John Godina

John Godina
Full name	John Carl Godina
nation	United States
birthday	May 31, 1972
place of birth	Fort Sill
size	193 cm
Weight	129 kg
Career
discipline	Shot put , discus throw
Best performance	22.20 m (ball) 69.91 m (discus)
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 1 × World championships 3 × 0 × 0 × Indoor World Cup 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Atlanta 1996 Shot put bronze Sydney 2000 Shot put World championships gold Gothenburg 1995 Shot put gold Athens 1997 Shot put gold Edmonton 2001 Shot put Indoor world championships gold Lisbon 2001 Shot put

John Carl Godina (born May 31, 1972 in Fort Sill , Oklahoma ) is a former American shot putter and discus thrower .

Sporting successes

Godina became world champion in the shot put in Gothenburg in 1995 . He repeated this success in 1997 in Athens and 2001 in Edmonton . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta he won the silver medal and the bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games .

Godina also competed in discus throwing competitions at a high international level. He took part in the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 . At the 1997 World Championships in Athens , he finished fifth with 65.40 m.

Personal best

His best performances in the shot put date from 2005 with 22.20 m (open air), set up in Carson , and 21.83 m (hall), set up in Boston. His best length in the discus throw, established in Salinas in 1998, is 69.91 m.

particularities

In 1998 Godina achieved the world's best performances in one day in the shot put (21.78 m) and discus throw (66.47 m). He exceeded the 21-meter mark 85 times. In 2009 he ended his career.

Others

With a height of 1.93 m, his competition weight is given as 129 kg.

Web links

• John Godina in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• John Godina in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article on 'dlv-sport.de'