Magnus Kirt

Magnus Kirt
nation	Estonia
birthday	10th April 1990 (age 30)
size	192 cm
Weight	89 kg
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	90.61 m ( Kuortane , 2019)
status	active
Medal table
European championships 0 × 0 × 1 × World championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
European championships bronze Berlin 2018 Javelin throw  World championships silver Doha 2019 Javelin throw
last change: October 6, 2019

Magnus Kirt (born  April 10, 1990 ) is an Estonian athlete who specializes in throwing a javelin .

In the javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2018, Kirt placed bronze with a throwing distance of 85.96 m behind the Germans Thomas Röhler (89.47 m) and Andreas Hofmann (87.60 m).

Kirt is two-time Estonian javelin champion (81.32 m, Tallinn , 2015, and 80.04 m, Tallinn, 2017). He was voted Estonia's Sportsman of the Year in 2018 .

He achieved the greatest success of his career so far at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha by winning the silver medal.

Kirt was also active as a high and long jumper .

Top performances

• Javelin throw: 90.61 m, NR ( Kuortane , Finland , June 22, 2019)
• High jump: 2.10 m ( Valga , Estonia , June 18, 2009)
• Long jump: 6.72 m ( Pärnu , Estonia, March 6, 2010)

Web links

• Magnus Kirt in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Athletics Championships 2018 - Javelin Throw Men - Final - Results. (PDF, 179 KB) In: europeanchampionships.com. August 9, 2018, accessed August 16, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Andrew Whyte: Magnus Kirt wins European javelin bronze. In: news.err.ee. Eesti Rahvusringhääling , August 10, 2018, accessed on August 16, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Cousin throws the spear to bronze. In: SPIEGEL Online. October 6, 2019, accessed October 18, 2019 .