The 2013

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 16 and 17 March at the Pista de Atletismo Universitat Jaume I and Complejo Deportivo Gaetà Huguet in Castellón, Spain. It was the thirteenth edition of the

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competition in throwing events and was jointly organised by the

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and the

Real Federación Española de Atletismo The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (Spanish: ''Real Federación Española de Atletismo'', RFEA), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Spain. As of 2020, the federation has 1,411 registered clubs and 89,470 federated athlets. His ...

. The competition featured men's and women's contests in

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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 antiqui ...

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 ...

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 consis ...

. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes. A total of 249 athletes from 38 nations entered the competition. It was the second time that Spain hosted the event, following on from the 2009 edition held in

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Mariya Abakumova Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova (russian: Мария Васильевна Абакумова; born 15 January 1986) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Career Abakumova discovered her love for athletics a ...

provided the highlight of the first day of competition, winning the women's javelin in a cup record and world-leading mark of 69.34 metres.Minshull, Phil (2013-03-16)
Abakumova reaches 69.34m at European Cup Winter Throwing
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-24.

Daniel Jasinski Daniel Jasinski (born 5 August 1989 in Bochum) is a male discus thrower from Germany. He won the Olympic bronze medal in 2016. It was an unexpected first medal in a major championship. Career He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Bei ...

narrowly won the men's discus, beating 41-year-old

Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna (; 13 February 1972) is a Lithuanian former discus thrower and politician. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds. After retiring from athletics, Alekna was elected to the national parliament, t ...

by three centimetres.

Krisztián Pars Krisztián Pars (; born 18 February 1982) is a Hungarian hammer thrower. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008, and 2012, winning the gold medal in 2012. He also won the 2012 and 2014 European championships. Career His personal be ...

and Yevgeniya Kolodko were comfortable winners in the hammer throw and shot put, respectively. In the under-23 section

Valeriy Iordan Valeriy Iordan (russian: Валерий Владимирович Иордан; born 14 February 1992) is a Russian athlete. Iordan won the silver medal at 2012 European Championships in Helsinki in Javelin Throw with result 83.23m, which is athle ...

won with a javelin championship record of 82.89 m – the best by any athlete in the cup. The best performance on the second day came from Nadine Müller, who won the discus with a world-leading 66.69 m.

Borja Vivas Borja Vivas Jiménez (born 26 May 1984) is a Spanish shot putter. He represented his country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( p ...

won the only gold medal for the host country Spain in the men's shot puts, reaching twenty metres. The women's hammer contest was close with

Zalina Marghieva Zalina Marghieva (russian: Залина Сослановна Маргиева; born 5 February 1988) is a female hammer thrower who competes for Moldova. Born in Russia, she is the sister of Marina Marghieva and Serghei Marghiev, and is coached ...

beating the reigning Olympic champion

Tatyana Lysenko Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko (russian: Татьяна Викторовна Лысенко, born 9 October 1983 in Bataysk) is a Russian hammer thrower. Her career has been blighted by repeated doping infractions. In February 2019, the Court of Ar ...

with a throw of 71.98 m. The world junior record holder in the javelin,

Zigismunds Sirmais Zigismunds Sirmais (born May 6, 1992 in Riga) is a Latvian javelin thrower. Sirmais achieved his best result of 86.66 while winning the 2016 European Athletics Championships. He previously threw the world junior record of 84.69 m on June 22, 2 ...

, marked his transition from the junior ranks by winning the senior title. Marghieva stuns Lysenko; Muller continues her domination at European Cup Winter Throwing
. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-24. In the under-23 section Turkey's Emel Dereli won the women's shot put at the age of seventeen.

Medal summary

Senior men

Senior women

Under-23 men

Under-23 women

References

External links

at RFEA
Competition website
at

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Winter Throwing International athletics competitions hosted by Spain Sport in Castellón de la Plana