (born 5 June 1967 in Guantánamo) is a retired Cuban shot putter. Her personal best put was 20.96 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Mexico City. This is the current North America, Central America and the Caribbean (NACAC) record.
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Bill Nieder
William ("Bill") Henry Nieder (born 10 August 1933) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put. He was born in Hempstead, New York.
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Bishop Dolegiewicz
Zbigniew "Bishop" Dolegiewicz (July 8, 1953 – October 29, 2008) was a Canadian professional track and field athlete and coach who specialized in the shot put and the discus throw.
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Brian Oldfield
Brian Oldfield (born June 1, 1945 in Elgin, Illinois ) is a former American athlete and personality of the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Burger Lambrechts
Burger Lambrechts (born 3 April 1973 in Phalaborwa) is a South African shot putter.
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C. J. Hunter
Cottrell J. Hunter, III (born December 14, 1968, in Washington, D.C.) is a former American shot putter and coach. He was the 1999 World Champion, but is perhaps best known for his involvement in the BALCO scandal and as the onetime spouse of sprinter Marion Jones. His personal best was 71' 9" (21.87 meters), thrown during a 2nd place finish in the 2000 US Olympic Trials. A month later he was tested positive for the performance enhancing steroid Nandrolone at the Bislett Games, which was revealed before he competed in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. He had previously competed at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, finishing seventh
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Carl Myerscough
Carl Myerscough (pronounced Myers/co) (born 21 October 1979 in Hambleton, Lancashire) is an English athlete. He specialises in the Shot put event and is the British record holder as of 2006.
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Carmen Ionescu
For the Canadian discus thrower and shot putter with the same name see Carmen Ionescu (athlete)
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Christian Cantwell
Christian Cantwell (born September 30, 1980 in Jefferson City, Missouri) is a World Champion American shot putter. As of 2008 he is 6' 5" tall and weighs 300 [http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Cantwell_Christian.asp] or 335 lbs [http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/07/30/magazine/803BODIES_index.html].
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Clarence Houser
Lemuel Clarence ("Bud") Houser (September 25, 1901 in Winigan, Missouri – October 1, 1994 in Gardena, California) was an American field athlete.
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Claudia Losch
Claudia Losch (born January 10, 1960 in Wanne-Eickel) is a German track and field athlete.
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Dallas Long
Dallas Crutcher Long (born 13 June 1940) is an American athlete, who was four time world record holder in the shot put. He was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
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Darrow Hooper
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Dave Laut
David ("Dave") Lester Laut (December 21, 1956 – August 28, 2009) was an American shot putter. He was born in Findlay, Ohio.
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Denis Horgan
Denis Horgan (May 18, 1871 – June 2, 1922) was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower, born in Banteer, County Cork, who competed mainly in the shot put.
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Dorian Scott
Dorian Armand Scott (born 1 February 1982 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States) is a Jamaican shot putter. His personal best is 21.45 meters, achieved in March 2008 in Tallahassee, Florida. This is also the Jamaican record.
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Earlene Brown
Earlene Dennis Brown (June 11, 1935 – May 1983) was a U.S. African American athlete notable for her careers in the sports of track and field and roller games. Brown was born in Laredo, Texas.
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Eduard Gushchin
Eduard Viktorovich Gushchin () (born July 27, 1940 in village Motygino, Motyginsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Shot Put. Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class, he trained at VSS Trud in Moscow Oblast.
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Elisângela Adriano
Elisângela Maria Adriano (born July 27, 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja. Her personal best discus throw is 61.96 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Leopoldo. In 1999 she was suspended by the IAAF for a two-year period, but she was later early reinstated. She competed in both the discus and shot put at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, without reching the final in either event. She also competed in the discus at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.
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Elmer Niklander
Elmer Konstantin Niklander (January 19, 1890 – November 12, 1942) was a Finnish athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put.
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Emil Hirschfeld
Emil Hirschfeld (July 31, 1903 – February 23, 1968) was a German athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.
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Eric Lemming
Eric Valdemar Lemming (22 February 1880 – 5 June 1930) was a Swedish athlete who competed in a wide variety of events.
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Frantisek Douda
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Gael Martin
Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin (born 27 August 1956 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian athlete, daughter of footballer Ken Mulhall,[http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/K/Ken_Mulhall.html] an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club.
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Galina Zybina
Galina Ivanovna Zybina () (born January 22, 1931 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower who won three Olympic medals. She trained at VSS Zenit and later at VSS Trud. Her fame rests primarily on eight consecutive world records in the shot put (1952 - 1956).
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Geoff Capes
Geoffrey Lewis Capes (born 23 August 1949) is a former British, and twice Commonwealth Games shot putt champion, and former two-time winner of the World's Strongest Man title. Capes stood and weighed at his peak condition.
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Georgios Papasideris
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Gerhard Stöck
Gerhard Stöck (July 28, 1911 – March 29, 1985) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the shot put and javelin throw.
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Glenn Hartranft
Samuel Glenn ("Tiny") Hartranft (3 December 1901 – 12 August 1970) was an American athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw.
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Gong Lijiao
Gong Lijiao (Chinese: 巩立姣) (born January 24, 1989 in Luquan County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei) is a Chinese shot putter.
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Gregg Tafralis
Gregory ("Gregg") Louise Tafralis (born April 9, 1958 in San Francisco, California) is a former track and field athlete from the United States, who set the best world year performance in the men's shot put event in 1992. He competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in ninth place.
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Hans Woellke
Hans Otto Woellke (born 18 February 1911 in Bischofsburg, Ermland – 26 March 1943 in Guba) near Minsk, Belarus. He was a German athlete who mainly competed in the shot put, who won the gold medal in the men's shot put competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
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Harlow Rothert
Harlow Phelps Rothert (1 April 1908 – 13 August 1997) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.
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Harry Liversedge
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Hartmut Briesenick
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Helena Fibingerová
Helena Fibingerová () (born July 13, 1949) is a Czech shot putter who won an Olympic bronze medal and set three world records. She was born in Víceměřice.
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Helma Knorscheidt
Helma Knorscheidt (born 31 December 1956 in Nauendorf, Saalkreis) is a retired East German shot putter.
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Herman Brix
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Huang Zhihong
Huang Zhihong (; born May 7, 1965 in Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang) is a former shot put athlete from China. An Olympic silver medallist and a double world champion, she was in fact the first Asian to win a world championship in athletics. Her personal best throw is 21.52, achieved in Beijing 1990.
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Ilona Briesenick
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Ilona Slupianek
Ilona Briesenick, née Schoknecht divorced Slupianek (born September 24, 1956 in Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a retired German athlete, who starred mainly in the shot put. She became Olympic, European and seven times GDR champion and set world records twice.
