Robert Harting

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Harting
Occupation	Discus Thrower
Date Of Birth	Oct 18, 1984(1984-10-18)
Age	40
Country	Germany
Birth City	Cottbus
Horoscope	Libra

Robert Harting Biography

Robert Harting is one of the most popular and richest Discus Thrower who was born on October 18, 1984 in Cottbus, Germany. Robert Harting, born 18 October 1984, is a retired German discus thrower. Torsten Schmidt is his coach and he represents the SCC Berlin sports club. He was a former European, World and Olympic champion in men’s discus throwing. His younger brother Christoph is currently the Olympic champion in this event.

Harting was in the silver medal spot at the Berlin 2009 World Championships. Harting then threw a personal record of 69.43 meters to take the lead and win the gold medal. Piotr Malachowski from Poland, the last remaining competitor, and leader from the 1st round of the final, couldn’t beat the German’s throw.

In May 2012, Harting threw a personal best of 70.31 m at the Hallesche Werfertage Meeting, clearing seventy metres for the first time. At the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Harting won the Gold medal by throwing 68.30 m. In the 2012 London Olympics, he won the gold medal in discus throwing.

He won his third straight world championship title at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. In 2014, he retained the European title.

He set a personal record of 68.65m in Kaunas, June, and was chosen for the German team at 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was fourth in the throw with a throw of 67.09 m. He also won a bronze medal at 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final.

Robert Harting Net Worth

Robert Harting is one of the richest Discus Thrower from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Harting 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Harting was born in Cottbus (East Germany). Harting won a silver medal in the 2001 World Youth Championships. He was not as successful at the subsequent championships, and was eighth in the 2002 World Junior Championships qualifiers. At the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships, he won the gold medal.

Soon after, he began to compete at the senior level and participated in the 2006 European Championships. He just missed qualifying in the first round. He improved his throwing in 2007 and set a new personal record of 66.93m. He also won the silver medal at World Championships 2007. He finished fourth in the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, and was second in the European Winter Throwing Cup.

Harting set a championship record of 66.80 m to win at the 2010 European Team Championships and recorded a mark of 68.67 m the following month at the 2010 German Athletics Championships to take the national title. He threw 68.47 m in the final of the 2010 European Athletics Championships but this was not enough to beat Malachowski. Still, the silver medal was his first at the primary continental championships. He competed in the 2010 IAAF Diamond League and won at the Weltklasse Zurich, but it was Malachowski who won the overall Diamond Race Trophy. He improved his personal best in Neubrandenburg in a one-on-one competition against Malachowski, taking the win with a throw of 69.69 m. He defended his world title at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics with a winning mark of 68.97 m.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Robert Harting height 6 ft 7 in Robert weight 126 kg & body measurements will update soon.

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Facts & Trivia

Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Discus Thrower. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Robert Harting celebrates birthday on October 18 of every year.