Hannes Kirchler (born 22 December 1978 in Merano) is an Italian discus thrower.
Biography
He is an eleven-time national champion in the discus throw, and a member of C.S. Carabinieri, an Italian military police sporting club. In 2007, Kirchler achieved his personal best throw of 65.01 metres at the Italian national championships in Bolzano.
Kirchler competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and qualified for the men's discus throw.
His biggest achievement was to reach the Final at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he threw 63.74m in the Qualifying and 60.18m in the Final. He finished tenth.
Progression
Achievements
National titles
Hannes Kirchler has won 13 times for the individual national championships.
- 10 wins in discus throw (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- 3 win in discus throw (2007, 2014, 2017) at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships
See also
- Italian all-time lists – Discus throw
References
External links
- Hannes Kirchler at World Athletics
- Hannes Kirchler at Diamond League
- Hannes Kirchler at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Hannes Kirchler at Olympics.com
- Hannes Kirchler at Olympedia
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
- Profile – CS Carabinieri (in Italian)
