International Institute for Sport History
IISOH
Library & Museum
Sculpture Gardens Endowment
Discus Thrower
National Museum of Rome, copy #2
The Discus Thrower
Discobolos
Discobolus
Myron, circa 450 B.C.E.
Found in 1906
Damaged copy without a head.
The IISOH will purchase a bronze copy made from a mold of this statue which is
in the collection of the National Museum of Rome.
This sculpture garden in one of many naming opportunities.
The benefactor can name this Sculture Garden section which will be dedicated with
a marker engraved in stone (marble or granite) or cast in relief in bronze.
