- Märt Israel
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Israel at the 2011 Bislett Games
Märt Israel (born 23 September 1983 in Karksi-Nuia) is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista (his last record was 66.56 metres, achieved in September 2007 in Helsingborg).
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Mark Representing 
Estonia2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 7th 59.43 m[1] 2003 Universiade Daegu, South Korea 12th 53.57 m 2005 Universiade Izmir, Turkey 11th 57.63 m 2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th 59.80 m 2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 3rd 60.32 m 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 14th 61.98 m 2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 9th 62.59 m 2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 1st 64.07 m World Championships Daegu, South Korea 4th 65.20 m References
- IAAF profile for Märt Israel
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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Discus Throw 1959: Antonios Kounadis (GRE) • 1961: Edmund Piątkowski (POL) • 1963: Gaetano dalla Pria (ITA) • 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE) • 1967: Gary Carlsen (USA) • 1970: János Murányi (HUN) • 1973: Viktor Zhurba (URS) • 1975: Markku Tuokko (FIN) • 1977: Nikolay Vikhor (URS) • 1979: Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) • 1981: Armin Lemme (GDR) • 1983 – 1985: Luis Delís (CUB) • 1987: Randy Heisler (USA) • 1989: Kamy Keshmiri (USA) • 1991: Adewale Olukoju (NGR) • 1993: Alexis Elizalde (CUB) • 1995: Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) • 1997: Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) • 1999: Frantz Kruger (RSA) • 2001: Aleksander Tammert (EST) • 2003: Wu Tao (CHN) • 2005: Gerd Kanter (EST) • 2007: Gerhard Mayer (AUT) • 2009: Mohammad Samimi (IRI) • 2011: Märt Israel (EST)
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Viljandi County
- Estonian discus throwers
- Olympic athletes of Estonia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Estonian athletics biography stubs
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