Camryn Rogers

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Camryn Rogers
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Camryn Rogers in 2023
Personal information
Born (1999-06-07) June 7, 1999 (age 24)
Richmond, British Columbia [1]
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Sport
CountryCanada
Sport Track and field
Event Hammer throw
College team California Golden Bears (2018–2022) [2]
Coached byMo Saatara [3]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (2023) [4]
Personal best(s)78.62 m (257 ft 11+1⁄4 in) NR , Los Angeles, 2023
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Budapest Hammer throw
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Eugene Hammer throw
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Hammer throw
World U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tampere Hammer throw
Pan American U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Trujillo Hammer throw

Camryn Rogers (born June 7, 1999) is a Canadian athlete specializing in the hammer throw. [5] She is the reigning world champion, only the second Canadian woman to win gold at the World Athletics Championships. She is also the 2022 World silver medalist, 2022 Commonwealth Games champion, 2018 world U20 champion, and represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed at the collegiate level as a member of the California Golden Bears track and field team, winning three NCAA outdoor titles.

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Early life

Rogers was born and raised in Richmond, British Columbia. Following her parents' divorce when she was three years old, she was raised by her mother, Shari Rogers, a hairdresser. Her mother would later say, "for many years, it was just her and I. Many struggles along the way. A lot of hardships." [6] Rogers did not initially participate in any sports, but first tried the hammer throw on January 5, 2012, upon the recommendation of one of her mother's clients, who was a member of the Richmond Kajaks track club. She would later say, "fifteen minutes before the start of the first practice of the new year. I just decided I should go. There was no way of knowing until you did it." Rogers cited the 2012 Summer Olympics in London some months afterward as solidifying her interest in becoming an elite athlete. [7] [6]

In 2017, Rogers was a high school champion in hammer throw and was recruited by several American universities. She opted to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where she would complete two academic degrees. [6]

Competitive career

Following her high school graduation, Rogers won the women's hammer throw event at the 2017 Canadian U20 Championships and then won the same event at the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships. She was initially named to the British Columbian team for the Canada Summer Games but withdrew in order to focus on preparations for her time at Berkeley. [8] The following year, she won the women's hammer throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, saying it was "really special. I think the thought of me being the world champion will really hit me later." [9]

In 2019, Rogers won gold at the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This was a California student's first championship title in women's track and field since 2008. [10] Athletics Canada awarded her the Eric E. Coy Trophy as national U20 athlete of the year. [11] Rogers went on to make her debut at senior international championships, placing sixth in the hammer event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima. [12]

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of much of the 2020 athletics season and the delay by a full year of the 2020 Summer Olympics, where Rogers had hoped to compete. [13] With the resumption of major competition in 2021, Rogers won her second women's hammer throw title at the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In the process, she broke the collegiate record twice in one day and set a personal best with a throw of 75.52 m (247 ft 9 in). [3] [14] Afterward she was named to the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She advanced to the final of the hammer throw event, the first Canadian woman to ever do so, and finished fifth. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Rogers won the bronze medal in the weight throw at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, setting a new national record in the event 24.06 m (78 ft 11 in). [18] She then won her third title at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, setting another championship record with the ninth-best distance (77.67 m) in the history of women's hammer throw. [13] Rogers then made her World Athletics Championships debut at the 2022 edition in Eugene, Oregon. Qualifying to the final of the hammer throw event, she won the silver medal with a best throw of 75.52 m. This was the first World medal for a Canadian woman in a field sport. [19] [7] In her second major international championship of the season, Rogers was part of the Canadian team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. On her first and only throw in the qualification round of the hammer throw, she managed a distance of 74.68 m, breaking the Commonwealth Games record previously held by fellow Canadian Sultana Frizell. [20] Rogers went on to win the title with a 74.08 m third throw in the final, finishing four a half metres clear of silver medalist Julia Ratcliffe of New Zealand. Fellow Canadian thrower Jillian Weir joined her on the podium as bronze medalist. [21] In recognition of her achievements, Athletics Canada named her their 2022 Athlete of the Year. [22]

Following her graduation from Berkeley, Rogers began her first full professional season. She was unsponsored going into the new season, necessitating new planning for her finances. [23] Competing at the 2023 USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix in May, Rogers raised her Canadian national record to 78.62. This ranked her fifth in the world all-time list. [24] On the 2023 World Athletics Continental Tour, Rogers finished second at both the Irena Szewińska Memorial in Poland and the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland, in both cases coming behind reigning World champion Brooke Andersen. [25] [26]

Rogers entered the 2023 World Athletics Championships as a contender for the title, albeit with Andersen having recorded the five longest throws of the year to that point. [27] After qualifying to the final, she won the gold medal based on her first throw of 77.22 metres. In so doing, she became the second Canadian woman to win gold at the World Athletics Championships, after Perdita Felicien's 2003 hurdles title. [28] As well, she was part of a Canadian sweep of the hammer titles in Budapest, along with Ethan Katzberg's unexpected gold medal in the men's event. [29] With her world championship gold in hand, she shortly afterward acquired sponsorship from Nike, saying "I signed my name on the dotted line the day after the final." [30]

Championship results

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland24th (q)Hammer throw 53.58 m
2017 Pan American U20 Championships Trujillo, Peru1stHammer throw63.42 m
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland1stHammer throw 64.90 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru6thHammer throw 66.09 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan5thHammer throw 74.35 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States2ndHammer throw 75.52 m
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom1stHammer throw 74.08 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary1stHammer throw 77.22 m

Personal life

Rogers attended University of California, Berkeley where she also competed as an athlete. She graduated with her master's degree in cultural studies in sport and education in 2023, and started work as special education advocate in September 2023. [23]

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