Jason Morgan (discus thrower)
Appearance
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Nickname | Dadz | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kingston, Jamaica | October 6, 1982||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 139 kg (306 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Louisiana Tech | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Self | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | Discus throw: 68.19m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jason Morgan World Class Athlete. Olympian (born 6 October 1982) is a Jamaican discus thrower. On June 6, 2015 Morgan achieved the Jamaican record in the discus throw (68.19meters).[1]
He won the silver medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2] He also competed at the 2007 World Championships 2011 World Championships and 2012 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.
Achievements
Competition record
See also
References
- ^ http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Jason-Morgan-breaks-discus-national-record
- ^ "2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, men's discus throw final" (in Spanish). 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games organising committee. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
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Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Jamaican discus throwers
- Louisiana Tech University alumni
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Jamaica
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists