The 2007 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 17 and 18 March at Avangard Stadium in

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, Ukraine. It was the seventh edition of the

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competition for throwing events organised by the

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. A total of 203 athletes from 26 countries entered the competition – a new high for the event.

Summary

The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put,

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...

and

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...

. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.Ramsak, Bob (2007-03-18)
Dietzsch's 66.14 caps European Winter Throwing Cup
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-16. Athletes in the senior competitions were seeded into "A" and "B" groups. Igor Sukhomlinov of Russia surprised with a personal best of 83.34 m in the

to win the title despite being seeded in the "B" group. Dzimitry Hancharuk, Chiara Rosa, Nataliya Semenova were other "B" group athletes to take a medal, each of them a bronze. Two

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were broken during the competition: men's

bronze medallist

Ercüment Olgundeniz Ercüment Olgundeniz (born July 7, 1976 in Izmir) is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in the discus throw, discus and occasionally shot put. The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor, where he is coached by Teodoru Agachi. He took ...

improved the Turkish record to 64.34 metres, while under-23 athlete Melik Janoyan set a new Armenian best for the javelin with his throw of 69.34 metres. Several athletes went on to take top honours at the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

. Discus winners

Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter (born 6 May 1979) is a retired Estonian discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance th ...

and Franka Dietzsch became world champions, while the men's hammer throwers Primož Kozmus and Ivan Tsikhan took the top two spots in

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as they did in Yalta.

Medal winners

Senior

Under-23

Medal and points table

Participation

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References

;Results
7th European Cup Winter Throwing Results
. RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
Results
(archived). Yalta 2007. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.

Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.

External links

Official website
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