| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 1999 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | Javelin: 82.01m (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cameron McEntyre (born 10 February 1999) is an Australian javelin thrower. [1]
From Wahroonga, New South Wales, he attended Knox Grammar School. A member of Sydney Pacific Athletic Club, he won gold in the men’s U18 Javelin with a throw of 72.60m at the 2015 Australian Track and Field Championships. He was selected for the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics at the age of 16 years-old. [2]
He threw over 80 metres for the first time in 2020, moving into the top ten of Australia's all-time list for javelin throwing. [3]
He won silver at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in June 2022. [4] He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the javelin throw in Eugene, Oregon, making a best throw of 77.50 metres. [5] He finished in seventh place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [6]
He participated at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, where he managed a throw of 78.10 metres. [7] [8]
He won the USATF Throws Festibal in Tucson, Arizona in May 2024. [9] He was a silver medalists at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in June 2024. [10] He was selected at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [11]
He is coached by his brother Angus McEntyre ina training group which includes Mackenzie Little. [12] He studied human sciences at Sydney University. [13]
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