German discus thrower

Christoph Harting

Harting in 2015

Personal information
Born|  (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 32)
Cottbus, East Germany
Height| 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight| 120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Country|  Germany
Sport| Athletics
Event(s)| Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| 68.37 m (2016)

Medal record

Olympic Games
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Discus throw

Updated on 13 August 2016.

Christoph Harting (born 10 April 1990) is a German athlete specialising in the discus throw.[1] He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He competed at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships, reaching the final on the second occasion.

He is the younger brother of multiple-time world champion and fellow Olympic gold medalist Robert Harting.[2]

## International competitions[edit]

Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes

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Representing  Germany
2011  | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 5th  | 58.65 m
2013  | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 13th (q)  | 62.28 m
2015  | World Championships | Beijing, China | 8th  | 63.94 m
2016  | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4th  | 65.13 m
2016  | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st  | 68.37 m PB
2018  | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | –  | NM
2019  | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 14th (q)  | 63.08 m

## References[edit]

1. ^ Christoph Harting at World Athletics
2. ^ "Rio 2016: Christoph Harting follows in his brother's footsteps with discus gold". Deutsche Welle. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Christoph Harting at World Athletics
* Christoph Harting at European Athletics (archived)
* Christoph Harting at the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German)
* Christoph Harting at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
* Christoph Harting at Olympics.com
* Christoph Harting at Olympic.org (archived)
* Christoph Harting at Olympedia

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Olympic champions in men's discus throw

* 1896 Robert Garrett (USA)
* 1900 Rudolf Bauer (HUN)
* 1904 Martin Sheridan (USA)
* 1908 Martin Sheridan (USA)
* 1912 Armas Taipale (FIN)
* 1920 Elmer Niklander (FIN)
* 1924 Bud Houser (USA)
* 1928 Bud Houser (USA)
* 1932 John Anderson (USA)
* 1936 Ken Carpenter (USA)
* 1948 Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
* 1952 Sim Iness (USA)
* 1956 Al Oerter (USA)
* 1960 Al Oerter (USA)
* 1964 Al Oerter (USA)
* 1968 Al Oerter (USA)
* 1972 Ludvík Daněk (TCH)
* 1976 Mac Wilkins (USA)
* 1980 Viktor Rashchupkin (URS)
* 1984 Rolf Danneberg (FRG)
* 1988 Jürgen Schult (GDR)
* 1992 Romas Ubartas (LTU)
* 1996 Lars Riedel (GER)
* 2000 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
* 2004 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
* 2008 Gerd Kanter (EST)
* 2012 Robert Harting (GER)
* 2016 Christoph Harting (GER)
* 2020 Daniel Ståhl (SWE)

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