Athletics At The 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's Discus Throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 21–23. Medalists Results Qualification Qualification: 60.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final. Final ReferencesResults {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games - Men's discus throw Discus 2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

Discus Throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiquity, ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue ''Discobolus''. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon. History The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the Ancient Olympic Games, original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The discus as a sport was resurrected in Magdeburg, Germany, by gymnastics teacher Christian Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the 1870s. Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the first modern competition, ...
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Aaron Neighbour
Aaron Neighbour (born 2 December 1977) is a retired Australian discus thrower and shot putter. He finished sixth in the shot put at the Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's shot put, 1998 Commonwealth Games and eleventh in the discus throw at the Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's discus throw, 2006 Commonwealth Games where he threw 49.61m. Neighbour became Australian discus champion in 2001. His personal best discus throw was 64.26 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Salinas, California. His personal best shot put was 18.95 metres, achieved in July 1998 in Melbourne. Aaron's sister Gabrielle Neighbour has won three senior national titles in Hammer Throw, and represented Australia three times in that event at the Commonwealth Games. References External links

* * * * 1977 births Living people Australian male discus throwers Australian male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) ...
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