Keshorn Walcott

Keshorn Walcott
ORTT
Walcott at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1993-04-02) 2 April 1993
Toco, Trinidad and Tobago
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country Trinidad and Tobago
SportTrack and field
EventJavelin throw
ClubJavelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsNR 90.16 m (2015)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 LondonJavelin throw
2016 Rio de JaneiroJavelin throw
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowJavelin throw
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoJavelin throw
2019 LimaJavelin throw
Continental Cup
2014 MarrakechJavelin throw
World Junior Championships
2012 BarcelonaJavelin throw

Keshorn "Keshie" Walcott, ORTT (born 2 April 1993) is a Trinbagonian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is an Olympic champion, having won gold in 2012. He is the first Caribbean male athlete, as well as the first of African descent, to win the gold medal in a throwing event in the history of the Olympics. He is also the holder of the North, Central American and Caribbean junior record.

Walcott is the youngest Olympic gold medallist in the men's javelin (19 years 131 days), and the first athlete in any track and field event to win World Junior and Olympic titles in an individual event the same year.

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