Martin Marić is a Croatia

Croatia

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Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

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He was born in Split. He finished thirteenth at the 2001 World Youth Championships

2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics

The 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the second edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Debrecen, Hungary from July 12 to July 15, 2001. -Boys:-Girls:-Medals table:...

 and won the silver medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships. As a competitor for the University of Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs

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, he attain All-American status in the Javelin by placing 6th at the NCAAs. After transferring to the University of California

California Golden Bears

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, he attained All-American Status in the discuss by placing 8th at the NCAA championships. In his senior campaign, he won the national collegiate championships by throwing 196-3, beating Ryan Whiting

Ryan Whiting

Ryan Keith Whiting is an American track and field athlete specializing in the shot put. His biggest international senior success to date is the seventh place in the final of the 2011 World Championships. Whiting studied at and represented Arizona State University...

 of Arizona State by only 2 cm on his final throw. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final.

His personal best throw is 65.38 meters, achieved in April 2011 in Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville, Florida

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. He also has 72.31 meters in the javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

, achieved in May 2006.

Achievements

Representing
2008	Olympic Games Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , PR China	29th	59.25 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	10th	62.53 m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw The men's discus throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Qualification:...