Hannes Kirchler

Hannes Kirchler
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1978-12-22) 22 December 1978
Merano, Italy
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus throw
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Coached by Silvano Simeon
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
  • Discus throw: 65.91 m (2007)

Hannes Kirchler (born 22 December 1978 in Merano) is an Italian discus thrower.

Biography

He is also a seven-time national champion for the discus throw, and a member of CS Carabinieri, an Italian military and police sporting club. In 2007, Kirchler achieved his personal best throw of 65.17 metres at the Italian national championships in Bolzano.

Kirchler competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and qualified for the men's discus throw. He threw the discus into the field at 56.44 metres, just nearly nine metres short of his personal best. Kirchler finished sixteenth in the second group, and thirty-third overall in the qualifying round of the event; therefore, he did not reach the final.[1]

National championships

Hannes Kirchler has won 9 times for the individual national championships.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Discus Throw Qualifying Round – Group B". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani Sul Podio Tricolore – 1906–2012" ["Absolute" Italian Championships on the podium (1906–2012)] (PDF) (in Italian). Sport Olimpico. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

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