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Ine Schäffer
Inga "Ine" Schäffer (later - Mayer Bojana) (born March 28, 1923) is an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the Shot put.
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Ines Müller
Ines Müller, née Reichenbach (born January 2, 1959 in Grimma, Muldentalkreis, Saxony), is a German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the shot put during the 1980s. Her biggest success was the bronze medal in the 1987 World Championship.
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Irina Khudoroshkina
Irina Khudoroshkina (born October 13, 1968) is a Russian shot putter.
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Irina Korzhanenko
Irina Korzhanenko (born May 16, 1974 in Azov) is a former Russian shot putter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In the following years she became European Indoor champion, European champion and World Indoor champion.
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Ivanka Hristova
Ivanka Marinova Hristova (; born November 19, 1941 in Osikovitsa, Sofia) is a retired Bulgarian shot putter. She won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the bronze in 1972. In addition she won the 1976 European Indoor Championships.
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Ivanka Khristova
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Jane Haist
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Janus Robberts
Janus Robberts (born March 10, 1979 in Louis Trichardt) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. He is the current African record holder in shot put with 21.97 metres, and also a former junior world record holder. He also holds the African indoor record with 21.47 metres, achieved in December 2001 in Norman.
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Jean Roberts
Jean Roberts (born 18 August 1943) is a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the shot put and discus events.
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Jim Delaney
Francis James "Jim" Delaney (born 1 March 1921) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.
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Jim Doehring
James ("Jim") F. Doehring (born 27 January 1962 in Santa Barbara, California) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.
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Jim Fuchs
James "Jim" Emanuel Fuchs (born 6 December 1927) is an American former athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.
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Jiri Skobla
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Joachim Olsen
Joachim Brøchner Olsen (born 31 May 1977 in Aalborg, Denmark) is a former world class shot putter.
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Johanna Lüttge
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John Garrels
John Carlyle Garrels (November 18, 1885 – October 21, 1956) was an American athlete. He won the silver medal in the men's 110 metres hurdles race and a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He was also a starting left end and fullback for the 1904, 1905, and 1906 Michigan Wolverines football teams.
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John Godina
John Carl Godina (born May 31, 1972 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.
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John Kuck
John Henry Kuck (April 27, 1905 – September 21, 1986) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.
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Josiah McCracken
Josiah Calvin McCracken (March 30, 1874 - February 15, 1962) nicknamed Joe, was born into a devout Presbyterian family in Lincoln, Tennessee. His earliest known Ulster-Scots ancestors settled in Pennsylvania before the French & Indian War (Seven Years War). When Joe was 8 years old, his parents moved to Garnett, Kansas, and by the time he reached 17, the family was living in Sterling, Kansas.
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Justin Anlezark
Justin ("Judo") Anlezark (born 14 August 1977 in Katherine) is a male shot putter from Australia. His personal best throw is 20.96 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Brisbane.
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Kathrin Neimke
Kathrin Neimke (July 18, 1966 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt), is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990's she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany. Her biggest success were the two Olympic medals, the first a silver mdeal at the 1988 Olympic Summer Games in Seoul, and the second a bronze at the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona.
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Kevin Toth
Kevin Toth (born 29 December 1967 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former American shot put athlete.
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Larisa Peleshenko
Larisa Alexandrovna Peleshenko (), née Agapova (born February 29, 1964 in Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast) is a retired Russian shot putter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000. In her early career she won European Indoor silver medals, but in February 1995 she received a four-year drugs ban. Having originally won the 1995 World Indoor Championships, she lost the medal. She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.
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Lars Arvid Nilsen
Lars Arvid Nilsen (born 15 April 1965 in Notodden) is a retired Norwegian shot putter. He represented Urædd Friidrett.
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Lawrence Whitney
Lawrence Atwood Whitney (February 2, 1891 – April 24, 1941) was an American athlete and baseball player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the bronze medal in the shot put, and also competed for the US in the exhibition baseball tournament.
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Leo Sexton
Leo Joseph Sexton (August 27, 1909 – September 6, 1968) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.
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Leon Feuerbach
Lawrence Edward Joseph "Leon" Feuerbach (1884 - November 16, 1911) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.
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Li Meisu
Li Meisu (; born April 17, 1959 in Hebei) is a retired Chinese shot putter who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
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Marco Antonio Verni
Marco Antonio Verni (born 27 February 1976 in Holguin) is a Chilean shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Santiago de Chile.
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Margitta Gummel
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Marianne Adam
Marianne Adam (born 19 September 1951 in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg) is a retired shot putter who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. She was born in Luckenwalde. She was a member of SC Dynamo Berlin. She won the bronze medal at the 1974 European Championships in Athletics, and at the European Indoor Championships she won one gold medal (1975), one silver medal (1979) and two bronze medals (1972, 1974).
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Marianne Werner
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Marita Lange
Marita Lange (born June 22, 1943 in Halle) is a former athlete from East Germany, who won the silver medal behind team mate Margitta Gummel in the shot put event at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Martin Sheridan
Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was "one of the greatest athletes this country has ever known" according to his obituary in the New York Times. He was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland and died in St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the day before his 37th birthday, a very early casualty of the 1918 flu pandemic. He's buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. He was part of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the "Irish Whales."
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Meisu Li
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Micheline Ostermeyer
Micheline Ostermeyer (December 23, 1922 – October 17, 2001) was a French athlete and pianist.
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Mihaly David
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Mika Halvari
Mika Kristian Halvari (born February 13, 1970 in Kemi) is a Finnish shot putter who has quit active competition. When competing, he represented Kemin Kunto and Helsingin Kisa-Veikot, weighing in at 140 kg on his 190 cm frame.
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Mike Stulce
Michael ("Mike") Stulce (born July 14, 1969 in Killeen, Texas) is a former shot putter from the United States who was an outstanding athlete at Texas A&M; University. He won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He is also three times national champion. In 1993 he won the U.S. National shot put Championships.
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Mike Winch
Mike Winch (born 20 July 1948) is a retired UK athlete who won a Commonwealth shot put silver medal in the 1974 Christchurch and 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games.
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Myrtle Augee
Myrtle Sharon Mary Augee (born 4 February 1965 in Greenwich, Greater London) is a retired English shot putter. Her personal best put was 19.03 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Cardiff. This places her second on the British outdoor list, behind Judy Oakes. She was also a World Champion in powerlifting.
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Nadezhda Chizhova
Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova () (born 29 September, 1945 in Usolye-Sibirskoye) is a Soviet shot putter who won three Olympic medals and set seven new world records. Nadezhda Chizhova trained at VSS Spartak. She became the first woman to break both the 20 metre and 21 metre barrier. Her toughest rival was Margitta Gummel.
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Nadine Kleinert
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Nadzeya Astapchuk
Nadzeya Astapchuk (; , Nadezhda Ostapchuk; born October 12, 1980) is a Belarusian shot putter. She rose to top international level in the early 2000's, winning several medals, and finishing fourth at her first Summer Olympics in 2004. She became world champion in 2005.
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Natallia Mikhnevich
Natallia Mikhnevich (, née , Kharaneka; born May 25, 1982 in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Belarusian shot putter.
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Natalya Akhrimenko
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Natalya Lisovskaya
Natalya Lisovskaya (; born 16 July 1962 in Alegazy, Bashkir ASSR) is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.
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Oleksandr Bagach
Oleksandr Bagach () born November 21, 1966 in Matusiv) is a former Ukrainian shot putter.
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Olga Ryabinkina
Olga Sergeyevna Ryabinkina (; born September 24, 1976 in Bryansk) is a female shot putter from Russia.
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Oliver-Sven Buder
Oliver-Sven Buder (born June 23, 1966 in Erlabrunn, Saxony) is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal. Until 1990 he represented East Germany.
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Parry O'Brien
'''William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien''' (January 28, 1932 – April 21, 2007) was an American shot put champion. Born in Santa Monica, California, he competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics where he won two gold medals (1952, 1956) and one silver medal (1960). In his last Olympic competition (1964) he placed fourth. For this, he is inducted in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
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Patrick McDonald
Patrick Francis "Fat Mac" McDonald (July 29, 1878 – May 16, 1954) was born in Doonbeg, County Clare, Ireland. He competed as an American track and field athlete in a variety of the throwing events. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and of the New York City Police Department, working as a traffic cop in Times Square for many years. He was part of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the "Irish Whales."
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Ralf Bartels
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Ralph Hills
Ralph Gorman Hills (19 January 1902 – September 20, 1977) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.
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Ralph Rose
Ralph Waldo Rose (March 17, 1885 – October 16, 1913) was an American track and field athlete.
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Randy Barnes
Eric Randolph ("Randy") Barnes (born June 16, 1966) is an American shot putter who holds outdoor and indoor distance records. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics.
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Randy Matson
James Randel ("Randy") Matson (born March 5, 1945 in Kilgore, Texas) is a former United States Olympic shot put thrower. In 1968 he stood , and weighed about .
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Reese Hoffa
Reese Hoffa (born October 8, 1977 in Evans, Georgia) is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. As of 2007, his personal bests stand at 22.11 m (72' 6.25") indoor and 22.43 m (73' 7") outdoor. His outdoor performance ranks him 11th on the world all-time lists. He is married to Renata Hoffa, a math teacher at Oconee County High School.
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Remigius Machura
Remigius Machura () (born July 3, 1960 in Rychnov nad Kněžnou) is a retired shot putter who represented Czechoslovakia. His career highlights include a bronze medal at the first World Championships and a gold medal at the first World Indoor Championships. He also represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics where he finished fifth. His personal best put of 21.93 metres puts him 20th in the all-time performers list and he remains the Czech record holder in the event indoors and outdoors.
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Richard Sheldon
Richard Sheldon (July 9, 1878 - January 23, 1935) was the winner of the gold medal in the men's shot put at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. Sheldon, an American, won with a throw of 14.10 m. He also won a bronze medal in the discus throw.
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Robert Garrett
Robert Garrett (May 24, 1875 – April 25, 1961) was an American athlete. He was the first modern Olympic champion in discus throw and shot put.
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Rutger Smith
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Rutger Smith (born July 9, 1981 in Groningen) is a Dutch athlete competing in shot put and discus throw, the first athlete to win medals at World Championships in both events. At the 2000 World Junior Championships he won medals in both events, and he competed in both events at the 2004 Olympics. In 2005 he won silver medals in shot put at the European Indoor Championships and World Championships.
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Scott Martin
Scott Martin (born 12 October 1982 in Wodonga, Victoria) is an Australian shot putter and discus throw competitor. He rose to prominence in a National Australia Bank advertisement promoting the 2006 Commonwealth Games; in the ad, Martin was shown taking part in a ballet class to improve his discus technique. He won a bronze medal in the men's shot put at the Games, and won gold in the men's discus throw.
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Stephanie Storp
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Sui Xinmei
Sui Xinmei (born January 29, 1965) is a Chinese shot putter who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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Sulo Bärlund
Sulo Richard Bärlund (April 15, 1910 – April 13, 1986) was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.
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Svetlana Krivelyova
Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Кривелёва; born June 13, 1969 in Bryansk, Russia) is an athlete who specialises in the shot put.
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Tamara Press
Tamara Natanovna Press (; , Tamara Natanivna Press) (born 10 May 1937 in Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a former Soviet shot putter and discus thrower in the 1960s. She competed for VSS Trud. Together with her younger sister Irina Press, who was also a track athlete, she was half of the "Press Sisters", a duo who won almost everything that there was to win in track and field, except for distance running.
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Tamara Tyshkevich
Tamara Andreevna Tyshkevich () (March 31, 1931 – December 27, 1997) was an athlete who mainly competed in the shot put event. She trained in Leningrad at Zenit and represented the Soviet Union.
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Tomasz Majewski
Tomasz Majewski (born 30 August 1981 in Nasielsk) is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm (6' 8½") tall and weighs 140 kg (300 lb).
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Udo Beyer
Udo Beyer (born August 9, 1955) is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the shot put.
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Ulf Timmermann
Ulf Timmermann (born 1 November 1962 in East Berlin) is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres (along with Randy Barnes).
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Val Young
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Valerie Adams
Valerie Kasanita Adams, ONZM (born 6 October 1984) is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion. She also currently holds the New Zealand, Oceanian and Commonwealth records for the shot put with a personal best of 21.07 m.
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Ville Pörhölä
Frans Wilhelm ("Ville") Pörhölä (originally Horneman, born December 24, 1897 – November 28, 1964) was a Finnish athlete who competed in shot put, discus throw, hammer throw and weight throw.
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Vilmos Varjú
Vilmos Varjú (10 June 1937 in Gyula, Békés – February 17, 1994 in Budapest) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the shot putt.
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Vita Pavlysh
Vita Pavlysh (Віта Павлиш in Ukrainian, born January 15, 1969 in Ukraine) is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put.
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Vivian Chukwuemeka
Vivian Chukwuemeka (born May 4, 1975) is a Nigerian shot putter. She also competes in discus throw and hammer throw, but not on world level.
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Vladimir Kiselyov
Vladimir Viktorovich Kiselyov () (born 1 January 1957 in Myski, Kemerovo Oblast) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the shot put during his career.
