Robert Harting

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Robert Harting

East Germany
Years active	2001–2018
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	126 kg (278 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Track and field
Event	Discus throw
Club	SCC Berlin
Turned pro	2001
Coached by	Torsten Schmidt
Achievements and titles
Personal best	70.66 m
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Discus World Championships 2009 Berlin Discus 2011 Daegu Discus 2013 Moscow Discus 2007 Osaka Discus European Championships 2012 Helsinki Discus 2014 Zürich Discus 2010 Barcelona Discus Continental Cup 2010 Split Discus

Robert Harting (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈhaʁtɪŋ] ^ⓘ; born 18 October 1984) is a retired German discus thrower. He represents the sports club SCC Berlin, his coach is Torsten Schmidt. He is a former Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's discus throw. His younger brother Christoph is the event's 2016 Olympic champion.

Biography

Harting was born in Cottbus, East Germany. He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships. He was less successful at subsequent championships and finished in eighth in the qualifiers 2002 World Junior Championships. He took the gold medal at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships.

He began competing at the senior level soon after and took part in the

He threw a personal best of 68.65 m in

At the Berlin 2009 World Championships, Harting was sitting in the silver medal position coming into the 6th round of the final, he then threw a personal best of 69.43 metres to gain the lead and ultimately win the gold medal. The final remaining competitor and leader since the 1st round, Polish athlete Piotr Małachowski, was unable to better the German's throw.

Harting set a championship record of 66.80 m to win at the

In May 2012, Harting threw a personal best of 70.31 m at the Hallesche Werfertage Meeting, clearing seventy metres for the first time.[2] At the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Harting won the gold medal by throwing 68.30 m.^[3] In the 2012 London Olympics, he won the gold medal in discus throwing.

He won his third straight world championship title at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. In 2014, he retained the European title.

Harting is known for exuberant victory celebrations, including ripping the shirt off his chest, running with a German flag over the hurdles from the hurdles race,^[4] placing mascots on his shoulders and jogging on the track.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Harting.

• Official website
• Robert Harting at World Athletics
• Robert Harting at Olympics.com
• Robert Harting at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dirk Nowitzki	German Sportsman of the Year 2012–2014	Succeeded by Jan Frodeno