Mark Israel
Mark Israel 
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| birthday | 23rd September 1983 (age 36) | |||||||||
| place of birth | Karksi-Nuia , Estonia | |||||||||
| size | 190 cm | |||||||||
| Weight | 128 kg | |||||||||
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| discipline | Discus throw , hammer throw | |||||||||
| Best performance | 66.98 m, 61.19 m | |||||||||
| society | Audentese SK | |||||||||
| Trainer | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | |||||||||
| status | resigned | |||||||||
| End of career | 2018 | |||||||||
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| last change: July 26, 2020 | ||||||||||
Märt Israel (born September 23, 1983 in Karksi-Nuia ) is a former Estonian athlete who has specialized in discus throwing, but also competed in hammer throwing .
Athletic career
Märt Israel gained his first international experience in 1999 when he was eliminated from the qualification at the World Youth Championships in Bydgoszcz with a width of 45.91 m with the 1.5-k discus, as well as at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Grosseto with 47, 01 m. In 2002 he finished seventh at the Junior World Championships in Kingston with 59.43 m with the 1.75 kg discus. In 2003 he was 54.86 m eighth at the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz and then took part for the first time in the Summer Universiade in Daegu , South Korea , where he reached twelfth place with 53.57 m. Two years later he failed to make a valid attempt at the U23 European Championships in Erfurt and then finished eleventh at the Student World Games in Izmir with 57.63 m.
In 2006 he first took part in the European Championships in Gothenburg , but retired there with 59.80 m in qualification. In the following year he won the bronze medal at the Summer Universiade in Bangkok with 60.32 m behind the Austrian Gerhard Mayer and Omar Ahmed el-Ghazaly from Egypt. He also took part in the World Championships in Osaka , where he did not reach the final with 60.23 m. In 2011 Czajkowski became the Polish champion in the discus throw. In 2008 he took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing for the first time, but retired there with 61.98 m in qualification . In 2009 he finished fourth at the Student World Games in Belgrade with 63.35 m and then retired from the qualification at the World Championships in Berlin with 59.58 m and then reached eighth place at the World Final in Thessaloniki with 48.61 m. The following year he reached ninth place at the European Championships in Barcelona with 62.59 m.
In 2011 he won the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen with a width of 64.07 m and then took fourth place at the World Championships in Daegu with 65.20 m. The following year he retired from the European Championships in Helsinki , but retired there with 60.59 m in qualification. He then took part again in the Olympic Games in London , but did not reach the final with 60.34 m . In 2014 he started at the European Championships in Zurich , but did not make a valid attempt in qualifying there. On July 29, 2018, he played his last competition at the Estonian Championships in Tallinn and ended his career as a track and field athlete at the age of 34.
In 2003 and 2004, Israel became the Estonian hammer throw champion.
Personal best
- Discus throw: 66.98 m, May 12, 2011 in Chula Vista
- Hammer throw: 61.19 m, July 1, 2005 in Tartu
Web links
- Märt Israel in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Märt Israel in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
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| SURNAME | Israel, mar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karksi-Nuia |