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You hold in your hands a book describing a success story, which is unusual even in the colourful world of sports with its wealth of talented individuals. It is also a story about Estonia, a small Baltic nation of 1,3 million people, where sports heroes have been very important role models throughout history and have inspired people to accomplish great deeds. Estonia has won a total of 60 (!) Olympic medals, which, considering the population, makes us one of the most outstanding sporting nations in the world. It’s therefore no small wonder that the desire to achieve athletic victories may lie hidden within people’s genetic code and that this desire also took this book’s hero from a small town boy to Olympic victory.

In May of 2000, Gerd Kanter was an average 21-year-old university student who wanted to become a great discus thrower. He didn’t have any predisposition for this, was too old and showed no potential according to many coaches, didn’t have his own discus or proper footwear, nor had he achieved any great throwing results. What he did posess was desire and belief in his abilities. We were united by chance and began our journey. What light burned within this young man, is revealed in the following story.