Gheorghe Gușet
Romanian shot putter (1968–2017)
Gheorghe Gușet
Born (1968-05-28 ) 28 May 1968Zalău , Romania Died 12 June 2017(2017-06-12) (aged 49)Cluj Napoca , Romania Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Weight 118 kg (260 lb) Sport Athletics Event Shot put Club CSM Armătura Zalău Personal best(s) 20.84 m (1999) 21.04 m (2006i)[1] [2]
Gheorghe Gușet (28 May 1968 – 12 June 2017) was a Romanian shot putter . He competed at the 1992, 2000 and 2004 Olympics and had his best result in 2004, aged 36 (14th place).[1] Gușet was noted for being competitive in his late 30s, and set his all-time personal record aged 38, while most shot putters peak in their late 20s or early 30s. Due to health problems (chronic kidney disease ) he was forced to retire from competitions in 2008. On 25 October 2008, a kidney transplantation was carried out successfully. Gușet died on 12 June 2017 in Cluj Napoca , Romania from an aortic dissection at the age of 49.[3]
Competition record
Representing Romania
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
1990
European Championships
Split, Yugoslavia
17th (q)
18.87 m
1991
World Indoor Championships
Seville , Spain
15th
18.07 m
World Championships
Tokyo, Japan
14th (q)
18.55 m
1992
Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
17th (q)
18.96 m
1993
World Indoor Championships
Toronto , Canada
12th (q)
18.09 m
World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
19th (q)
18.95 m
1994
European Indoor Championships
Paris, France
15th (q)
18.47 m
Jeux de la Francophonie
Évry , France
1st
19.67 m
1998
European Indoor Championships
Valencia, Spain
18th (q)
18.22 m
European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
10th
18.87 m
1999
World Championships
Seville, Spain
18th (q)
19.46 m
2000
European Indoor Championships
Ghent , Belgium
4th
20.21 m
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
30th (q)
18.56 m
2001
World Indoor Championships
Lisbon , Portugal
9th
19.68 m
World Championships
Edmonton, Canada
14th (q)
19.74 m
2002
European Indoor Championships
Vienna, Austria
11th (q)
19.49 m
European Championships
Munich, Germany
7th
20.05 m
2003
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
–
NM
World Championships
Paris, France
13th (q)
19.83 m
2004
World Indoor Championships
Budapest, Hungary
–
NM
Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
14th (q)
19.68 m
2005
European Indoor Championships
Madrid, Spain
5th
20.25 m
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
11th (q)
19.83 m
2006
World Indoor Championships
Moscow , Russia
4th
20.60 m
European Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
17th (q)
19.00 m
References
1913: Tamotsu Tatsuno
1914: Kinichi Goto
1915: Satoshi Suzuki
1916: Tetsugoro Ito
1917–18: Shosuke Nakamura
1919: Hiroshi Masuda
1920: Tadaomi Nimura
1921: Mitsuzo Hanai
1922: Yoshio Sarumaru
1923: Sueyoshi Yokokawa
1924: Not held
1925: Kazuo Higuchi
1926: Sueyoshi Mizokawa
1927: Shizuo Takada
1928: Sueyoshi Ishida
1929: Mae Saito
1930–31: Shizuo Takada
1932: Denjiro Kurihara
1933–35: Shizuo Takada
1936–37: Yoshiro Kamidai
1938: Hanji Aoki
1939: Taisuke Nishida
1940: Hidematsu Nagakura
1941: Not held
1942: Seihei Nishimura
1943–45: Not held
1946–48: Seihei Nishimura
1949: Takashi Kimura
1950–51 Fuo Denda
1952 Norimi Sato
1953–54: Yoshio Kojima
1955–59: Hitoshi Goto
1960: Shozo Yanagawa
1961–62: Teruo Itokawa
1963: Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
1964: Yoshihisa Ishida
1965: Ichiro Watanabe
1966–67: Yoshihisa Ishida
1968–77: Masazumi Aoki
1978–79: Yuzo Koyama
1980: Yoshihisa Urita
1981: Tetsushi Ikegawa
1982: Shigenori Miura
1983: Yoshihisa Urita
1984: Yoshio Ito
1985–87: Yoshihisa Urita
1988: Toshiyuki Yamato
1989: Yuji Okano
1990: Sergey Nikolayev (URS)
1991: Gheorghe Gușet (ROM)
1992: Yuji Okano
1993: Adewale Olukoju (NGR)
1994–96: Yuji Okano
1997–2001: Yasutada Noguchi
2002: Satoshi Hatase
2003: Yasutada Noguchi
2004: Yohei Murakawa
2005–07: Satoshi Hatase
2008: Yohei Murakawa
2009: Sotaro Yamada
2010: Satoshi Hatase
2011: Yohei Murakawa
2012–18: Satoshi Hatase
2019: Hisashi Takeda
2020: Shinichi Yukinaga
2021: Reiji Takeda
2022: Hikaru Murakami
2023: Hitoshi Okumura
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