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Werner Günthör
Werner Günthör (born 1 June 1961 in Uttwil) is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.
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Wesley Coe
William Wesley Coe, Jr. (May 8, 1879 – December 24, 1926) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.
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Wilbur Thompson
Wilbur Marvin "Moose" Thompson (born 6 April 1921 in Frankfort, South Dakota) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.
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Władysław Komar
Władysław Komar (11 April 1940 – 17 August 1998) was a Polish shot put champion, who was born in Kaunas. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal (21.18 m) at Munich in 1972.
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Yumileidi Cumbá
Yumileidi Cumbá Jay (born February 11, 1975 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban shot putter.
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Yuriy Bilonoh
Yuriy Bilonoh (, also romanized as Yuriy Bilonog, born March 9, 1974) is a Ukrainian shot putter. Born in Bilopillya, Sumy, he began athletics at a Children and Youth Sports School in Bilopillya, where his first trainer was Vladimir Belikov. Bilonoh won the gold medal in his event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Olympics he had finished fifth. In 2002 he was European champion. Bilonoh, who now lives in Odessa, is 200 cm (6'7") tall and weighs 132 kg (290 lb).
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Yvonne Hanson-Nortey
Yvonne W. A. Hanson-Nortey (born 18 February 1964 in Croydon, Greater London) is a retired female shot putter from England. She was affiliated with Hallamshire Harriers.
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Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York. It consists of Manhattan Island and several small adjacent islands: Roosevelt Island, Randall's Island, Wards Island, Governors Island, Liberty Island, part of Ellis Island, and U Thant Island; as well as Marble Hill, a small section on the mainland adjacent to the Bronx. The original city of New York began at the southern end of Manhattan, and expanded in 1898 to include surrounding counties. It is the smallest, yet most urbanized of the five boroughs.
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is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshū, the designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the heart of Greater Osaka Area. Located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay,
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Oslo ( or ) is the capital and largest city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III "Hardrada" of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624. The Danish–Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania (briefly also spelt Kristiania). In 1925 the city reclaimed its original Norwegian name, Oslo. The diocese of Oslo is one of the five original dioceses in Norway, which originated around the year 1070.
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Prague (; , see also ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Nicknames for Prague have included: Praga mater urbium/Praha matka měst ("Prague – Mother of Cities") in Latin/Czech, Stověžatá Praha ("City of a Hundred Spires") in Czech and Zlaté město/Goldene Stadt ("Golden City") in Czech/German.
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Sochi (, ) is a resort city, situated in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, just north of the border of the disputed territory of Abkhazia (largely recognised as part of the Republic of Georgia), and the southern Russian border fronting the Black Sea. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea and against the background of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. At , Greater Sochi claims to be the longest city in Europe. As of the 2002 Census, it had a population of 328,809, down from 336,514 recorded in the 1989 Census. In 2006, the population was estimated to be 395,012. The city has been selected to be the host of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014. Sochi enjoys a humid subtropical climate-Mediterranean-type.
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Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 411,196. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, west of Saint Petersburg.
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Tula () is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population:
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Varna
Varna (, pronounced ) is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in Northern Bulgaria, third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, and 92nd-largest in the European Union, with a population of 358,724 (500,502 in Varna Province).
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Viareggio
Viareggio is a city and comune located in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Ligurian Sea. With a population of over 64,000 it is the main centre of the northern Tuscan Riviera known as Versilia, and the second largest city within the Province of Lucca.
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Walnut is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population is 30,004 and its current mayor is Tom King, a former Detective from the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Westwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lassen County, California, United States. Westwood is located west-southwest of Susanville, at an elevation of 5128 feet (1563 m). The population was 1,998 at the 2000 census.
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Shot Put Instructional Video
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- Published: 13 Mar 2009
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- Author: ThrowersRule
Shot Put Instructional Video
Giants of Track: Men's Shot Put
This is video of the top 4 men's throwers at the 2009 USATF National Championships in Eugene, OR. Video was shot at 210 frames per second by USATF shot put biomechanist Mike Young and features Christian Cantwell, Dan Taylor, Reese Hoffa, and Adam Nelson. You can purchase Mike's dvd on the rotational shot put at hpcsport.com
Track & Field Training : How to Train for the Shot Put
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- Duration: 2:27
- Published: 05 Dec 2008
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- Author: expertvillage
Training for the shot put means strength training for both the upper and lower body. Train for the shot put with tips from a sports-performance director in this free athletics video on track and field. Expert: Les Whitley Contact: www.velocitysp.com/coolsprings Bio: Les Whitley is director of Velocity Sports Performance in Franklin, Tennessee. He has a degree in exercise science. Filmmaker: Tim Brown
Basics - Shot Put
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- Duration: 2:01
- Published: 28 May 2008
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- Author: Griff15garfield
Bozeman High School's James Cole teaches me how to put the shot. The weekend after we shot this, James won the State Class AA Shot Put title with a put of 55'11". Check out my videos for more Basics and watch the 10@10 on ABC, every night in western Montana at 10pm.
SHOT PUT TECHNIQUE COMPARISON - GLIDERS
Shot put technique comparison of the greatest GLIDERS ever...slow motion and still frame shots of TIMMERMANN, ANDREI, GUNTHOR, BEYER, BRENNER, and CARTER.
Finnish Shot Put Throwers
New and improwed video of great finnish shot put throwers.
Reese Hoffa produces longest shot put of the year
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- Published: 24 Aug 2007
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- Author: sportsnetwork
The men's shot put produced a dramatic finale as Reese Hoffa of the United States won it with the final throw of the competition -- which at 22.43 meters was a personal best by almost half a meter and the longest in the world this year. (WCSN, WCSN.com)
SHOT PUT TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS- RANDY BARNES , ROTATIONAL STYLE
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VERY RARE SHOT PUT FOOTAGE of Randy Barnes private training session . widely considered to have the most effortless and efficient rotational technique. with slow motion freeze frame. an AWESOME technician , for further demos go to randybarnes,com
Hoffa bests Nelson in shot put
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- Published: 26 Aug 2007
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- Author: sportsnetwork
American Reese Hoffa shed forever the tag of the unknown shot-putter when he hurled his way to a gold medal on the opening day of the world championships on Saturday. (WCSN, WCSN.com)
SHOT PUT, DISCUS, AND HAMMER THROWERS IN ACTION
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- Published: 16 Aug 2009
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SHOT PUT...the WOMEN.
SHOT PUT WOMEN...they can and will KICK YOUR ASS. featuring some of the top wman shotputters of all time.
