Rutger Smith

Rutger Smith ( born July 9, 1981 in Groningen) is a Dutch shot putter and discus thrower. Smith is 26 -times Dutch champion and holds the indoor and outdoor, the Dutch records in the shot put. He is a member of Groningen Atletiek.

Life

Initial successes celebrated Smith already as a junior. In 1999 he was in both the shot put, discus throw, as well as in the European Junior Champion. The following year he secured at the Junior World Championships in Santiago de Chile the title in the shot put and bronze in the discus throw. The breakthrough to the international world leaders succeeded him in 2002, when he first reached with the ball a distance of about 20 meters and its best performance increased with the discus to over 64 meters.

2005 the most successful year of his career. In March, he finished second at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid in the shot put. In August, he won at the World Championships in Helsinki also in the shot put behind the Americans Adam Nelson the silver medal.

Smith holds with a width of 20.89 m the Dutch record in the shot put in the hall, situated on February 16, 2008 in Ghent during the Dutch Indoor Championships, and with a width of 21.62 m open-air record, established on June 10, 2006 in Leiden.

At the World Championships in 2007, the Dutchman was having a width of 66.43 m the Bronze medal in the discus throw, behind the Estonian Gerd Kanter World Champion ( 68,94 m ) and the German Robert Harting win, after spending three days earlier, a fourth place in the shot put had occupied competition. In 2008 he was at the World Indoor Championships in fifth in the shot put. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, he won the discus ninth.

2012 Smith was at the World Indoor Championships in seventh in the shot put. In the outdoor season, he won the European Championships in Helsinki behind David Storl silver with the ball. In the discus throw, he became a fourth. However, after the third placed Zoltán Kővágó has been locked, Smith was subsequently awarded the bronze medal. At the Olympic Games in London, he did not reach the finals in the shot put.

Rutger Smith is 1,97 m tall and weighs 120 kg. His personal best in the discus throw is 67.77 meters.

Dutch Masters title

  • Discus Throw: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
  • Shot Put: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Shot Put (Hall ): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
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