Gerd Kanter is a former discus thrower from Estonia. Dumchev died on February 10, 2016, in Adler, Sochi, at the age of 57. Dumchev was a 1980 Olympian who also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, for the Soviet Union, placing fourth (66.42 m).

The mark is still the world record, having been surpassed by current record-holder Jürgen Schult in July 1986. Yuriy Dumchev was a track and field athlete for Russia who set the world record in the men’s discus throw with a distance of 71.86 meters on May 29, 1983. On June 29, 2019, he set a world record for discus throw with a distance of 71.86 meters in Bottnaryd, Sweden. Since 2013, Ståhl’ s discus throw has been the best in the globe. Ståhl set a new personal best and improved the Swedish mark set by Rickard Bruch in 1984 by three centimeters when he threw 71.29 meters in Sollentuna in June 2017. He played in the European Championships in 2016, finishing sixth. He finished fifth at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. Daniel Stahl – Swedenĭaniel Ståh,l a discus thrower from Sweden, is a world-class competitor. A couple of days later, the trophy was auctioned off. Soon after, he revealed that he will auction his Olympic silver medal to raise money for a 3-year-old boy suffering from a severe type of cancer. Malachowski captured his second Olympic silver (67.55 m) on August 13, 2016, after being defeated by German Christoph Harting (68.37 m – PB). His personal best throw of 71.84 meters, which places him fifth all-time in discus throw distances, was registered on June 8, 2013, in Hengelo, Netherlands. Piotr Malachowski is a discus thrower from Polandrwho has earned silver medals in both the 20 Summer Olympics. Fazekas made a surprisingly strong return after a two-year ban from foreign events, placing eighth in the discus at the Beijing Olympics. With a personal best of 71.70 meters, Fazekas is seventh all-time in discus throw distances. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics but was later disqualified for failure to submit a substance check, and Virgilijus Alekna took his place. Róbert Fazekas is a discus thrower from Hungary who captured gold in the European Championships in 2002 and silver in the World Championships in 2003. He has five times won the IAAF World Championship. Riedel played in the Atlanta Olympic Games for his strong physical fitness (1.99 m, 115 kg). He was a dominant force on the German discus scene in the 1990s. In 1983, he entered the Karl-Marx-Stadt SC. He grew up in Thurm, a town near Zwickau. In the former German Democratic Republic, Riedel started his discus practice.

With a personal best of 71.50 meters, Riedel holds the mark for the seventh-longest discus throw in history. Lars Riedel is a retired discus thrower from Germany. The International Association of Athletics Federations barred Plucknett from participating after he tested positive for anabolic steroid usage on July 13, 1981, and his records were broken.ĭespite the fact that his World Record-breaking throws were taken from him, the IAAF still honors his 71.32m throw on June 4, 1983, in Eugene, Oregon, as the existing North American record. On July 7, 1981, he threw 72.34 meters, breaking the previous world mark. Olympic team, but owing to the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, he was unable to participate. Ben Plucknett was a discus thrower who played for the United States.

Female discus thrower