Career
His personal best throw of 73.38 m is the Estonian record and the third best mark of all-time. He made his first Olympic appearance in 2004 and established himself a year later by taking the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. He competed at the 2004 Olympics, but did not reach the final.
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 (6946 – 7230 – 7043 – 7338 – 7051 – 6588). The best mark of 73.38 m was an Estonian record and the third best in history – only Jürgen Schult (7408 m, 1986) and Virgilijus Alekna (7388 m, 2000) have thrown further.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he took Olympicgold medal with a throw of 68.82 meters, one meter ahead of second-place finisher Piotr Malachowski of Poland. On 22 March 2009, he set a world indoor best of 69.51 m in Växjö, Sweden.
He had a best throw of 66.88 m, which was enough for the World bronze medal.
He took victory in the Wexiö Indoor Throwing competition in 2010, although his winning throw was some way behind his indoor record set the previous year. Still, he started strongly outdoors, having a long early-season throw of 71.45 m in California – the eleventh best throw ever at that point. He ended that year with a season"s best throw of 67.99 m at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial.
