Hannes Kirchler


Hannes Kirchler is an Italian discus thrower.

Biography

He is an eleven-time national champion in the discus throw, and a member of C.S. Carabinieri, an Italian military police sporting club. In 2007, Kirchler achieved his personal best throw of 65.01 metres at the Italian national championships in Bolzano.
Kirchler competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and qualified for the men's discus throw.
His biggest achievement was to reach the Final at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he threw 63.74m in the Qualifying and 60.18m in the Final.
He finished tenth.

Progression

Achievements

National titles

Hannes Kirchler has won 13 times for the individual national championships.