The 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 16 and 17 March at the Pista de Atletismo Universitat Jaume I and Complejo Deportivo Gaetà Huguet in Castellón, Spain. It was the thirteenth edition of the

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competition in throwing events and was jointly organised by the

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and the

Real Federación Española de Atletismo The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (Spanish: ''Real Federación Española de Atletismo'', RFEA), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Spain. As of 2023, the federation has 1,323 registered clubs and 87,532 federated athletes. ...

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

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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. A total of 249 athletes from 38 nations entered the competition. It was the second time that Spain hosted the event, following on from the 2009 edition held in

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Mariya Abakumova Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova (; born 15 January 1986) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Career Abakumova discovered her love for athletics and throwing through her coach Irina Vladimirovna Kamarova. ...

provided the highlight of the first day of competition, winning the women's javelin in a cup record and world-leading mark of 69.34 metres.Minshull, Phil (2013-03-16)
Abakumova reaches 69.34m at European Cup Winter Throwing
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-24. Daniel Jasinski narrowly won the men's discus, beating 41-year-old

Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna (; 13 February 1972) is a Lithuanian former discus thrower and politician. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds. After retiring from athletics, Alekna was elected to the national parliament, t ...

by three centimetres. Krisztián Pars and Yevgeniya Kolodko were comfortable winners in the hammer throw and shot put, respectively. In the under-23 section

Valeriy Iordan Valeriy Iordan (; born 14 February 1992) is a Russian athlete. Iordan won the silver medal at 2012 European Championships in Helsinki in Javelin Throw with result 83.23m, which is athlete's personal best. International competitions Seasonal be ...

won with a javelin championship record of 82.89 m – the best by any athlete in the cup. The best performance on the second day came from Nadine Müller, who won the discus with a world-leading 66.69 m.

Borja Vivas Borja Vivas Jiménez (born 26 May 1984) is a Spanish shot putter. He represented his country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, ...

won the only gold medal for the host country Spain in the men's shot puts, reaching twenty metres. The women's hammer contest was close with

Zalina Marghieva Zalina Marghieva (; born 5 February 1988) is a female hammer thrower who competes for Moldova. Born in Russia, she is the sister of Marina Marghieva and Serghei Marghiev, and is coached by her father Soslan. As a junior, she finished fifth at ...

beating the reigning Olympic champion

Tatyana Lysenko Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko (, born 9 October 1983 in Bataysk) is a Russian hammer thrower. Her career has been blighted by repeated doping infractions. In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her an eight-year ban for dopin ...

with a throw of 71.98 m. The world junior record holder in the javelin, Zigismunds Sirmais, marked his transition from the junior ranks by winning the senior title. Marghieva stuns Lysenko; Muller continues her domination at European Cup Winter Throwing
. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-24. In the under-23 section Turkey's Emel Dereli won the women's shot put at the age of seventeen.

Medal summary

Senior men

Senior women

Under-23 men

Under-23 women

References

External links

at RFEA
Competition website
at

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