Shot Put 03/06/10 @ Findlay Ohio - 4 High School Thowers over 60'
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- Published: 06 Mar 2010
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Dustin Brode, Canfield - 65'3.75" Matthew Hoty, Perkins - 63'9.75" Justin Welch, Eastwood - 62'8.00" Cody Riffle, St. John's - 60'0.00" Throws in order shown: Brode - 63'3:00 Brode - 65'3.75 (Winner) Riffle - 58'+ Hoty - 63'0.00" Brode - 67'+ FOUL Welch - 59'+ Hoty - 63'9.75" (Indoor PR) Hoty - 62'10" Riffle - 59'10" Welch - 60'5.75" Hoty - 62'1.00" Brode - 64'5.00" Welch - 62'8.00" (Indoor PR) Hoty - 63'0.00" Brode - 66+ FOUL Best non-national shot competition you'll ever see. Great competition during meet, even better during warm ups. All four threw warm ups over 63' Brode is going to Harvard Hoty is committed to Tennessee Welch is committed to Georgia Riffle is going to Michigan Best throws state meet in the country on June 4 & 5 Division I - Brode vs. Riffle Division II - Hoty vs. Welch All four should be 62'+ Shot and 190'+ Discus
Randy barnes world record shotput @ UCLA
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- Duration: 1:49
- Published: 12 Jun 2007
- Uploaded: 07 May 2011
- Author: freebirdjoe
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AWESOME RANDY BARNES SHOT PUT COMPILATION
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- Duration: 3:49
- Published: 27 Nov 2006
- Uploaded: 05 May 2011
- Author: damnDworld
A DEDICATION TO RANDY BARNES D GREATEST SHOT PUTTER OF ALL TIMES,, A MUST WATCH FOR EVERY SHOT PUT FAN AND RANDY BARNES ADMIRER
Heavens On Fire-Shot Put Compilation
shot put compilation whit music music: KIZZ-Heavens On Fire
1996 shot put final round
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- Duration: 4:20
- Published: 29 Dec 2006
- Uploaded: 14 Apr 2011
- Author: damnDworld
the final round transmission of the atlanta olympcs shot put event
SHOT PUT Jacko GILL 23,86m 5kg World Youth record.m4v
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- Duration: 2:21
- Published: 11 Dec 2010
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- Author: DPTHROWSCOACHING
Jacko GILL had made of the NEW ZEALAND school champs in Hastings 11 february a rendez vous to try to break the World Youth 5kg shot put record (23,23m) achieved by Polish Krystof BORZOZOWSKY at the youth Olympic Singapore last august where Jacko , ill , had to satisfy with the 2nd place and wanted a revenge. After 6 throws of the best ever shot put serie ever seen in the world , Jacko got his goal by breaking 3 times the world youth record with 23,26m , then 23,57m and finally 23,86m . A huge performance as Jacko has not even yet turned 16 and will be still throwing this implement next year , maybe for even more incredible distances !!! (note ; His last attempt slightly out of sector was over 24m !)
Cartwheel Shot Put
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- Duration: 0:13
- Published: 03 Apr 2007
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- Author: tigertrack
Casey doing a cartwheel throwing the shot. 34'2 (PR as a multi event athlete). Now in 2008, the NCAA made this illegal.
BRIAN OLDFIELD shot put tribute video
Shot put LEGEND BRIAN OLDFIELD TRIBUTE video compilation
Poland's shot put giant - Sportsworld - 5 March 09
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- Duration: 2:47
- Published: 27 Jul 2009
- Uploaded: 16 Apr 2011
- Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Al Jazeera's Matt Rumsey meets 'Polish Giant' Tomasz Majewski, who aims to follow his historic gold at the Beijing Olympics with another win at August's World Athletics Championships in Berlin. For more sports news and features go to english.aljazeera.net
Heroes Of Shot Put
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Randy Barnes Shotput Progression Since 7th Grade
Randy Barnes Shotput Progression Since 7th Grade
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Soldiers and Cadets Pursue Foreign Badge
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North Carolina State shot putter Mitchell Pope throws the shot put in the finals of the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, June 9, 2007. Pope finished second with a throw of 64 feet, 9 and 3/4 inches.
photo: AP / Alastair Grant
Slovakia's Mikulas Konopka competes in the final of the Men's shot put during the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England Friday March 2, 2007.
photo: AP / Fernando Bustamante
Ukraine's Lyudmila Blonska makes an attempt during Shot Put of the Women's Pentathlon at the Athletics World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain, Friday, March 7, 2008.
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Trey Hardee of the United States reacts as he competes in the Decathlon Shot put during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009.
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New Zealand's Valerie Vili reacts after winning the gold medal in the Women's Shot Put final at the World Athletics Championships Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007 in Osaka, Japan.
photo: AP / Thomas Kienzle
New Zealand's Valerie Vili makes an attempt during qualification for the Women's Shot Put at the Athletics World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, March 8, 2008.
photo: AP / Lionel Cironneau
Oceania's Valeri Vili of New Zealand competes for the Women's Shot Put during the 10th IAAF World Cup track and field at the Olympic Stadium in Athens on Sunday Sept. 17, 2006.
photo: AP / Thomas Kienzle
United States' Christian Cantwell makes an attempt in the final of the men's shot put during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008.
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Poland's Tomasz Majewski celebrates winning the gold medal in the final of the men's shot put during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008.
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Indian policemen carry the coffin during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
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Indian policemen carry the coffin during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Indian policemen carry the coffin during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Indian policemen carry the coffin during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Indian policemen stand to attention during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Indian policemen stand to attention during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
An Indian police officer salutes during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Indian policemen stand to attention during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Indian policemen carry the coffin during a ceremony for an Indian police-man shot dead during an attack by militants in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks in the Indian Kashmir summer capital, the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
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Trey Gilder
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U.S. Forces in Bosnia III, JOINT ENDEAVOR
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that the village of Codiponte in Tuscany, Italy.
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A police man puts up mug shots of suspected members of the government armed militia who allegedly participated in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province during a press conference at Camp Crame, police headquarters in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009.
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Player releases a short jump shot, while her defender is either knocked down, or trying to "take a charge."
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Girl in a store at the Center Point shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The shop is completely packed, with barely any room left to put things (even on the ceiling!).
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Hollywood Stunt Driver
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Operation Specialist Seaman Travon Cuffee a member of the guided-missile frigate USS Kaufman (FFG 59) basketball team, puts up a shot against a local Gabonese team.
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Chicken Tamales
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An Israel border police officer holds his weapon as a paramedic rushes put of the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010.
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An indian policeman sit inside sumo in Srinagar on August 1, 2009. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead two policemen and injured two others in two point-blank gun attacks the first attacks in months, police said. Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly 20-year insurgency that has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
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Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy ball (called the shot) as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the push.
