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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 to win the 2008 NCAA Indoor title is the best mark by a college student indoors. He was the 2011, 2013,〔http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USATFCS/Events/USA-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results.aspx〕 2014〔http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/USA-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results.aspx〕 American indoor champion. ==Early life and career== 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.〔(Ryan Whiting ). Sun Devils. Retrieved on 2013-02-23.〕 Whiting made his international debut at the 2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he won both events with personal record marks.〔(Pan American Championships 2005 ). World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-02-23.〕 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 for the shot and for the discus.〔 He started a majoring in civil engineering at Arizona State University in 2006 and began competing athletically for the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2007. In his first indoor season for the team he raised the school record to to take third in the shot at the NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship. Outdoors he was third at the Pac-10 championships and fourth at the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. He improved his overall best in the shot to .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ryan Whiting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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