The 2007

European Cup Winter Throwing The European Throwing Cup (Until 2015 European Cup Winter Throwing) is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every ...

was held on 17 and 18 March at

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, Ukraine. It was the seventh edition of the

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competition for throwing events organised by the

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. A total of 203 athletes from 26 countries entered the competition – a new high for the event.

Summary

The competition featured men's and women's contests in

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

and

hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...

. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.Ramsak, Bob (2007-03-18)
Dietzsch's 66.14 caps European Winter Throwing Cup
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. Athletes in the senior competitions were seeded into "A" and "B" groups. Igor Sukhomlinov of Russia surprised with a personal best of 83.34 m in the

to win the title despite being seeded in the "B" group.

Dzimitry Hancharuk Dzimitry Hancharuk (or Goncharuk, , Russian: ''Дмитрий Гончарук'', born 17 July 1970) is a Belarusian shot putter. His best finishes include eighth place at the 1995 World Championships and ninth place at the 1996 Olympic Games ...

Chiara Rosa Chiara Rosa (born 28 January 1983) is an Italian shot putter who has won the individual national championship 29 times. Career She was 2nd at Universiade, two times 3rd at Mediterranean Games and five times 3rd at European Cup Winter Throwing. ...

, Nataliya Semenova were other "B" group athletes to take a medal, each of them a bronze. Two

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were broken during the competition: men's

bronze medallist

Ercüment Olgundeniz Ercüment Olgundeniz (born July 7, 1976) is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in the discus and occasionally shot put. The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor, where he is coached by Teodoru Agachi. He took part at the 2004 Summ ...

improved the Turkish record to 64.34 metres, while under-23 athlete Melik Janoyan set a new Armenian best for the javelin with his throw of 69.34 metres. Several athletes went on to take top honours at the

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. Discus winners Gerd Kanter and

Franka Dietzsch Franka Dietzsch (born 22 January 1968) is a German former discus thrower best known for winning gold medals at three World Championships in Athletics. She won the 1998 European Championships in Athletics, 1998 European Championships and 1999 Wo ...

became world champions, while the men's hammer throwers

Primož Kozmus Primož Kozmus (born 30 September 1979 in Novo Mesto) is a Slovenian hammer thrower. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles. ...

and Ivan Tsikhan took the top two spots in

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as they did in Yalta.

Medal winners

Senior

Under-23

Medal and points table

Participation

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References

;Results
7th European Cup Winter Throwing Results
. RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
Results
(archived). Yalta 2007. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.

Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.

External links

Official website
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:European Cup Winter Throwing,2007

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