Competitions and rules
Competitors take their throw from inside a circle 2.135 m (7 feet) in diameter, with a stopboard approximately 4 inches (10 cm) high at the front of the circle. The distance thrown is measured from the inside of the circumference of the circle to the nearest mark made by the falling shot in the soil.
Rules
Foul throws occur when an athlete:
Myths. The following are either obsolete or non-existent rules:
Competition
Each competition has a set number of rounds of throws. Typically there are 3 rounds of preliminaries to determine seats for the final, and three more rounds are given in the final. Each competitor is credited with his/her longest throw, regardless if that was achieved in the preliminary or final rounds. The competitor with the farthest legal put is declared the winner.In open US and international competition, the men's shot weighs 7.260 kilograms (16 lb), and the women's shot weighs 4 kg (8.82 lb). American high schools, under NFHS rules, use 12 pounds (5.44 kg) shots for boys and 4 kg shots for girls. In US Masters and World Masters competition the following shots are used:
In international youth competition, 16-17 year-old boys use the 5 kg shot, and 18-19 year-old boys use the 6 kg shot. Girls use the 4 kg shot in these categories.
Shot put competitions have been held at the Summer Olympic Games since their inception, and is also included as an event in athletic world championships. The shot put originates from Highland games 'stone put' where competitors put a rounded cube, stone, or metal form of considerable weight from behind a given line. Cannon ball throwing contests were organised in 17th century England. Although Scottish athletics has an analogous event, this does not necessarily indicate a common origin.
Putting styles
Two putting styles are in current general use by shot put competitors: the glide and the spin.The origin of the 'glide' dates to 1951, when Parry O'Brien of the United States invented a technique that involves the putter facing backwards, rotating 180 degrees across the circle, and then tossing the shot. With this technique, a right-hand thrower begins facing the rear of the circle and kicks to the front with the left leg while pushing off forcefully with the right. The key is to move quickly across the circle with as little air under the feet as possible, hence the name "glide". As the thrower crosses the circle, the hips twist toward the front, followed by the shoulders and strikes in a putting motion with their arm.
In 1972 year Aleksandr Baryshnikov set his first USSR record by using a new putting style. In 1976 Aleksandr Baryshnikov set a world record with "spin" style and first time crossed 22 metres bound. That "spin" style ("круговой мах" in Russian) was invented by his coach Viktor Alexeyev.The spin was also invented in the United States in 1976 . From this, in 1976, Brian Oldfield popularized the spin technique which involves rotating like a discus thrower and using rotational momentum for power. Oldfield set the record of in 1975; it was unofficial, however, because he was a professional at a time when the IAAF had an amateur-only policy, but undisputed and over 3 feet better than the official world record at the time. Oldfield's record in the 33 years since has been bettered by only . In the spin, a right-handed thrower faces the rear, and begins to spin on the ball of the left foot. The thrower comes around and faces the front of the circle and drives the right foot into the middle of the circle. Finally, the thrower reaches for the front of the circle with the left foot, twists his hips and shoulders like in the glide, and puts the shot.
With all putting styles, the goal is to release the shot with maximum forward velocity at an angle of approximately forty degrees. Currently, most top male shot putters use the spin, but the glide remains popular, especially at the amateur level and among women, since the technique breeds higher consistency for the athlete as opposed to the rotational technique. It is worth noting that the world record by a male putter (Randy Barnes was completed with the spin technique, while the close second-best all-time distance (Ulf Timmermann was completed with the glide technique. The U.S. high school record for the 12-pound shot, by Michael Carter, was also completed with the glide technique. Measuring which technique can provide the most potential is difficult, as many of the best throws recorded with each technique come from athletes under a thick cloud of doping suspicion and violations. In some opinions the decision to glide or spin should be based on the thrower's size and power, with short throwers benefiting from the spin and taller throwers benefiting from the glide, but many throwers do not follow this guideline. Almost all throwers start by using the glide.
World records
The current world record holders are:
Continental records
Records by event - Shot put. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-10.Note: Represents a distance set at a high altitude.
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Men's Season's Best
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year!!Distance!!align="left" style="width: 18em"|Athlete!!align="left" style="width: 10em"|Place |- |align="center"|1964 |align="center"|20.68 | |align="center"|Los Angeles |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1965 |align="center"|21.52 | |align="center"|College Station |- |align="center"|1966 |align="center"|21.09 | |align="center"|Los Angeles |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1967 |align="center"|21.78 | |align="center"|College Station |- |align="center"|1968 |align="center"|21.30 | |align="center"|Walnut |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1969 |align="center"|20.64 | |align="center"|EugeneBudapest |- |align="center"|1970 |align="center"|21.75 | |align="center"|Berkeley |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1971 |align="center"|21.12 | |align="center"|Moscow |- |align="center"|1972 |align="center"|21.54 | |align="center"|Potsdam |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1973 |align="center"|21.82 | |align="center"|San Jose |- |align="center"|1974 |align="center"|21.70 | |align="center"|Moscow |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1975 |align="center"|22.86 | |align="center"|El Paso |- |align="center"|1976 |align="center"|22.45 | |align="center"|El Paso |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1977 |align="center"|21.74 | |align="center"|Düsseldorf |- |align="center"|1978 |align="center"|22.15 | |align="center"|Gothenburg |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1979 |align="center"|21.74 | |align="center"|Linz |- |align="center"|1980 |align="center"|21.98 | |align="center"|Erfurt |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1981 |align="center"|22.02 | |align="center"|Modesto |- |align="center"|1982 |align="center"|22.02 | |align="center"|Koblenz |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1983 |align="center"|22.22 | |align="center"|Los Angeles |- |align="center"|1984 |align="center"|22.19 | |align="center"|San Jose |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1985 |align="center"|22.62 | |align="center"|Berlin |- |align="center"|1986 |align="center"|22.64 | |align="center"|Berlin |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1987 |align="center"|22.91 | |align="center"|Viareggio |- |align="center"|1988 |align="center"|23.06 | |align="center"|Hania |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1989 |align="center"|22.19 | |align="center"|Berlin |- |align="center"|1990 |align="center"|23.12 | |align="center"|Westwood |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1991 |align="center"|22.03 | |align="center"|Oslo |- |align="center"|1992 |align="center"|21.98 | |align="center"|Los Gatos |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1993 |align="center"|21.98 | |align="center"|Linz |- |align="center"|1994 |align="center"|21.09 | |align="center"|New York City |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1995 |align="center"|22.00 | |align="center"|Knoxville |- |align="center"|1996 |align="center"|22.40 | |align="center"|Rüdlingen |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1997 |align="center"|22.03 | |align="center"|Indianapolis |- |align="center"|1998 |align="center"|21.78 | |align="center"|Walnut |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1999 |align="center"|22.02 | |align="center"|Eugene |- |align="center"|2000 |align="center"|22.12 | |align="center"|Sacramento |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2001 |align="center"|21.97 | |align="center"|Eugene |- |align="center"|2002 |align="center"|22.51 | |align="center"|Gresham |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2003 |align="center"|22.67 | |align="center"|Lawrence |- |align="center"|2004 |align="center"|22.54 | |align="center"|Gresham |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2005 |align="center"|22.20 | |align="center"|Carson |- |align="center"|2006 |align="center"|22.45 | |align="center"|Gateshead |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|22.43 | |align="center"|London |- |align="center"|2008 |align="center"|22.12 | |align="center"|Manhattan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2009 |align="center"|22.16 | |align="center"|Zagreb |}
Women's Season's Best
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Year!!Distance!!align="left" style="width: 18em"|Athlete!!align="left" style="width: 10em"|Place |- |align="center"|1968 |align="center"|19.61 | |align="center"|Mexico City |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1969 |align="center"|20.43 | |align="center"|Athens |- |align="center"|1970 |align="center"|19.69 | |align="center"|Erfurt |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1971 |align="center"|20.43 | |align="center"|Moscow |- |align="center"|1972 |align="center"|21.03 | |align="center"|Munich |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1973 |align="center"|21.45 | |align="center"|Varna |- |align="center"|1974 |align="center"|21.57 | |align="center"|Gottwaldov |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1975 |align="center"|21.60 | |align="center"|Berlin |- |align="center"|1976 |align="center"|21.99 | |align="center"|Opava |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1977 |align="center"|22.32 | |align="center"|Nitra |- |align="center"|1978 |align="center"|22.06 | |align="center"|Berlin |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1979 |align="center"|22.04 | |align="center"|Potsdam |- |align="center"|1980 |align="center"|22.45 | |align="center"|Potsdam |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1981 |align="center"|21.61 | |align="center"|Potsdam |- |align="center"|1982 |align="center"|21.80 | |align="center"|Potsdam |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1983 |align="center"|22.40 | |align="center"|Berlin |- |align="center"|1984 |align="center"|22.53 | |align="center"|Sochi |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1985 |align="center"|21.73 | |align="center"|Erfurt |- |align="center"|1986 |align="center"|21.70 | |align="center"|Tallinn |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1987 |align="center"|22.63 | |align="center"|Moscow |- |align="center"|1988 |align="center"|22.55 | |align="center"|Tallinn |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1989 |align="center"|20.82 | |align="center"|Prague |- |align="center"|1990 |align="center"|21.66 | |align="center"|Beijing |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1991 |align="center"|21.12 | |align="center"|Frankfurt |- |align="center"|1992 |align="center"|21.06 | |align="center"|Barcelona |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1993 |align="center"|20.84 | |align="center"|Moscow |- |align="center"|1994 |align="center"|20.54 | |align="center"|Beijing |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1995 |align="center"|21.22 | |align="center"|Gothenburg |- |align="center"|1996 |align="center"|20.97 | |align="center"|Duisburg |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1997 |align="center"|21.22 | |align="center"|Hamburg |- |align="center"|1998 |align="center"|21.69 | |align="center"|Budapest |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|1999 |align="center"|20.26 | |align="center"|Tula |- |align="center"|2000 |align="center"|21.46 | |align="center"|Moscow |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2001 |align="center"|20.79 | |align="center"|Tula |- |align="center"|2002 |align="center"|20.64 | |align="center"|Munich |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2003 |align="center"|20.77 | |align="center"|Tula |- |align="center"|2004 |align="center"|20.79 | |align="center"|Tula |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2005 |align="center"|21.09 | |align="center"|Minsk |- |align="center"|2006 |align="center"|20.56 | |align="center"|Minsk |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|20.54 | |align="center"|Osaka |- |align="center"|2008 |align="center"|20.98 | |align="center"|Minsk |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |align="center"|2009 |align="center"|21.07 | |align="center"|Thessaloniki |}
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References
Category:Events in athletics (track and field) Category:Individual sports
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Randy Barnes
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Eric Randolph ("Randy") Barnes (born June 16, 1966) is an former American shot putter who holds both the current outdoor and indoor World Records for the event. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics.
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Barnes was born in Charleston, West Virginia, grew up in nearby St. Albans, and began putting the shot in high school. In 1985, he threw an impressive 66 ' 9.5" (20.36 m) with the prep shot of 12 lb (5.44 kg). After graduating from St. Albans High School in 1985, he attended Texas A&M; University where he broke school records (set by Randy Matson) with a put of 21.88 m (71 ft 9.5 in) with the 7.26 kg (16 lb) full size shot.
He went to the 1988 Seoul Olympics where he threw 22.39 m (73 ft 5.5 in) and earned a silver medal at only 22. He came second to Ulf Timmermann of East Germany, who threw 22.47 m. On January 20, 1989, he set a new indoor world record at the Sunkist Invitational in Los Angeles with a put of 22.66 m (74 ft 4.25 in), which was better than his outdoor personal best at the time.
On May 20, 1990, he broke Ulf Timmermann's outdoor record with a put of 23.12 m. Barnes was banned from competing for 27 months after testing positive for the anabolic steroid methyltestosterone at a competition in Malmö, Sweden on August 7 that same year. He sued to have the suspension overturned, but lost. Due to the suspension, he was unable to compete in the 1992 Olympics.
At the 1996 Olympic games, Barnes won the gold medal that eluded him 8 years earlier with a come from behind 21.62 m throw on his final attempt. In 1998, he tested positive for androstenedione, an over-the-counter supplement (famously used by Mark McGwire) that is banned in track and field. Although Barnes claimed he didn't know androsten was banned, he was suspended from competition in the Olympic Games for life.
, both of Barnes's records still stand. He recently became a long driving competitor, competing to hit a golf ball as far as possible; he qualified for the 2005 World Long Drive Championship.
