The 2006
European Cup Winter Throwing The European Throwing Cup (until 2016 European Cup Winter Throwing) is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every ...
was held on 18 and 19 March at
Hadar Yosef Stadium in
Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the sixth edition of the
athletics competition for throwing events organised by the
European Athletics Association. A total of 168 athletes from 28 countries entered the competition.
The competition featured men's and women's contests in
shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
,
discus throw,
javelin throw and
hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition.
Polish and Russian athletes dominated the proceedings. Poland won five of the eight contests while Russia provided the silver medallist in six events. Russia was the winner in the men's and women's team points competition.
Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus was the original winner of the shot put (and a frequent world medallist during the period). In 2013 all his results from August 2005 onwards were annulled after a retest of his doping sample from the
2005 World Championships in Athletics
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proved to be positive, resulting in a lifetime ban for the athlete.
Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005
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* Gheorghe Albu
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was promoted to first place in the European Cup field.
Medal summary
Medal and points table
;Key:
* Belarus's score in the men's team competition was originally 5373 points. Following Andrei Mikhnevich's disqualification in 2013, his points total of 1157 was replaced by that of his countryman Yury Bialou
Yury Bialou ( be, Юрый Уладзіміравіч Бялоў; born March 20, 1981, in Krychaw, Belarusian SSR) who was ninth with 1065 points.
References
;Results
6th European Cup Winter Throwing Results
RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
External links
Official website
(archived)
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European Cup Winter Throwing The European Throwing Cup (until 2016 European Cup Winter Throwing) is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every ...
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European Cup Winter Throwing The European Throwing Cup (until 2016 European Cup Winter Throwing) is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every ...
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