Martin Kupper

Martin Kupper
	Kupper during 2015 European Team Championships First League
Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	31 May 1989 (age 35); 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).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Result
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	15th (q)	55.82 m
2013	European Cup Winter Throwing	Castellón de la Plana, Spain	8th	60.64 m
2014	European Cup Winter Throwing	Leiria, Portugal	10th	58.19 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	9th	60.89 m
2015	European Cup Winter Throwing	Leiria, Portugal	1st	66.67 m
	European Team Championships 1st League	Heraklion, Greece	4th	59.36 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	16th (q)	61.59 m
2016	European Throwing Cup	Arad, Romania	2nd	62.20 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7th	63.55 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	66.58 m
2017	European Throwing Cup	Las Palmas, Spain	3rd	62.86 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	17th (q)	62.71 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	13th (q)	62.13 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	19th (q)	62.10 m

References

^ 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.