Ryan Whiting
Whiting during 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.
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| Full name | Ryan Keith Whiting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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November 24, 1986 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Residence | Port Matilda, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |
 United States
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Arizona State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | David Dumble | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Keith Whiting (born November 24, 1986) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and has a personal record of 22.28 meters outdoors and 22.35 meters indoors. His biggest international senior success to date is first place at the 2012 World Indoor Championships. He represented the United States at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, 2013 World Championships in Athletics, 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2012 London Olympics.
He competed for the Arizona State Sun Devils collegiately and won six NCAA titles while there. His throw of 21.73 m (71 ft 3 1⁄2 in) to win the 2008 NCAA Indoor title is the best mark by a college student indoors. He was the 2011, 2013, 2014 American indoor champion.
Ryan Whiting was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Kent and Jill Whiting. Whiting attended Central Dauphin High School and started competing in shot put and discus throw events as a teenager. Whiting made his international debut at the 2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he won both events with personal record marks. He was chosen as the Gatorade Male Track and Field Athlete of the year, ranking him as the top American high school track-and-fielder. Entering the senior ranks, he cleared 19 metres in the shot put for the first time at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing eighth with a throw of 19.36 m. By the end of the season he had improved his personal records to 19.75 m (64 ft 9 1⁄2 in) for the shot and 59.44 m (195 ft 0 in) for the discus.
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