 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 June 2001 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Education | Westlake Boys High School |
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | Discus throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Discus champion (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
| Personal best | Discus throw – 68.10m |
Connor Bell (born 21 June 2001) is a New Zealand field athlete. He represented his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and is a four-time national champion in the discus throw. [1]
On 25 January 2020, at the Potts Classic, Hawkes Bay Sports Park, in Hastings, Bell threw 63.25 m, a throw that would place him 31st for the year worldwide in 2020. [2] At the same venue, on 23 January 2021, Bell set a new personal best throw of 64.29 m. On 27 March 2021, Bell won the New Zealand national championship with a throw of 61.85. In 2022, Bell repeated his national title win and added a victory in the Oceania Championship discus competition. [3]
Bell competed in the men's discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He was the sixth-placed qualifier for the final, [4] where he finished eighth with a best throw of 60.23 metres. [5]
At the Pre-Potts track and field meeting in Hastings on 18 January 2023, Bell broke the New Zealand national discus throw record, with a distance of 66.14 metres, breaking the previous mark of 65.03 metres set by Ian Winchester in 2002. [6]
At the Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne on 22 February 2023, Bell bettered his own national record with 66.23 metres.
He competed in the discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024. [7] [8]
In September 2025, he competed in the discus throw at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, qualifying for the final and placing tenth overall. [9] [10]
