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| Born | 26 September 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Discus: 62.59m (Lima, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Bryce Ruland (born 26 September 2006) is an American discus thrower. He won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. [1]
He is from Waterford, Wisconsin and attended Waterford Union High School. He would take part in show skiing with the Aquaducks show skiing group, and would be the base for a human pyramid formation. [2] In November 2023, he committed to the University of Iowa. [3]
Brcye, won his first National Championship at the age of 13 in 2020 at the AAU Jr Olympics in Satellite Beach Florida with a 1kg discus throw of 172' 4. He won a second AAU Championship in 2022 with the 1.6kg discus with a throw of 180' 7".
He is a two time Wisconsin Discus State Champion (2023 & 2024) and currently holds the Wisconsin State Discus Record of 212' 1"
He won the boys' discus throw at the 2023 Nike National Championships in Eugene, Oregon. [4] In 2023 and 2024 he became the WIAA Division 1 state discus champion. [5] In June 2024, he threw 59.41 metres to finish second at the USATF U20 Championships. [6]
In August 2024, competing at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the Men's discus throw in Lima, Peru, he won the gold medal with a personal best of 62.59 metres. [7] [8] He launched his best throw in the first round and then his 62.44m throw in the sixth round also proved to be the second-farthest throw of the competition. [9]
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World U20 Champions in men's discus throw | |
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