0 someone who competes in a sports competition in which a heavy metal ball is thrown from the shoulder as far as possible:
The former Olympic shot-putter has been outstanding all season.
Shot-putters will heave their 16-pound spheres in the very temple in Olympia where the games were founded in 776 B. C.
After three throws, the top eight shot-putters move on for three final rounds.
While at Cambridge, he was selected as a shot-putter for the 1956 Olympics.
