Gerd Kanter was born on May 6, 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia. Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he took gold with a throw of 68.82 meters, one meter ahead of second-place finisher Piotr Malachowski of Poland.
On 15 March 2009 he won the European Cup Winter Throwing event in Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain with 69.70. On 22 March 2009, he set a world indoor best 69.51 m in Växjö, Sweden. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he returned to defend his world title. He had a best throw of 66.88 m, which was enough for the World bronze medal.
After the issue of the first Estonian postage stamp dedicated to an Olympic winner (Erki Nool in decathlon in Sydney, 2000), the Estonia Post has to wait eight long years before the next stamp devoted to an Estonian winner of Olympic summer games could be brought out. Finally this stamp issued on September 25, 2008 featured Gerd Kanter as Olympic Gold medallist. The issued stamp is only one stamp and one First Day Cover.
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