Erik Cadée (born 15 February 1984) is a Dutch

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 ...

er. Cadée was born in

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

. Among his first international appearances was a runner-up performance at the 2001

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. He competed in the qualifying rounds of the

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and improved the following year to claim the gold medal at the

2003 European Athletics Junior Championships The 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Tampere, Finland from 23 to 27 July 2003. A total of 44 events were contested; 22 by men and 22 by women. Germany had the biggest medal haul with nine golds and a total of 26, closely fol ...

. Cadée represented the Netherlands at the

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in 2007 and 2009, but did not reach the final. He qualified for the final at the

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, but failed to record a legal throw in his three attempts. He won the silver medal at the 2011 European Cup Winter Throwing meet in March, and set a then personal best and world leading throw the following month, throwing the discus to a mark of 66.95 m.Dutch discus thrower Cadée hits 2011 world-lead, Smith returns
.

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(2011-04-30). Retrieved on 2011-04-30. His present personal best is 67.30 m.

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1984 births Living people Dutch male discus throwers Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Netherlands World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub