Marius Karges
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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Discus: 63.74 (Halle, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Marius Karges (born 14 January 2003) is a German discus thrower. In 2022, he became World under-20 Champion in the discus throw.[1]
Early life
Karges was born in Bad Wildungen. He attended the Carl von Weinberg School in Frankfurt and is a member of Eitracht Frankfurt athletics club.[2]
Career
In August 2022, he was a gold medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, finishing ahead of compatriot Miká Sosna.[3]
He came third at the German Winter Throwing Championships in 2023, with a personal best throw of 62.43 meters. Shortly afterwards, he was selected for his senior international debut, representing Germany at the European Throwing Cup in Portugal.[4] He finished seventh in Portugal with a throw of 60.94 metres.[5]
In May 2023, he threw a new personal best of 63.74 metres in Halle.[6] In July 2023, he was a silver medalist at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, finishing behind Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna.[7]
References
- ^ "Marius Karges". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Marius Karges is "Elite Student of the Year"". rheinmainverlag.de. July 11, 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Super Cali goes ballistic, athletes are precocious". World Athletics. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "World champion meets world champion: Marius Karges starts at the European Cup". hna.de. March 10, 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "European Throwing Cup". World Athletics. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Discus thrower Marius Karges throws a record at the start of the season". hna.de. May 22, 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Eintracht-Werfer Klose & Karges holen in Espoo 25 Prozent der DLV-Medaillen". hlv.de. 21 July 2023.
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- 1986:
Vasil Baklarov (BUL)
- 1988:
Andreas Seelig (GDR)
- 1990:
Ilian Iliev (BUL)
- 1992:
Brian Milne (USA)
- 1994:
Frantz Kruger (RSA)
- 1996:
Casey Malone (USA)
- 1998:
Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)
- 2000:
Hannes Hopley (RSA)
- 2002:
Wu Tao (CHN)
- 2004:
Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)
- 2006:
Margus Hunt (EST)
- 2008:
Gordon Wolf (GER)
- 2010:
Andrius Gudžius (LTU)
- 2012:
Fedrick Dacres (JAM)
- 2014:
Martin Marković (CRO)
- 2016:
Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT)
- 2018:
Kai Chang (JAM)
- 2021:
Mykolas Alekna (LTU)
- 2022:
Marius Karges (GER)