European Cup Winter Throwing

The European Cup Winter Throwing is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every March by the European Athletics Association, is intended as a counterbalance to the fact that indoor track and field meetings cannot host the longer throwing events. It allows athletes who specialise in throwing events to gauge their form for the forthcoming outdoor athletics season.^[1]

The event was first held in Nice, France, in 2001 as the European Winter Throwing Challenge.^[2] It was renamed as a European Cup event in 2005 when it was held in Mersin, Turkey.^[3]

Editions

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country	Date	No. of athletes	Nations
1st	2001	Nice	France	9–10 March	80 men/71 women	21
2nd	2002	Pula	Croatia	9–10 March	99 men/76 women	26
3rd	2003	Gioia Tauro	Italy	13–14 March	71 men/66 women	25
4th	2004	Marsa	Malta	13–14 March	71 men/76 women	27
5th	2005	Mersin	Turkey	12–13 March	89 men/85 women	30
6th	2006	Tel-Aviv	Israel	18–19 March	86 men/82 women	28
7th	2007	Yalta	Ukraine	17–18 March	96 men/ 98 women	28
8th	2008	Split	Croatia	15–16 March	121 men/ 108 women	34
9th	2009	Tenerife	Spain	14–15 March	119 men/ 107 women	29
10th	2010	Arles	France	20–21 March	166 men/ 114 women	30
11th	2011	Sofia	Bulgaria	19–20 March	125 men/123 women	33
12th	2012	Bar	Montenegro	17–18 March	142 men/140 women	33
13th	2013	Castellon	Spain	16–17 March	249	38
14th	2014	Leiria	Portugal	15–16 March
15th	2015	Leiria	Portugal	14–15 March

Championships records

Senior men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	21.02 m^[a]	Marco Fortes	Portugal	18 March 2012	2012
Discus throw	69.70 m	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	15 March 2009	2009
Javelin throw	84.47 m	Zigismunds Sirmais	Latvia	20 March 2011	2011
Hammer throw	82.27 m	Aleksey Zagornyi	Russia	9 March 2002	2002

• ^a Andrei Mikhnevich set a record of 21.04 metres for the men's shot put in 2010, but this was later annulled in 2013 following retesting of his doping sample from the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.^[4]

Senior women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	20.29 m^[b]	Nadzeya Ostapchuk	Belarus	17 March 2012	2012
Discus throw	68.89 m	Nadine Müller	Germany	18 March 2012	2012
Javelin throw	69.34 m	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	16 March 2013	2013 Castellón	[5]
Hammer throw	75.07 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	14 March 2009	2009

• ^b Nadzeya Ostapchuk's record stands, but this performance looks likely to be annulled as she tested positive for steroids at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and again at the 2012 Olympic Games, which typically results in a life ban from the sport.^[6]

U-23 men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	19.85 m	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg	15 March 2015	2015 Leiria	[7]
Discus throw
Javelin throw	82.89 m	Valeriy Iordan	Russia	17 March 2013	2013 Castellón	[8]
Hammer throw	72.94 m	Bence Pásztor	Hungary	14 March 2015	2015 Leiria	[9]

U-23 women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	17.45 m	Emel Dereli	Turkey	14 March 2015	2015 Leiria	[10]
Discus throw
Javelin throw	60.91 m	Christin Hussong	Germany	14 March 2015	2015 Leiria	[11]
Hammer throw	69.95 m	Alena Sobaleva	Belarus	15 March 2015	2015 Leiria	[12]

References

1. Final entries confirmed for European Cup Winter Throwing . European Athletics (2010-03-11). Retrieved on 2010-03-23.
2. Ventouillac, Marc (2001-03-18). European Winter Throwing Challenge 2001. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-23.
3. European Cup Winter Throwing 2005. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-23.
4. Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005. IAAF (2013-07-31). Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
5. "2013 European Cup Winter Throwing Complete Results". EAA. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
6. Doping: Five 2005 world medallists caught after IAAF retests. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2013-11-17.
7. "15th European Cup Winter Throwing 2015 Results". European Athletics. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
8. "2013 European Cup Winter Throwing Complete Results". EAA. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
9. "15th European Cup Winter Throwing 2015 Results". European Athletics. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
10. "15th European Cup Winter Throwing 2015 Results". European Athletics. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
11. "15th European Cup Winter Throwing 2015 Results". European Athletics. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
12. "15th European Cup Winter Throwing 2015 Results". European Athletics. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

Participation data

• History - European Cup Winter Throwing. RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-03-24.

External links

• Complete results on Hammerthrow.eu
• Official website for 2010 Arles competition
• Official European Athletics website