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Robert Harting (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈhaʁtɪŋ] (listen); 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.

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Robert Harting

Harting in 2012
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Shaggy
Nationality	German
Born	(1984-10-18) 18 October 1984 (age 37) Cottbus, 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(s)	Discus throw
Club	SCC Berlin
Turned pro	2001
Coached by	Torsten Schmidt
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	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

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 2006 European Championships, where he just missed the qualifying mark in the earlier round of the competition. He improved in 2007, throwing a new personal best of 66.93 m and he won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships. He was fourth at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final and then was second at the European Winter Throwing Cup the following year.

He threw a personal best of 68.65 m in Kaunas in June and was selected for the German team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He finished fourth with a throw of 67.09 m. He closed the season with a bronze medal at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final.

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 Malachowski, was unable to better the German's throw.

Harting set a championship record of 66.80 m to win at the 2010 European Team Championships and recorded a mark of 68.67 m the following month at the 2010 German Athletics Championships to take the national title. He threw 68.47 m in the final of the 2010 European Athletics Championships but this was not enough to beat Malachowski. Still, the silver medal was his first at the primary continental championships. He competed in the 2010 IAAF Diamond League and won at the Weltklasse Zurich, but it was Malachowski who won the overall Diamond Race Trophy. He improved his personal best in Neubrandenburg in a one-on-one competition against Malachowski, taking the win with a throw of 69.69 m.[1] He defended his world title at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics with a winning mark of 68.97 m.

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

• Official website
• Robert Harting at World Athletics
• Robert Harting at the International Olympic Committee
• 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

На других языках

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- [en] Robert Harting

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[es] Robert Harting

Robert Harting (Cottbus, Alemania; 18 de octubre de 1984) es un lanzador de disco alemán. Representa al club deportivo SCC Berlin.

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[fr] Robert Harting

Robert Harting (né le 18 octobre 1984 à Cottbus) est un athlète allemand, spécialiste du lancer du disque. Il est champion olympique en 2012 à Londres, champion du monde en 2009 à Berlin, en 2011 à Daegu, et en 2013 à Moscou, champion d'Europe en 2012 à Helsinki et en 2014 à Zurich. Il est le frère ainé de Christoph Harting, également discobole.

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[it] Robert Harting

Robert Harting (Cottbus, 18 ottobre 1984) è un discobolo tedesco, campione olimpico, mondiale ed europeo della specialità.

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[ru] Хартинг, Роберт

Ро́берт Ха́ртинг (нем. Robert Harting; род. 18 октября 1984 года в Котбусе, ГДР) — немецкий метатель диска, олимпийский чемпион 2012 года, трёхкратный чемпион мира (2009, 2011 и 2013) и двукратный чемпион Европы (2012 и 2014). Трижды подряд (2012, 2013 и 2014) признавался спортсменом года в Германии.

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