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External links
Category:American shot putters Category:Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Category:Athletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States Category:Doping cases in athletics Category:World record holders in athletics Category:Texas A&M; University alumni Category:People from Charleston, West Virginia Category:1966 births Category:Living people
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Reese Hoffa
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1997
*5th at National Scholastics
1998
*3rd at SEC Outdoors
*11th at NCAA Outdoors
1999
*2nd at Southeastern Conference Champs
*11th at NCAA Outdoors
*8th at USA Outdoors
2000
*6th at U.S. Olympic Trials in (18.95)
*2nd at NCAA Indoors (18.48)
*4th in SP at NCAA Outdoors (19.79)
*Ranked 5th in U.S; best of 19.79, 49.04 for discus
2001
*6th at USA Outdoors (19.95)
*3rd at NCAA Outdoors (19.93)
*SEC Outdoor champ
*9th at World University Games
*Ranked #6 in U.S. by Track & Field News; best of 20.22
2002
*6th at USA Indoors (18.82m)
*6th at USA Outdoors (20.47m)
*Ranked #7 in U.S. by Track & Field News; best of 20.47m
2003
*3rd at USA Outdoors (20.64m)
*1st at Pan American Games (20.95m)
*5th at USA Indoors (19.40m)
*2nd at Home Depot Invitational (20.90m)
*2nd at Stanford (20.65)
*Ranked #9 in world (#5 U.S.) by Track & Field News
Silver medalist at World Indoors (21.07m)
2nd at Olympic Trials (21.14m)
22nd in qualifying at Olympic Games (19.40m)
Runner-up at USA Indoors (20.97m)
3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (20.38m)
1st at Atlanta (20.71m)
2nd at Verizon Millrose Games (19.98m)
2nd at Drake Relays SP (19.61m)
2nd at Home Depot SP (21.67m)
1st at Santiago SP (20.99m)
1st in Atlanta SP (20.71m)
Ranked #6 world (#3 U.S.) by Track & Field News; best of 21.67m
USA Indoors runner-up (21.74m)
5th at USA Outdoors (20.90m)
1st at Millrose Games (21.61m)
1st at Doha (21.29m)
Ranked #4 in world (#3 U.S.) by Track & Field News; best of 21.29m
World Indoor Champion (22.11m)
USA Outdoor runner-up (21.96m)
USA Indoor champion (21.61m)
4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (20.98m)
Ranked #1 in world by Track & Field NEWS; best of 22.11m(i)
World champion (22.04m)
USA Outdoor champion (21.47m)
USA Indoor runner-up (21.21m)
2nd at Millrose Games (21.75m)
3rd at Adidas Track Classic (21.36m)
1st at Alabama Relays (21.84m)
2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (21.65m)
2nd at Madrid (20.81m)
1st at Ostrava (21.77)
1st at Doha (21.37m)
1st at London (22.43)
Profile
Reese Hoffa (born October 8, 1977 in Evans, Georgia) is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. As of 2007, his personal bests stand at 22.11 m (72' 6.25") indoor and 22.43 m (73' 7") outdoor. His outdoor performance ranks him 11th on the world all-time lists. He is married to Renata Hoffa, a math teacher at Oconee County High School.
Hoffa was adopted at the age of four.
Hoffa won world champions' title in shot put in Osaka, on 25 August 2007, with a throw of 22.04 m, 43 cm ahead of compatriot and training partner Adam Nelson.
His current residence is Athens, Georgia. His coach is Don Babbitt, agent Paul Doyle and club NYAC/Nike.
Reese is also known as a decent speedcuber able to solve a Rubik's Cube in 30 seconds.
High School Years
Hoffa attended Lakeside High School in Evans, Georgia, and was a letterman in football, wrestling, baseball, and track & field. His Lakeside High School coach was David Machovec.
Career highlights
1997-2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
References
Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:American adoptees Category:American shot putters Category:Athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
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Jacko Gill
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Jacko Gill (born December 20, 1994) is a shot putter from New Zealand. At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, he won a gold medal in the shot put. He is the youngest-ever male junior champion, beating the previous youngest, Olympic Champion and world record-holder Usain Bolt. He threw a 5kg 22.53m at an event in Stockholm, Sweden which earned him the under 16 and under 17 world youth bests; he improved to 22.60m at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games.
Career
At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, as a 15-year-old, Gill won the gold in the shot put (6 kg) with a distance of 20.76 m, beating 18 and 19-year-olds and becoming the youngest ever male junior champion.On 11 December 2010, at the New Zealand National Secondary Schools Championships, Gill had 5 valid throws (in a 6-throw series) with the 5kg shot (22.94m 23.26m* 23.22m 23.56m* 23.86m*). If ratified the three efforts marked * would surpass the Pole Krzysztof Brzozowski's existing Youth (under 18) World Best Performance of 23.23 for shot put.
Personal
Gill's father is a former discus and national shot put champion and his mother is a former discus thrower. He attends Takapuna Grammar School.
References
External links
Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand shot putters Category:Athletes at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
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Brian Oldfield
Brian Oldfield (born June 1, 1945 in Elgin, Illinois ) is a former American athlete and personality of the 1970s and early 1980s.
Life and career
A standout shot putter, Oldfield is credited with making the rotational technique popular. With his "Oldfield spin," he set the indoor and outdoor world records in the sport many times. However, due to his status as a professional athlete, his records were never officially recognized.Oldfield began his career at Middle Tennessee State University where he won the Ohio Valley Conference championship three times. The University recognized his achievements by inducting him into their athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
After holding several jobs, Oldfield set his sights on achieving stardom in the shot put as an Olympian. In 1972 he made the US Olympic team, but finished in 6th place. He bounced back less than a year later by setting his first world record, with a throw of 21.60 m (70'10½"). However, this record was not official due to his affiliation with professional track & field.
In 1975, his throw of 22.86 m (75') set another unofficial world record. Though unofficial, Oldfield's accomplishment did not go unnoticed. After setting this mark, he had earned a cover spot on Sports Illustrated, and also made an appearance in a 1975 issue of Playgirl. In his Sports Illustrated interview, he confidently asserted that he expected to be throwing over 80' before 1980. In 1984, at age 38, he finally set an official record with a throw of 22.19 m (72'9") to set a new American mark. When asked how he was able to do it by a commentator at the event he responded "I had a 'throw-gasm.'"
It is possible that Oldfield is even more well-known for his unusual personality. He often wore his hair long in a style he called the "Oldfield Mop" and would occasionally sport a beard. His antics were also considered to be bizarre by his competitors. At the 1972 US Olympic Trials, an opponent was quoted as saying "I will retire the day that I lose to someone like Brian Oldfield." Oldfield would sometimes smoke cigarettes in between throws at competitions to show that he could beat anyone, even while smoking. Not surprising for the man who said "When God created man, he wanted him to look like me."
Oldfield competed in the World's Strongest Man contest in 1978, finishing seventh in a field of ten competitors. He also competed in Scottish Highland Games in the 1970s. Utilizing his experience in the shot put, he set many field records in the Stone put. His career-best throw of 63'2" in the light stone, accomplished at Braemar, Scotland, in 1973, is still a world record.
Oldfield also starred in the 1989 film Savage Instinct, later renamed They Call Me Macho Woman! as Mongo, the crazed drug lord. In the film, Oldfield wears a special spiked headgear that he uses to head butt people to death. The movie was highly unsuccessful.
References
External links
Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Middle Tennessee State University alumni Category:American shot putters Category:American strength athletes
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