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Gerd Kanter (born May 6, 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian discus thrower. He competed at the 2004 Olympics, but didn't reach the final. 2005 was his breakthrough year as he won silver medals at the World Championships and World Athletics Final, took home a victory in the European Cup and won the World University Games. He also threw more than 70 metres for the first time.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he took gold with a throw of 68.82 meters, one meter ahead of second-place finisher Piotr Malachowski of Poland.

On September 4 2006, in Helsingborg, Sweden, Kanter threw more than 70 metres in four different rounds (69.46 - 72.30 - 70.43 - 73.38 - 70.51 - 65.88). The best mark of 73.38 m was the third best in history – only Jürgen Schult (74.08 m, 1986) and Virgilijus Alekna (73.88 m, 2000) have thrown further.

On 15 March 2009 he won the European Cup Winter Throwing event in Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain with 69.70. On 22 March 2009, he set a world indoor best 69.51 in Växjö, Sweden.[1]

[edit] Achievements

Kanter in Osaka in 2007

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Mark
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	12th	55.14 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	25th	56.63 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th	60.05 m
2004	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	63.28 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	68.57 m
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	1st	65.29 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd	66.01 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	68.03 m
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	68.47 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	1st	68.94 m
2007	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	66.54 m
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	1st	68.82 m^[1]
2008	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	68.38 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	66.88 m