Hannes Kirchler Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Birth Date:	1978 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Merano, Italy
Weight:	1150NaN0
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Discus throw
Club:	C.S. Carabinieri
Coach:	Diego Fortuna
Highestranking:	Discus throw: 65.01 m (2007)
Country:	Italy

Hannes Kirchler (born 22 December 1978 in Merano) is an Italian discus thrower.

Biography

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

Year	Performance	Venue	Date	World Ranking
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	Achievements 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 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 Italian all-time lists – Discus throw External links NBC 2008 Olympics profile Profile – CS Carabinieri

Notes and References

1. Web site: Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani Sul Podio Tricolore – 1906–2012. "Absolute" Italian Championships on the podium (1906–2012). Italian. Sport Olimpico. 29 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf. 24 December 2012. dmy-all.