Samantha Hall (discus thrower)
Jamaican athlete (born 1993)
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Samantha Hall (born 19 April 1993) is a Jamaican discus thrower and multiple-time national champion.[1]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Discus: 64.41m (Ramona, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
She attended St Jago High School. Parents name Collena Douglas Hall and Carlton Hall. and the University of Texas El Paso.[2]
Career
She won her first Jamaican national title in June 2021 in Kingston, Jamaica, throwing a personal best distance of 62.94 metres to cause an upset to defeat Jamaican national record holder Shadae Lawrence.[3][4]
She won the Jamaican national title again in Kingston in June 2022.[5] She made her debut at a global event competing in the discus at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[6][7] She placed fifth at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas in August 2022.[8]
She retained her Jamaican national title in 2023 with a throw of 61.40 metres.[9] She competed for Jamaica at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest where she achieved a best throw of 58.43 metres.[10] She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago with a throw of 59.14 metres.[11]
In May 2024, she was announced as one of five athletes to benefit from sponsorship by the Jamaican Olympic Association.[12][13] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[14][15]
She won her fourth Jamaican national title in Kingston in June 2025 with a throw of 60.94 metres.[16] She was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships, winning the gold medal with a throw of 61.19 metres to finish ahead of Gabi Jacobs of the United States and Julia Tunks of Canada.[17][18][19] In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the final and placing twelfth overall.[20][21]