Christoph Harting (born 10 April 1990) is a German athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won the gold medal at the

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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.

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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