Ryan Whiting

  • Ryan Whiting
    Ryan Whiting
  • Sport
    Track & Field
  • Medals
    • Gold 0
    • Silver 0
    • Bronze 0
  • Country
    United States
  • Date of Birth
    24 November 1986
  • Height
    6' 3" (1.91m)
  • Weight
    300lbs. (136kg)
  • Age
    26
  • Gender
    Male
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Schedule & Results

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Dates and times are in BST.
Time Event Type Sport Event Stage Match
03/08/2012 10:00 Track & Field Men's Shot Put Qualifying See Results
03/08/2012 20:30 Medal/Final Track & Field Men's Shot Put Final See Results

Ryan Whiting Biography

A six-time NCAA champion at Arizona State, Whiting may represent the United States’ best hope of breaking through and winning gold in the shot put for the first time since 1996. The U.S. has claimed silver in the past three Olympics, and second place is where Whiting finished at the U.S. Olympic trials in late June, behind Reese Hoffa. But Whiting recorded the farthest indoor throw in the world in 2011 and repeated that this year while winning gold at the world indoors. He’s improved greatly since finishing sixth in the 2008 U.S. trials, and Whiting figures to compete with plenty of emotion in London. His mother, Jill, passed away suddenly in 2009, and Whiting has since dedicated his training to her. He’ll have his hands full with countrymen Hoffa and Christian Cantwell at the Olympics, but Whiting should have a great chance to make his mother proud and wind up on the podium.

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
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