1979 - Today
Gerd Kanter (born 6 May 1979) is a retired Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and bronze in London 2012. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerd Kanter has received more than 143,273 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerd Kanter is the 1,349th most popular athlete (down from 882nd in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 158th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Estonian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Gerd Kanter ranks 1,349 out of 3,059. Before him are Lucinda Williams, Katrin Krabbe, Gabriela Szabo, Petar Šegvić, Gaston Mercier, and Charles Asati. After him are Witold Woyda, Voitto Hellsten, George Bonhag, Anders Peter Nielsen, Josef Augusta, and Igor Paklin.
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 1,343
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 1,344
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 1,345
1930 - 1990
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 1,346
1932 - 1974
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 1,347
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 1,348
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 1,349
1939 - 2008
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 1,350
1932 - 1998
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 1,351
1882 - 1960
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 1,352
1867 - 1950
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 1,353
1946 - 2017
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 1,354
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 1,355
Among people born in 1979, Gerd Kanter ranks 205. Before him are Kostas Katsouranis, Ruth Beitia, Mamadou Niang, Craig Bellamy, Noémie Lenoir, and Jayma Mays. After him are Nazanin Boniadi, Vincent Kartheiser, José Kléberson, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Paradorn Srichaphan, and Timo Hildebrand.
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 199
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 200
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 201
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 202
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 203
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 204
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 205
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 206
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 207
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 208
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 209
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 210
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 211
Among people born in Estonia, Gerd Kanter ranks 177 out of 310. Before him are Taavi Rõivas (1979), Anna Haava (1864), Jaan Kirsipuu (1969), Erika Salumäe (1962), Ott Tänak (1987), and Kaia Kanepi (1985). After him are Tiit Sokk (1964), Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (1977), Andres Oper (1977), Kadri Simson (1977), Anett Kontaveit (1995), and Marina Kaljurand (1962).
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 171
1864 - 1957
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 172
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 173
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 174
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 175
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 176
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 177
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 178
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 179
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 180
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 181
1995 - Present
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 182
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 183
Among athletes born in Estonia, Gerd Kanter ranks 16. Before him are Ilmar Kullam (1922), Roman Steinberg (1900), Jaan Talts (1944), Adalberts Bubenko (1910), Erki Nool (1970), and Kalevi Kotkas (1913). After him are Aleksander Tammert (1973), Jaak Mae (1972), Kaija Parve (1964), Oksana Yermakova (1973), Andrus Värnik (1977), and Tõnu Tõniste (1967).
1922 - 2011
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 10
1900 - 1928
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 11
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 12
1910 - 1983
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 13
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 14
1913 - 1983
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 15
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 16
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.57
Rank: 17
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.50
Rank: 18
1964 - Present
HPI: 34.48
Rank: 19
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.25
Rank: 20
1977 - Present
HPI: 32.33
Rank: 21
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.55
Rank: 22