Hannes Kirchler

Career

Kirchler competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and qualified for the men"s discus throw. He threw the discus into the field at 56.44 metres, just nearly nine metres short of his personal best. Kirchler finished sixteenth in the second group, and thirty-third overall in the qualifying round of the event.

Therefore, he did not reach the final.

7 wins in discus throw (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014).

Achievements

• He is also a seven-time national champion for the discus throw, and a member of CS Carabinieri, an Italian military and police sporting club In 2007, Kirchler achieved his personal best throw of 65.17 metres at the Italian national championships in Bolzano. Hannes Kirchler has won 9 times for the individual national championships. 2 win in discus throw (2007, 2014) at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships.