Hannes Kirchler

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 YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Ranking201664.97 m Tarquinia. Italy15 June 201639°201562.56 m Castiglione della Pescaia. Italy1 June 201556°201463.33 m Chula Vista. US24 April 201448º201362.69 m Donnas. Italy7 July 201356º201262.04 m La Jolla. US28 April 201275º201163.58 m Tarquinia. Italy9 June 201146º201062.86 m Donnas. Italy10 July 201046º200963.11 m Donnas. Italy12 July 200935º200862.52 m Formia. Italy22 April 200857º200765.01 m Bolzano. Italy4 June 200718º200662.27 m Donnas. Italy18 June 200647º200562.72 m Milan. Italy1 June 200547º200462.13 m Viterbo. Italy20 May 200462º200359.70 m Vado Ligure. Italy18 June 200398º200259.85 m Pergine Valsugana. Italy6 July 200299º200154.29 m Trento. Italy2 September 2001230º200055.80 m Ravenna. Italy24 June 2000220º199955.32 m Borgo Valsugana. Italy22 May 1999243º199853.70 m { Bolzano. Italy1 June 1998386º199749.08 m Grosseto. Italy14 June 1997472º199645.42 m

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