Ryan Whiting

Ryan Keith Whiting (* November 24, 1986 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American shot putter.

Whiting in 2005 Pan-American Junior champion in discus throw and shot put. By 2010, he studied civil engineering at Arizona State University. There, he won five NCAA Championships: 2009 and 2010 in the shot put (both indoor and outdoor air ) and 2010 with the discus.

2011 Whiting won at the U.S. Indoor Championships in the shot put. At the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, he finished seventh. The following year he won at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul with a width of 22.00 m the title in front of the outdoor world champion David Storl from Germany and Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski of Poland.

At the World Championships 2013 in Moscow, he won with a width of 21.57 m silver medal behind David Storl.

Whiting is 1.92 m tall, weighs 134 kg and is coached by Dave Dumble. He turns to the rotary push-through technique.

Bests

• Shot Put: 22,28 m, May 10, 2013, Doha Hall: 22,00 m, March 9, 2012, Istanbul