Hannes Kirchler
Appearance
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||
Born | Merano, Italy | 22 December 1978||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | ||||||||
Sport | |||||||||
Country | Italy | ||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||
Club | C.S. Carabinieri | ||||||||
Coached by | Diego Fortuna | ||||||||
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Hannes Kirchler (born 22 December 1978 in Merano) is an Italian discus thrower.
Biography
[edit]He is an eleven-time national champion in the discus throw, and a member of C.S. Carabinieri, an Italian military police sporting club. In 2007, Kirchler achieved his personal best throw of 65.01 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.
His biggest achievement was to reach the Final at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he threw 63.74m in the Qualifying and 60.18m in the Final. He finished tenth.
Progression
[edit]Year | Performance | Venue | Date | World Ranking |
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2016 | 64.97 m | Tarquinia. Italy | 15 June 2016 | 39° |
2015 | 62.56 m | Castiglione della Pescaia. Italy | 1 June 2015 | 56° |
2014 | 63.33 m | Chula Vista. US | 24 April 2014 | 48º |
2013 | 62.69 m | Donnas. Italy | 7 July 2013 | 56º |
2012 | 62.04 m | La Jolla. US | 28 April 2012 | 75º |
2011 | 63.58 m | Tarquinia. Italy | 9 June 2011 | 46º |
2010 | 62.86 m | Donnas. Italy | 10 July 2010 | 46º |
2009 | 63.11 m | Donnas. Italy | 12 July 2009 | 35º |
2008 | 62.52 m | Formia. Italy | 22 April 2008 | 57º |
2007 | 65.01 m | Bolzano. Italy | 4 June 2007 | 18º |
2006 | 62.27 m | Donnas. Italy | 18 June 2006 | 47º |
2005 | 62.72 m | Milan. Italy | 1 June 2005 | 47º |
2004 | 62.13 m | Viterbo. Italy | 20 May 2004 | 62º |
2003 | 59.70 m | Vado Ligure. Italy | 18 June 2003 | 98º |
2002 | 59.85 m | Pergine Valsugana. Italy | 6 July 2002 | 99º |
2001 | 54.29 m | Trento. Italy | 2 September 2001 | 230º |
2000 | 55.80 m | Ravenna. Italy | 24 June 2000 | 220º |
1999 | 55.32 m | Borgo Valsugana. Italy | 22 May 1999 | 243º |
1998 | 53.70 m | { Bolzano. Italy | 1 June 1998 | 386º |
1997 | 49.08 m | Grosseto. Italy | 14 June 1997 | 472º |
1996 | 45.42 m |
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2006 | Mediterranean Games | Spain Almeria | NM | ||
2006 | European Championships | Sweden Göteborg | 19º | 56.78 m | |
2007 | World Championships | Japan Osaka | 21º | 60.34 m | |
Military World Games | India Hyderabad | 5º | 58.61 m | ||
2008 | Olympic Games | China Beijing | 33º | 56.44 m | |
2009 | Mediterranean Games | Italy Pescara | 4º | 60.93 m | |
2011 | Military World Games | Brazil Rio de Janeiro | 6º | 57.46 m | |
2014 | European Championships | Switzerland Zürich | 10º | 60.18 m | |
2016 | European Championships | Netherlands Amsterdam | 10º | 60.18 m |
National titles
[edit]Hannes Kirchler has won 13 times for the individual national championships.[1]
- 10 wins in discus throw (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- 3 win in discus throw (2007, 2014, 2017) at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani Sul Podio Tricolore – 1906–2012" ["Absolute" Italian Championships on the podium (1906–2012)] (PDF) (in Italian). Sport Olimpico. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
External links
[edit]- Hannes Kirchler at World Athletics
- Hannes Kirchler at Diamond League
- Hannes Kirchler at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Hannes Kirchler at Olympics.com
- Hannes Kirchler at Olympedia
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
- Profile – CS Carabinieri (in Italian)
Categories:
- Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Italian male discus throwers
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Merano
- 1978 births
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian Athletics Championships winners