Christoph Harting (born 10 April 1990) is a German athlete specialising in the

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 ...

. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He competed at the

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and 2015 World Championships, reaching the final on the second occasion. He is the younger brother of multiple-time world champion and fellow Olympic gold medalist

Robert Harting Robert Harting (; born 18 October 1984) is a retired German discus thrower. He represents the sports club SCC Berlin, his coach is Torsten Schmidt. He is a former Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's discus throw. His younger bro ...

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* * * * * * 1990 births Living people German male discus throwers Sportspeople from Cottbus World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic male discus throwers {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub