Ryan Whiting
Event: Shot Put
Height: 6-3
Weight: 295
PR: Shot Put - 21.97m/72-1 (2010
Born: 11/24/1986
Current Residence: Port Matilda, Pa.
High School: Central Dauphin High School '06 (Harrisburg, Pa.)
College: Arizona State '10
Coach: TJ Crater
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Sponsor: Nike
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Career Highlights: 2011 USA Indoor champion; two-time USA Indoor runner-up
USA Championships
2011 USA Indoor champion (21.35m/70-0.5)
Two-time USA Indoor runner-up - 2010 (21.03m/69-0); 2012 (21.60m/70-10.5)
2005 USA Junior shot put champion (19.74m/64-9.25)
International Championships
2012 World Indoor champion (22.00m/72-2.5)
Placed seventh at 2011 World Outdoor Championships (20.75m/68-1)
Collegiate Championships
2009 NCAA Outdoor shot put champion (20.11m/65-11.75)
Two-time NCAA Indoor shot put champion - 2008 (21.73m/71-3.50); 2009 (20.16m/66-1.75)
2009 NCAA Outdoor discus runner-up (59.80m/196-02)
2008 NCAA Outdoor shot put runner-up (20.24m/66-05)
Awards and Honors
NCAA Indoor shot put record holder (21.73m/71-3.50)
Eight-time NCAA Division I All-American
About Ryan
The latest rising star in an event dominated for years in America by the big three – Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell and Adam Nelson – is Ryan Whiting. At just 24 years of age, Whiting recorded the farthest indoor throw in the world in 2011 and repeated that in 2012 along with winning the World Indoor gold medal. Whiting lists knitting, origami and exploring tunnels as some of his hobbies.
Results
2012: World Indoor gold medalist (22.00m/72-2.5); USA Indoor runner-up (21.60m/70-10.5); 1st at Nittany Lion Challenge (21.29m/69-10.25); 1st at U.S. Open (21.16m/69-5.25); 1st at USATF Classic (21.43m/70-3.75)
2011: 7th at World Outdoors (20.75m/68-1); USA Indoor champion (21.35m/70-0.5); 4th at USA Outdoors (21.34m/70-0.25); 3rd at Doha (21.23m/69-08); 5th at Rome (20.88m/68-09); 6th at Prefontaine Classic (21.11m/69-3.25); 2nd at Lausanne (21.76m/71-4.75); 4th at Birmingham (20.55m/67-5.25)
2010: USA Indoor runner-up (21.03m/69-0); 5th at USA Outdoors (20.61m/67-07.50)
2009: NCAA Outdoor shot put champion (20.11m/65-11.75) and discus runner-up (59.80m/196-02); NCAA Indoor shot put champion (20.16m/66-1.75); MPSF Indoor shot put champion (20.01m/65-07.75)
2008: NCAA Indoor shot put champion (21.73m/71-3.50); NCAA Outdoor shot put runner-up (20.24m/66-05)
2007: 4th in shot put at NCAA Outdoors (19.38m/63-07); 3rd in shot put at NCAA Indoors (20.00m/65-07.75)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Indoor best - 21.35m/70-0.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor best - 21.76m/71-4.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 7 in the world)
2010: Indoor best - 21.52m/70-7.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor best - 21.97m/72-1 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 5 in the world)
2009: Indoor best - 20.01m/65-7.75 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 12 in the world); Outdoor best - 20.99m/68-10.5 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 10 in the world)
2008: Indoor best - 21.73m/71-3.5 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor best - 21.73m/71-3.5 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 25 in the world)
2007: Indoor best - 19.89m/65-3.25 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 22 in the world); Outdoor best - 20.35m/66-9.25 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 24 in the world)
2006: Indoor best - 19.36m/63-6.35 (No. 19 in the USA); Outdoor best - 19.75m/64-9.75 (No. 16 in the USA)