Gerhard Mayer
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Gerhard Mayer at the 2012 London Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 May 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 109 kg (240 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Discus | ||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 12 August 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Gerhard Mayer (born 20 May 1980 in Vienna) is a male discus thrower from Austria.
He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 24th place.[1] Mayer is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.