Kupper during 2015 European Team Championships First League
Personal information
Nationality
Estonian
Born
(1989-05-31) 31 May 1989 (age 34) Tallinn, Estonia
Sport
Country
Estonia
Sport
Athletics
Event
Discus
Achievements and titles
Personal best
66.67 (2015)
Martin Kupper (born 31 May 1989, in Tallinn[1]) is an Estonian track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He has a personal best of 66.67 m (218 ft 8+3⁄4 in), set in 2015. He is a member of the Audentese SK sports club.[2]
He competed in the discus as a teenager and began to improve in 2010, setting a best of 55.19 m (181 ft 3⁄4 in) and coming seventh at the Nordic Under-23 Athletics Championships. He cleared the sixty-metre mark for the first time in 2011 with a new best of 60.18 m (197 ft 5+1⁄4 in) and made his debut at continental level at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships (competing in the qualifiers only). He improved for a third successive season in 2012, having a best of 62.32 m (204 ft 5+1⁄2 in) at the Kohila leg of the BIGBANK Kuldliiga [et] series.[3] He threw beyond sixty metres to finish eighth at the 2013 European Cup Winter Throwing then had a throw of 65.03 m (213 ft 4 in) in August, which ranked him 22nd on the global seasonal lists.[4]
He made his debut at the European Championships in 2014 and finished the competition in ninth place. His best that year was 64.98 m (213 ft 2+1⁄4 in), putting him 26th globally.[5] He put himself at the top of the seasonal lists at the start of the following year with a 66.67 m (218 ft 8+3⁄4 in) win at the 2015 European Cup Winter Throwing – his first international medal.[6] He began to compete on the 2015 IAAF Diamond League circuit and had fourth-place finishes in Shanghai and Eugene. Further fourth places came at the FBK Games, the 2015 European Team Championships (1st League)[7] and the 2016 Summer Olympics, with a throw at 66.58 m (218 ft 5+1⁄4 in).
^ESBL Kupper, Martin. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^Martin Kupper. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
^Martin Kupper. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
^Discus Throw - men - senior - outdoor - 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
^Discus Throw - men - senior - outdoor - 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
^Minshull, Phil (2015-03-15). Muller, Kupper and Pars impress at the European Cup Winter Throwing . IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
^Martin Kupper. Diamond League. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
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