Chad Wright
Jamaican discus thrower
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Chad Dimitri Wright (born 25 March 1991) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the discus throw.[3] He became the first Jamaican to reach an Olympic men's discus final at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.[4]
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| Full name | Chad Dimitri Wright | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Nebraska–Lincoln[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (256 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus throw, shot put | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | H. Michael Vassell | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He has represented Jamaica at the 2015 Beijing World Championships of Athletics and also at the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships. He is a 2 time national champion in the men's discus. He is the 2013 Central American and Caribbean Games champion in the discus. He finished sixth at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and fourth at the 2015 Summer Universiade. He is the 2012 NCAA Discus Champion while representing the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
- Shot put – 19.39 (Columbus 2013)
- Discus throw – 66.54 (Excelsior High School - 08 Feb 2020)
Indoor
- Shot put – 19.02 (Geneva 2014)[5]
