Joseph Kovacs pictured during the final of the men's shot put at the 2015 World Championships
in Beijing, where he won the Gold medal for the U.S.A. His fifth throw of 21.93 took the lead from
defending champion David Storl who threw 21.74 moments earlier. In April he threw a new
personal best of 22.35m (73ft 4in) - at the time the twelve farthest of all time.
1.
|
Joseph |
KOVACS |
USA |
21.93
|
|
2.
|
David
|
STORL |
GER |
21.74 |
|
| 3. |
O'Dayne
|
RICHARDS |
JAM |
21.69 |
NR |
| 4. |
Tomas |
WALSH |
NZL |
21.58 |
OC & NR |
| 5. |
Reese |
HOFFA |
USA |
21.00 |
|
| 6. |
Tomasz |
MAJEWSKI |
POL |
20.82 |
SB |
| 7. |
Asmir |
KOLASINAC |
SER |
20.71 |
|
| 8. |
Jacko |
GILL |
NZL |
20.11 |
|
The following year in Brazil Joseph Kovacs won the silver medal at the Olympic Games.
2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Men's shot put Final.
| 1. |
Ryan Crouser |
United States
|
22.52 |
OR |
| 2. |
Joe Kovacs |
United States
|
21.78 |
|
| 3. |
Tomas Walsh |
New Zealand |
21.36 |
|
| 4. |
Franck Elemba |
Columbia |
21.20 |
NR |
| 5. |
Darlan Romani |
Brazil |
21.02 |
NR |
| 6. |
Tomasz Majewski |
Poland |
20.72 |
|
| 7. |
David Storl |
Germany |
20.64 |
|
| 8. |
O'dayne Richards
|
Jamaica |
20.64 |
|