Athletics At The 2015 Summer Universiade – Women's Discus Throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 8 and 9 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium. Medalists Results Qualification Qualification: 55.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade - Women's discus throw Discus 2015 in women's athletics 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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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Ischke Senekal
Ischke Senekal (born 8 January 1993) is a South African discus thrower. She won the silver medal at the 2015 African Games ( discus), finished fifth at the 2015 African Games (shot put), twelfth at the 2015 Summer Universiade (discus), fifth at the 2016 African Championships (both discus and (shot put) and tenth at the 2017 Summer Universiade (discus). She also competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships (discus) and the 2017 Summer Universiade (shot put) without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 56.86 metres, achieved in April 2016 in Stellenbosch. She has 17.56 metres in the shot put, achieved in April 2018 in Sasolburg Sasolburg is a large industrial city within the Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa. Sasolburg is further sub-divided into three areas: Sasolburg proper, Vaalpark (a more affluent cluster o .... International competitions References {{DEFAULTSORT:Senekal, Ischke 1993 bir ...
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Navjeet Dhillon
Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (born 6 March 1995) is an Indian track and field athlete who competes as a Discus thrower. Her current world ranking in the Women's Discus Throw category is 46, and in the Women's Overall ranking is 4165. She was the bronze medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with her final throw of 57.43 m and became the second Indian to win a medal at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2014. She holds a personal best of , set in 2018 in Indian Grand Prix in February, 2018. Dhillon had to wait for more than two years to receive her cash award for the World Junior Athletics Championship bronze medal. She hoped to receive a job offer by the Punjab government. She is presently employed in as an income tax inspector. Following a doping violation in June 2022, she was banned for a period of three years. Career Born in Amritsar, Dhillon won the Indian junior title in the discus in 2010 and the national youth title in 2011. She made her international debut at t ...
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Inga Miķelsone
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Paulina Flores (athlete)
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TeRina Keenan
Te Rina Catherine Keenan (born 29 June 1990 in Auckland) is a New Zealand athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ... whose specialty is the discus throw. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. Her personal best in the event is 60.78 metres (Hamilton 2015). In addition, she has a best of 16.11 metres in the shot put (Kazan 2013). Competition record References External links * 1990 births Living people New Zealand female discus throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand Athletes from Auckland Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade New Zealand female shot putters New Zealand Athletics Championships winners {{NewZealand-a ...
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