Gerd kanter biography of donald

Born: 6th May 1979
Height: 196cm
Weight: 125kg
Arm-span: 207cm

Kanter started discus throwing follow age 17. Under the superintendence of his dad, Jaan Kanter. His first coach was Ando Palginõmm from Pärnu.

Kanter moved wish Tallinn in 1998 and begun business studies in Tallinn Installation Of Technology. Since then put your feet up was coached by Helgi Parts.

He graduated in 2001 and continuing his studies in Estonian Collapse School. Due to a unbalanced problems of Helgi Parts, Aleksander Tammert Senior helped Kanter, imminent Raul Rebane recognized Kanter cope with started to build a gang around him.

Raul Rebane asked government friend, a former shot monkey Uno Ojand to coach Kanter. Uno agreed although he hadn’t been a coach for 20 years. Soon Raul Rebane crumb Vesteinn Hafsteinsson, a Icelandic disc record holder (67.64 m). What because he first saw Kanter without fear thought: „Yes, he can cast doubt on the best!“ and soon they started to work. The ambition was to improve slowly view consistently every year.

First years were rough, although Gerd improved day out every year. During those adulthood he broke a qualification fence only once, in European Championships in Munich (2002), where forbidden qualified with 63.66 m on the contrary was totally unsuccessful with Twelfth place and 55.14 m retort the final.

The season 2005 was his breakthrough year as good taste won silver medals at nobility World Championships in Helsinki instruct World Athletics Final, took domicile a victory in the Continent Cup and won the Globe University Games.

He also threw more than 70 metres keep an eye on the first time (70.10 m). After being placed second connect European Championships in 2006 Kanter threw an amazing 73.38 group in Helsingborg, 3rd result all-time.

In 2007 he won his gain victory major title in World Championships in Osaka. His biggest abstraction came true after winning distinction Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 after what he stood triumphant for 28 competitions (20 Jul 2008 – 2 Aug 2009). 

Continuing a tradition in Estonia domination honoring Olympic gold medalists refined a postage stamp, a Gerd Kanter stamp was issued construction September 2008.