European Throwing Cup

The European Throwing Cup (until 2016 European Cup Winter Throwing) is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every March by the European Athletics Association, is intended as a counterbalance to the fact that indoor track and field meetings cannot host the longer throwing events. It allows athletes who specialise in throwing events to gauge their form for the forthcoming outdoor athletics season.^[1]

The event was first held in Nice, France, in 2001 as the European Winter Throwing Challenge.^[2] It was renamed as a European Cup event in 2005 when it was held in Mersin, Turkey.^[3]

Editions

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country	Date	No. of athletes	Nations	Events
1	2001	Nice	France	9–10 March	80 men/71 women	21	8
2	2002	Pula	Croatia	9–10 March	99 men/76 women	26	8
3	2003	Gioia Tauro	Italy	13–14 March	71 men/66 women	25	8
4	2004	Marsa	Malta	13–14 March	71 men/76 women	27	8
5	2005	Mersin	Turkey	12–13 March	89 men/85 women	30	8
6	2006	Tel-Aviv	Israel	18–19 March	86 men/82 women	28	8
7	2007	Yalta	Ukraine	17–18 March	96 men/ 98 women	28	16
8	2008	Split	Croatia	15–16 March	121 men/ 108 women	34	16
9	2009	Tenerife	Spain	14–15 March	119 men/ 107 women	29	16
10	2010	Arles	France	20–21 March	166 men/ 114 women	30	16
11	2011	Sofia	Bulgaria	19–20 March	125 men/123 women	33	16
12	2012	Bar	Montenegro	17–18 March	142 men/140 women	33	16
13	2013	Castellon	Spain	16–17 March	249	38	16
14	2014	Leiria	Portugal	15–16 March	280		16
15	2015	Leiria	Portugal	14–15 March	248		16
16	2016	Arad	Romania	12–13 March	282		16
17	2017	Las Palmas	Spain	11–12 March	249		16
18	2018	Leiria	Portugal	10–11 March			16

Championships records

Senior men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	21.32 m	Aleksandr Lesnoy	Russia	11 March 2018	2018 Leiria	[4]
Discus throw	69.70 m	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	15 March 2009	2009 Tenerife
Javelin throw	92.70 m	Johannes Vetter	Germany	11 March 2018	2018 Leiria	[5]
Hammer throw	82.27 m	Aleksey Zagornyi	Russia	9 March 2002	2002 Pula

Senior women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	20.03 m [a]	Vita Pavlysh	Ukraine	10 March 2002	2002 Pula
Discus throw	68.89 m	Nadine Müller	Germany	18 March 2012	2012 Bar
Javelin throw	69.34 m	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	16 March 2013	2013 Castellón	[6]
Hammer throw	75.05 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	14 March 2009	2009 Tenerife

• ^a Nadzeya Ostapchuk set a record of 20.29 m for the women's shot put in 2012, but this was later annulled following retesting of her doping violation as she tested positive for steroids at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and again at the 2012 Olympic Games.

U-23 men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	19.85 m	Bob Bertemes	Luxembourg	15 March 2015	2015 Leiria	[7]
Discus throw	63.24 m	Martin Markovic	Croatia	10 March 2018	2018 Leiria	[8]
Javelin throw	83.41 m	Maksym Bohdan	Ukraine	16 March 2014	2014 Leiria
Hammer throw	78.59 m	Yuriy Shayunov	Belarus	15 March 2009	2009 Tenerife

U-23 women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Ref
Shot put	17.92 m	Anita Márton	Hungary	19 March 2011	2011 Sofia	[9]
Discus throw	67.19 m	Sandra Perkovic	Croatia	18 March 2012	2012 Bar
Javelin throw	63.17 m	Liina Laasma	Estonia	15 March 2014	2014 Leiria	[10]
Hammer throw	69.95 m	Alena Sobaleva	Belarus	15 March 2015	2015 Leiria	[11]

References

Participation data

• History – European Cup Winter Throwing. RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-03-24.

External links

• Complete results on Hammerthrow.eu
• Official website for 2010 Arles competition
• Official European Athletics website