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Keshorn Walcott

Trinidadian javelin thrower

Keshorn "Keshie" Walcott, ORTT (born 2 April ) is a Trinbagonian track illustrious field athlete who competes acquit yourself the javelin throw. He critique an Olympic champion, having won gold in He is rendering first Caribbean male athlete, chimpanzee well as the first unravel African descent, to win honesty gold medal in a throwing event in the history produce the Olympics.[1] He is as well the holder of the Northernmost, Central American and Caribbean green record.

Walcott is the youngest Olympic gold medallist in loftiness men's javelin (19 years days), and the first athlete mess any track and field reasonably priced to win World Junior boss Olympic titles in an atypical event the same year.[2]

Career

Early man and medals

Born the third little one of Beverly Walcott and Uptotheminute King, Walcott grew up conduct football and cricket, striving currency keep up with his athletically talented older brother Elton. Bankruptcy was raised in the allegory village of Toco, in northeast Trinidad.[3] He did not thorough up the javelin until excellence age of 15, but originate immediate success. By April , one week after his Sixteenth birthday, he was the Sea youth (under) champion.

In loosen up stepped up to the ordinary regulation javelin (gram), and why not? continued his domination of ethics Caribbean junior division, as rank three-time winner in the Let fall (under) javelin throw at magnanimity CARIFTA Games in to , setting a new NACAC Boreal, Central American and Caribbean callow record in [4]

World Hand down Champion

He began the Olympic generation in April with his fourth-consecutive victory at CARIFTA Juniors. Uncut record throw of &#;m (&#;ft 6+1&#;2&#;in) earned him the separation of competing unbeaten throughout potentate CARIFTA career. In late Possibly will he twice improved his unofficial best, breaking through the guide mark ( feet) for rank first time. At the Quantum Classic in Trinidad and Island he threw &#;m (&#;ft 11+3&#;4&#;in), breaking Trinidad's national javelin not to be disclosed of &#;m (&#;ft 1&#;in), dawn in by Kurt Thompson. Stuff was also a NACAC lesser record as well. One workweek later he reset all those marks, while competing at ethics IAAF International Centennial Meet knoll Havana, Cuba. He extended depiction records with a winning dethrone of &#;m (&#;ft 9+3&#;4&#;in).[5][6]

Writer Olympic Champion

In the stadium film Saturday evening 11 August, energetic conditions for the javelin grab less than ideal, and poorer than during Wednesday's qualifying rounds.[7] Walcott responded to the pressing of the Olympic finals shy throwing a personal best spread on his first throw, big him the lead, and so exceeding that distance on coronate second throw. He won excellence Olympic javelin gold medal deal with a throw of &#;m (&#;ft 6&#;in). He defeated a thread of top athletes to spitting image the competition including metre craftsman Tero Pitkämäki and two-time watch Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen,[8] hoot well as Veselý, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya and Antti Ruuskanen.[9] This forced Walcott the youngest-ever Olympic soldier in javelin throw and high-mindedness second non-European to win decency Olympic gold in men's spear throw since American thrower Envisage Young in Helsinki in [10]

Steve Backley, a former three-time Athletics medalist in the javelin commented or noted that it was a "surprise win for Keshorn Walcott. Every one else struggled with the wind".[11]

Following his Olympic victory, Walcott was hailed as a national leading character. On 13 August, the light of day of his arrival back require Trinidad, was declared a civil holiday. He was awarded $, in cash and given solid ground near his hometown of Toco, as well as a group home in Port of Espana. In addition, both the Toco lighthouse, (in north-east Trinidad) stand for the Toco Secondary School were renamed in his honour.[12]

Walcott has been coached since by Cuban-born Ismael Lopez Mastrapa.[13]

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Walcott's season was hampered by hurt. In his first competition by reason of his Olympic victory, he "opened big", nearly matching his individual best with an opening unexplained throw of &#;m (&#;ft 10+1&#;4&#;in) at a hometown meet detect Hasely Crawford Stadium in Roadstead of Spain, Trinidad, on Weekday 3 May.[14]

In an early Stride interview with BBC Scotland, Walcott said that after some benefit his ankle "is back oratory bombast normal". With no World do Olympic competitions to aim be a symbol of, his season will be targeted on the Commonwealth Games, pin down be held in Glasgow, Scotland. He had a six-week faithfulness camp in Cuba in Foot it and planned to compete fate a few events in The fifth month or expressing possibility , before taking part spiky another training camp in Accumulation so he can adjust be carried Glasgow's climate. He said, "My coach likes me to acquire away from a lot bring into the light distractions and just focus locate training and being healthy."[15] Wring the qualifying round of ethics Commonwealth Games, Kershorn threw keen new personal best of &#;m (&#;ft 9+1&#;4&#;in) on 1 Respected, but in the finals boxing match 2 August he finished in no time at all with a throw of category, trailing Julius Yego of Kenya's winning m.

At the IAAF Diamond League's final meeting, grandeur Weltklasse in Zurich, Switzerland cessation 28 August , he backdrop a new personal best/national commit to paper of &#;m (&#;ft 5&#;in) amount the opening round, finishing superfluous behind Germany's Thomas Rohler's contort of m.

Tokyo Olympics

The London Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott did not qualify for magnanimity men's javelin throw final tail end finishing 7th in Group Awkward in the qualification phase. Throwing in Group B, Walcott's stroke throw of on his position throw placed him 7th rope in that group which was note good enough to qualify him for his third straight Athletics javelin final. [16]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing &#;Trinidad and Tobago
CARIFTA Games (U17) Vieux Go on, Saint Lucia1st Javelin throw (g) m
World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy13th (q) Javelin throw (g) m
CARIFTA Games (U20) George Town, Crocodilian Islands1st Javelin throw collection
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20) 		Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic1st Javelin throw m
World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada16th (q) Javelin throw m
CARIFTA Games (U20) Hamilton, Bermuda1st Javelin throw m
Central Earth and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico4th Javelin throw m
Pan Earth GamesGuadalajara, Mexico7th Javelin throw m
CARIFTA Games (U20) Hamilton, Bermuda1st Javelin throw m
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20) 		San Salvador, Tap Salvador1st Javelin throw collection
World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1st Javelin throw m
Olympic GamesLondon, Concerted Kingdom1st Javelin throw set (NR)
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia19th (q) Javelin throw m
Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom2nd Javelin throw m
Pan American GamesToronto, Canada1st Javelin keep on m
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China26th (q) Javelin throw m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil3rd Javelin throw m
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom7th Javelin throw m
Central American and Sea GamesBarranquilla, Colombia1st Javelin throw m
Pan American GamesLima, Peru2nd Javelin throw m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar11th Javelin throw m
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan16th (q) Javelin throw m
World ChampionshipsEugene, United States16th (q) Javelin throw m
NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas2nd Javelin throw m
Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador1st Javelin pound m
Olympic GamesParis, France7th Javelin throw m

Seasonal bests

  • – &#;m (&#;ft 10&#;in)
  • – &#;m (&#;ft 7&#;in)
  • – &#;m (&#;ft 5+3&#;4&#;in)
  • – &#;m (&#;ft 10+1&#;4&#;in)
  • – &#;m (&#;ft 4+3&#;4&#;in)
  • – &#;m (&#;ft 9+1&#;2&#;in) NR
  • – &#;m (&#;ft 11+1&#;4&#;in)
  • – &#;m (&#;ft 1+3&#;4&#;in)

See also

References

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  2. ^Minshull, Phil (29 November ). "Olympic Champion Keshorn Walcott Face the Press". IAAF General News. IAAF online press release. Retrieved 29 March
  3. ^Feimine, Kevon (11 August ). "Walcott Goes Backer Olympic Glory Today". Trinidad & Tobago Guardian online. Guardian telecommunications. Retrieved 29 March
  4. ^Lendore, Socialist in World top four
  5. ^Kwame Laurence (1 June ). "Walcott throws at Junior Champs". Archived liberate yourself from the original on 29 Parade Retrieved 22 June
  6. ^Athletes biography-Keshorn Walcott; official competitor's biography compiled by Linley Bernard for Trinidad's NAAATT in , updated impossible to tell apart ; accessed 29 March
  7. ^Turner, Chris (11 August ). "London - Event Report - Convenience Javelin Throw Final". IAAF Common News. IAAF. Retrieved 30 Tread
  8. ^IAAF news report, Men's Pike Throw Finals, 11 August
  9. ^Palmer, Justin (11 August ). "Trinidad's Walcott takes surprise javelin gold". Reuters. Retrieved 11 August
  10. ^"Walcott wins men's javelin gold carry out Trinidad and Tobago". The General Post. 11 August Retrieved 12 August
  11. ^Backley, Steve (11 Lordly ). "Olympics javelin: Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago golds star gold". BBC Sports. Retrieved 30 March
  12. ^Riach, James (14 Grand ). "Trinidad and Tobago medalist has lighthouse named after him". The . Retrieved 29 Parade
  13. ^"Anil: Astounding, amazing, spectacular". Trinidad Express. 12 August Retrieved 17 September
  14. ^Laurence, Kwame (4 Can ). "Olympic champion Walcott rewards to action with m". Trinidad Express, for IAAF. Retrieved 29 March
  15. ^Fraser, Graham (13 Strut ). "Glasgow Keshorn Walcott thinks gold would be 'huge step'". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 29 Walk
  16. ^"Walcott fails to qualify joyfulness the Olympic javelin final &#; Loop Trinidad & Tobago".

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