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Gerd Kanter (born May 6 , 1979 in Tallinn , Estonia ) is an Estonia n Discus Throw er.
He competed at the 2004 Olympics , but didn't reach the final. 2005 was his breakthrough year as he won silver medals at the World Championships and World Athletics Final , took home a victory in the European Cup and won the World University Games . He also threw more than 70 metres for the first time.

On September 4 2006, in Helsingborg , Sweden , Kanter threw more than 70 metres in four different rounds (69.46 - 72.30 - 70.43 - 73.38 - 70.51 - 65.88). The best mark of 73.38 m was the third best in history – only Jürgen Schult (74.08 m, 1986) and Virgilijus Alekna (73.88 m, 2000) have thrown further.


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