IAN WALTZ
Event: Discus
Height: 6-2
Weight: 265
PR:  DT - 68.91m/226-1 (2006); SP - 20.10m/65-11.5 (2002)
Born: April 15, 1977, in Ashland, Ore.
Current Residence: Chula Vista, Calif.
High School: Post Falls (Idaho) HS ‘95
College: Washington State ‘00
Coach: Brad Rasmussen
Agent: Peter Stubbs
Club:  Nike 

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Trials champion; Three-time USA champion (’05, ’06, '08); 2007 USA runner-up; 2006 World Cup bronze medalist; 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials runner-up; Eight-time collegiate All-American; Two-time PAC-10 discus champion; 1997 Pac-10 shot put champion

Waltz continued his U.S. dominance in the men’s discus with an emphatic win at the 2008 Olympic Trials, capturing his third national title and second Olympic team spot. His winning throw at the Trials was a whopping seven feet better than that of his nearest competitor. His winning throw at Salinas of 68.90m/226-0 on May 22 was the best by an American in 2008. Waltz ended the 2007 season ranked #1 in the U.S. by Track & Field News after finishing as the runner-up at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships and placing eighth at the World Athletics Final…In 2006, he won his second consecutive U.S. title, finished third at the World Cup, posted a new personal best and ended the year ranked #4 in the world by Track & Field News…Waltz leaped onto the international stage in 2005 by winning his first-ever men's discus U.S. Outdoor title and placing fifth at the World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Waltz increased his personal best to 66.95m/219-8 with his win in LaJolla, Calif…A seven-time All-American and school discus record holder at Washington State University, Waltz finished second in the discus during the final day of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials. His sixth and final throw of 64.69 meters/212 feet, 2 inches earned him a spot on the team...A prep standout at Port Falls HS in Idaho, Waltz earned four track letters and three letters as a fullback and defensive end in football. The state record holder in the discus, Waltz was named the Idaho Athlete of the Year in 1995. A kinesiology major at WSU…first name pronounced “Eye-an.”

2008: Olympic Trials champion (65.87m/216-01)…12th in Qualifying Group B at Olympic Games (60.02m/196-11)…1st at Reebok Grand Prix (66.17m/217-01)…2nd at adidas Track Classic (63.40/213-6)...1st at Salinas (68.90m/226-0, U.S. Leader)…best of 68.90m/226-0.
2007:  USA Outdoor runner-up (63.60m/208-8)… 7th in qualifying Group A. at World Outdoors (62.67m/205-7)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (63.31m/219-3)…2nd at Maui (67.98m/223-0)…2nd at Modesto Relays (66.54m/218-4)…3rd at Salinas Discus Series (65.88m/216-2)…6th at Rethimno (62.97m/206-7)…6th at Madrid (62.29m/204-4)…2nd at Heusden-Zolder (64.33m/211-0)…ranked #1 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 67.98m/223-0.
2007:  USA Outdoor runner-up (63.60m/208-8)… 7th in qual. at World Outdoors (62.67m/205-7)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (63.31m/219-3)…2nd at Maui (67.98m/223-0)…2nd at Modesto Relays (66.54m/218-4)…3rd at Salinas Discus Series (65.88m/216-2)…6th at Rethimno (62.97m/206-7)…6th at Madrid (62.29m/204-4)…2nd at Heusden-Zolder (64.33m/211-0)…ranked #1 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 67.98m/223-0.
 2006:  USA Outdoor champ (64.52m/211-8)…1st at Salinas (68.91m/226-1PR, U.S. Leader)…3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (65.27m/214-2)…4th at Athens Super Grand Prix (65.10m)…ranked #4 in world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN…best of 68.91m/226-1.
 2005: 1st at USA Outdoors (64.54m/211-9)...5th at World Outdoor Champs (64.27m/210-10)...1st at LaJolla (66.95m/219-8PR)...1st at Aliso Viejo (66.76m/219-0)...2nd at Payton Jordan U.S. Open (63.02m/206-9)...ranked #8 in world, #1 U.S. by T&FN...best of 66.95m/219-8.
2004: Runner-up at U.S. Olympic Trials (64.69m/212-3)…22nd in qualifying at Olympic Games (58.97m/193-5)…2nd at Chula Vista on July 3 (66.14m/217PR)…ranked #3 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 66.14m/217-0.
2003: 6th at USA Outdoors discus (60.18m/197-5)…ranked #8 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 62.55m/205-2…best of 66.14/217-0PR.
2002: 3rd in DT at USA Outdoors (62.26m/204-3)…9th in SP at USA Outdoors (19.19m/62-11.5)…ranked #5 in DT in U.S. by T&FN…bests of 20.10m/65-11.5 & 63.84m/209-5.
2001: 8th at USA Outdoors DT (59.40m/194-10)…12th in SP at USA Outdoors (18.67m/61-3); bests of 18.79m/61-7.75 & 60.30m/197-10.
2000: 1st in DT at Pac 10…9th at NCAA Outdoors…3rd in Pac-10 SP…13th in SP at NCAA Outdoors…20th in DT qualifying at Olympic Trials (56.13m/184-2)…bests of 19.28m/63-3.25i & 60.54m/198-7.
1999: College redshirt…best of 58.50m/192-11.
1998:  8th in DT at USA Outdoors (59.98m/196-9 )…2nd at Pac-10 Outdoors…3rd at NCAA Outdoors…16th in SP at USA Outdoor…3rd in SP at Pac-10 Outdoors…5th in SP at NCAA Outdoor…ranked #7 in DT in U.S. by T&FN…bests of 19.45m/63-9.75 & 64.44m/211-5.
1997: 1st in DT at Pac-10 Outdoors…8th in DT at NCAA Outdoors…Pac-10 Outdoor SP champ…8th at NCAA Outdoors…bests of 18.80m/61-8.25 & 59.85m/196-4.

 

10/06/08