Primož Kozmus (born 30 September 1979 in

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) is a

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er. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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and the 2009 World Championships in

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made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles. His personal best throw and the Slovenian record is 82.58 metres, achieved in September 2009 in Celje, Slovenia. On 8 October 2009, Kozmus unexpectedly announced his temporary retirement from athletics. On 25 October 2010, he announced his return. After moderate achievements in the 2011 season, Kozmus stated his goal at the

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was to place in the top eight in the finals. He won bronze with 79.39 m. Since then, he has also won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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* 1979 births Living people Slovenian male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Slovenia Olympic gold medalists for Slovenia Olympic silver medalists for Slovenia Sportspeople from Novo Mesto People from Brežice World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships winners IAAF World Athletics Final winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Slovenia {{Slovenia-Olympic-medalist-stub