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Shot Put At The Olympics
The shot put at the Summer Olympics is one of four track and field throwing events held at the multi-sport event. The men's shot put has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896 (one of two throws events at the first Olympics, alongside the discus). The women's event was added to the programme at the 1948 Olympics just over fifty years later. The Olympic record for the women's event was set by the East German Ilona Slupianek with a put of in 1980, and the record for the men's event of was set by the American Ryan Crouser in 2021. Two variations on the event have been contested at the Olympics: a two-handed competition at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, with athletes using both left and right arm putting techniques, and a stone throw at the 1906 Intercalated Games. Medalists Men Multiple medalists Medalists by country Women Multiple medalists Medalists by country * The German total includes teams both competing as Germany and the United Team o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Crouser
Ryan Crouser (born December 18, 1992) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and Discus throw, discus. He specializes in the shot put, in which he is the only three-time Olympic gold medalist, having won in Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put, Rio de Janeiro, Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put, Tokyo and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put, Paris, and also a two-time outdoor World Champion. He holds the world record in the shot put, both indoors and outdoors. He set the outdoor world record at 23.56 meters in May 2023, improving upon his previous record of 23.37 m from July 2021. He has held the indoor record of 22.82 m since January 2021. In his early career, Crouser set a national high school record for the indoor shot put and outdoor discus, and he won gold in the shot put at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, 2009 World Youth Championships. At the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Garrett
Robert S. Garrett (May 24, 1875 – April 25, 1961) was an American athlete, as well as investment banker and philanthropist in Baltimore, Maryland and financier of several important archeological excavations. Garrett was the first modern Olympic champion in discus throw as well as shot put. Early and family life Robert S. Garrett was born in then rural/suburban Baltimore County, Maryland (which surrounds the City of Baltimore) into one of Maryland's most prominent and wealthy families. For four generations, the Garretts ran Robert Garrett and Sons, a shipping and financing, investment banking firm founded by his Irish immigrant great-grandfather, also named Robert Garrett, in 1819. His grandfather John Work Garrett (1820–1884) had led the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (the first passenger railroad line established in America, 1827–1828), for nearly three decades (1858–1884), including supporting the Union during the American Civil War (1861–1865), making it by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Dorizas
Michális Dórizas (; 16 April 1886 – 21 October 1957) was a Greek athlete who competed in throwing events at the 1906, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the javelin throw in 1908 and a bronze in the stone throw in 1906. In the discus throw, his best achievement was fifth place in 1908; in the shot put, he placed 11th in 1912. Dorizas was born to Greek parents in Constantinople, where he graduated from the Robert College. In 1913, he moved to the United States to study at the University of Pennsylvania. In the U.S., he soon became one of the best heavyweight wrestlers, winning the intercollegiate championships in 1914-1916. He also played as an American football guard for two years and continued to compete in throwing events. During World War I, he served as a U.S. Army Sergeant in France, and after the war as a Greek-Turkish-English interpreter at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Paris () is the capital and largest city of France. With an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Mitchel
James Sarsfield Mitchel (born Mitchell; January 30, 1864 – July 3, 1921) was an Irish-born American field athlete who competed in the 1904 Olympics. He was one of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the " Irish Whales." Biography Mitchell was born in Emly, County Tipperary, Ireland, Mitchell won the shot put and hammer throw titles at the 1887 AAA Championships. The following year he successfully defended his hammer tile at the 1888 AAA Championships. He competed in events organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and was in the GAA's 1888 American Invasion Tour, where he won a gold and two silver medals at the national championships of the National Association of Amateur Athletes of America. Like many of the GAA team, Mitchell remained in New York City rather than returning to Ireland at the end of the tour. Mitchel represented New York Athletic Club at the 1904 Olympics in St Louis, Missouri. In the 56 lb weight throw he won the bronze m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaos Georgantas
Nikolaos Georgantas (, February 27, 1880 ( OS)/March 12, 1880 ( NS) – November 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. Biography He was born in Steno, Tripoli, Arcadia. He competed for Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, in the discus throw where he won the Bronze medal. He also entered the shot-put, but after his first two attempts were called fouls for throwing, he withdrew in disgust. Two years later in Athens, in his home country of Greece, he won the gold medal in the stone throw competition at the 1906 Intercalated Games. He added two silver medals in the Greek style discus throw (behind Finland’s Verner Järvinen) and in the normal discus again behind America's Martin Sheridan, who won his second consecutive Olympic title. Georgantas was the first Greek flag bearer at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Throw
Stone throwing or rock throwing, when it is directed at another person (called stone pelting in India), is often considered a form of criminal battery. In certain political contexts, stone-throwing is considered a form of civil resistance. History The throwing of rocks or stones is one of the most ancient forms of ranged-weapon combat, with stone-throwing slings found among other weapons in the tomb of Tutankhamen, who died about 1325 BC. Xenophon mentions the petrobóloi () in his work ''Hellenica'', and Thucydides and Cassius Dio both mention the lithobóloi () in ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' and ''Histories'' respectively. Both terms mean stone-throwers in Ancient Greek, as army units. De re militari (Latin "Concerning Military Matters") by the Roman writer Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus details Roman soldiers training to throw stones as weapons. "Recruits are to be taught the art of throwing stones both with the hand and sling." And "Formerly all soldiers wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Lemming
Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming (22 February 1880 – 5 June 1930) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900, 1906 Summer Olympics, 1906, 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, 1912 Olympics in a wide variety of events, which mostly involved throwing and jumping. He had his best results in the javelin throw, which he won at the 1906–1912 Games, and in which he set multiple world records between 1899 and 1912. His last record, measured at 62.32 metre, m, was ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations as the first Men's javelin throw world record progression, official world record. Javelin throw was not part of the 1900 Olympics, where Lemming finished fourth in the hammer throw, Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump, high jump and Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, pole vault. At the 1906 Intercalated Games he won a gold medal in the javelin throw and three br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihály Dávid
Mihály András Dávid (31 July 1886 – 3 April 1945) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. He was born in the village of Porkerec, now Purcărete, part of Negrilești, Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania. He competed for Hungary in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens in the shot put where he won the silver medal. He died in Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ... in 1945. References * External links * 1886 births 1945 deaths Sportspeople from Bistrița-Năsăud County Hungarian male shot putters Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheridan
Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was an Irish Americans, Irish-American athlete and three time Olympic Games gold medallist in discus throw. Born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland, he was a participant of both the 1904 Olympic Games, 1904 and the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympic Games, and was part of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the "Irish Whales". He died on 27 March 1918, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the day before his 37th birthday, from the Spanish flu, Spanish flu pandemic. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. Career At 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) and 194 lbs (88 kg), Sheridan was the best all-around athlete of the Irish American Athletic Club, and like many of his team mates, served with the New York City Police Department (from 1906 until his death in 1918). Sheridan was so well respected in the NYPD, that he served as the Governor's personal bodyguard when the governor was in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC is the authority responsible for organizing the Summer, Winter, and Youth Olympics. The IOC is also the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the worldwide Olympic Movement, which includes all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games. , 206 NOCs officially were recognized by the IOC. Since 2013, the IOC president has been Thomas Bach; he will be succeeded by Kirsty Coventry in June 2025. Mission Its stated mission is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement: *To encourage and support the promotion of ethics and good governance in sport; *To support the education of youth through sport; *To ensure that the spirit of fair play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-sport event, variety of competitions. The Olympic Games, Open (sport), open to both amateur and professional athletes, involves more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory. By default, the Games generally substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place (however, each class usually maintains its own records). The Olympics are staged every four years. Since 1994 Winter Olympics, 1994, they have alternated between the Summer Olympic Games, Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year Olympiad. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
