Julia Harting (née Fischer; born 1 April 1990 in

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) is a German

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who specialises in the

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 ...

. She won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships, and has represented Germany at two Olympics (

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and

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). She was a u18 World Champion in 2007. Fischer represented Germany at the 2012 European Athletics Championships where she finished 5th in the discus event with a throw of 62.10 metres. She also finished in 5th at the 2015 World Championships. Julia Harting is married to German discus thrower

Robert Harting Robert Harting (; born 18 October 1984) is a retired German discus thrower. He represents the sports club SCC Berlin, his coach is Torsten Schmidt (athlete), Torsten Schmidt. He is a former Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's dis ...

International competitions

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* 1990 births Living people Athletes from Berlin German female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany European Athletics Championships medalists 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-discus-bio-stub