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The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip.
Hall grew up on the family's farm in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he built up his physique using a set of weights he had constructed from concrete cylinders. [1]Hall attended Whitman High School (now part of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School), where he was a running back on the school's football team and became an active participant on the track team during his senior year.
Rudy Winkler (born December 6, 1994) is an American male track and field athlete who competes in the hammer throw. [1] He is the NACAC area record holder [2] and American record holder with a throw of 82.71 m (271 ft 4 in) for the hammer [3] and holds a personal best of 23.32 m (76 ft 6 in) for the weight throw.
The throws pentathlon also called the weight pentathlon is a combined event in track and field.Like all pentathlon events, it consists of five events; the four Olympic throwing events hammer throw, shot put, discus throw and javelin throw, plus the weight throw.
This is a list of NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the hammer throw. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event began in 1996.
Brooke Andersen (born August 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete known for throwing events. Her personal best in the hammer throw of 80.17 m (263 ft 0 in), set May 20, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona, ranks her as the #3 thrower of all time.
DeAnna Marie Price (born June 8, 1993) is an American track and field athlete competing primarily in the hammer throw. [3] Price's personal best in the hammer is 80.31 m (263 ft 5 in), the American record, set at the 2021 US Olympic trials.
Marty Engel (January 25, 1932 – January 29, 2022) was an American athlete. [1] He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [2]He competed for Team USA in the hammer throw in the 1953 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal in the hammer throw and a bronze medal in the shot put.