 Philip Milanov during 2015 European Team Championships First League | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 July 1991 Bruges, Belgium |
| Height | 1,98 m |
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Discus throw |
| Coached by | Emil Milanov |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Discus throw: 67.26 (2016) |
| Updated on 7 May 2016 | |
Philip Milanov (born 6 July 1991) is a Belgian discus thrower. He is a fourteen-time Belgian champion and the 2015 World University Games champion in men's discus throw.
Milanov was born in Bruges, Belgium on 6 July 1991. His father and coach, Emil Milanov, was himself a discus thrower in his native Bulgaria before moving to Belgium in 1989. [1] Philip Milanov won the Belgian junior championship in 2010 with a throw of 54.28 m (1.75 kg), ranking him fourth on the Belgian all-time junior list. [2] In 2011 he represented Belgium at the European Team Championships First League, placing ninth with 54.88 m; at that summer's Belgian championships he was second to Maarten Persoon of the Netherlands but the top Belgian, winning his first national senior title. He repeated as Belgian champion in 2012. [3] [4]
Milanov broke 60 metres for the first time in 2013, setting a Belgian under-23 record of 61.81 m in Vilvoorde and placing fifth at the European U23 Championships in Tampere. [5] He continued to improve in 2014, breaking Jo Van Daele's old Belgian record (64.24 m) by eight centimetres in Lille on 23 February and improving the record further to 66.02 m at the FBK Games in Hengelo on 8 June; he was Belgian champion for the fourth consecutive year (60.57 m) and made his debut in the IAAF Diamond League. [1] [3] Milanov was eliminated in the qualification round at the 2014 European Championships in Zürich; [3] Track & Field News ranked him ninth in the world that year, his first top 10 ranking. [6]
Milanov broke his own Belgian record again in Kessel-Lo on 25 April 2015, throwing 66.43 m and meeting the qualification standard for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. [7] In July 2015 he won gold with 64.15 m at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea. [8] He unexpectedly scored his first Diamond League victory two weeks later at the London Grand Prix; in rainy conditions, he threw 65.14 m to defeat a field that included Diamond Race leader Piotr Małachowski of Poland. [9] [10] In August 2015 he broke again his Belgian record and met the qualification standard for the 2016 Olympic Games. [11] On 29 August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing, where he took silver, Milanov, improved his national record to 66.90 m. [12]
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World University Games champions in men's discus throw | |
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