Discus throw: Facts

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Czech decathlete Roman Šebrle, world record holder and 2004 Olympic winner, was injured in January 2007 when a javelin which had been thrown 55 metres pierced his shoulder?
former U.S. decathlete Rafer Johnson ignited the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics?
the George Munger Award, given since 1989 to the college football coach of the year, is named for long-time Penn coach and decathlon champion George Munger?

East German athlete Henry Lauterbach competed on an international level in both high jump and long jump?
Hungarian long jumper and triple jumper Gyula Pálóczi has been called "the most successful jumper Hungary has ever produced" by the European Athletic Association?
Norwegian long jumper Nils Uhlin Hansen was killed as a saboteur in World War II?
Senegalese long jumper and triple jumper Ndiss Kaba Badji was the only person from his country to reach a final at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
former long jump record holder Carol Lewis tried out for the 2002 Winter Olympics bobsleigh team?
the long jumper Fred Salle originally represented England in international competitions, then changed allegiance to Cameroon before returning to England some years later?
the Norwegian long jump record for women, which Margrethe Renstrøm broke in 2009 with a 6.64 metres jump, was at the time the oldest Norwegian athletics record?
while long jumper László Szalma won six medals in total at the European Indoor Championships, his best result at both the Summer Olympics and the World Championships was fourth place?

Michigan Wolverines football player Bill Yearby was an All-American football player as well as a champion shot putter who the coaches felt could have starred for the Wolverines basketball team?
shot putter Ivan Ivančić is the oldest ever finalist at the World Championships in Athletics?
Alfred Proksch won two gold medals at the 2009 World's Masters Championships because he was the only competitor in the 100+ age bracket for discus and shot put?
Charlie Fonville broke a 14-year-old shot put world record by almost 12 inches (30 cm) at the 1948 Kansas Relays but was not allowed to stay with the other athletes because he was African-American?
Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt was the first woman to throw a shot put more than 19 meters in the Summer Olympic Games?
Estonian Margus Hunt won two gold medals at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, setting a world junior record in discus throw and a national junior record in shot put?
after winning a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, German shot putter Stephanie Storp began playing basketball?
the 6 foot, 6 inch Swede Roland Nilsson of the Michigan Wolverines won six consecutive Big Ten shot put championships in the 1950s?
the South African record set in 2001 by All-African shot put champion Burger Lambrechts was subsequently annulled because of a positive doping test?

East German athlete Henry Lauterbach competed on an international level in both high jump and long jump?
high jumper Bohdan Bondarenko won the World Junior Championships bronze medal in 2006 and the gold medal in 2008, both times with a 2.26 metres (7.4 ft) jump?
high jumper Ulrike Meyfarth became the youngest individual Olympic champion in athletics?
Hungarian István Major held the high jump record at the European Indoor Championships from 1972 to 1977?
Robert Kotei, then Ghana's high jump record holder, once successfully foiled a military coup against the NRC government, only to be executed years later after a successful coup against his own SMC government?
German high jumper Meike Kröger spent almost a year working in an orphanage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan?
in 1978, Franklin Jacobs high jumped 59 centimeters (23 in) above his own height, setting an indoor world record that lasted a day, and a height differential record that still stands?
the Norwegian high jumper Stine Kufaas set a national record in the standing high jump in 2009?

800 metres runner Andrew Hart was the fastest non-African in his event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games?
Ugandan 800 metres runner Abraham Chepkirwok missed out on the 2007 World Championships bronze medal by only 0.02 seconds?
Ukrainian runner Yuliya Krevsun ended her track career in 2005 to start a family, but later made a comeback and reached the 800 metres final at the Beijing Olympics?
after competing for many years on a world-class level in the 400 metres hurdles, German athlete Heike Meißner tried competing in the 800 metres?
the Bulgarian female runners Zlateva, Yordanova, Pekhlivanova, Shtereva, Tomova and Petrova all won medals in 800 metres at the European Indoor Championships in the 1970s?

Michigan Wolverines Hall of Famer Phil Northrup won three NCAA championships in the javelin throw and pole vault?