Connor Bell (athlete)

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Connor Bell
2018-10-14 Athletics Boys' Discus throw at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Stage 2 (Martin Rulsch) 07a.jpg
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 24)
Auckland, New Zealand
Education Westlake Boys High School
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight104 kg (229 lb)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
Sport Track and Field
Event Discus throw
Achievements and titles
National finalsDiscus champion (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Personal bestDiscus 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 was selected to represent New Zealand in the Mens Discus at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. [9]

References

  1. "Connor BELL". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. "Discus Throw – men – senior – outdoor – 2020". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. "Tokyo Olympics: Anxious wait for discus ace Connor Bell with Games spot in jeopardy". Stuff . 29 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. "Men's discus throw qualifying round – results summary" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. "Men's discus throw final – results" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  6. "Aucklander Connor Bell smashes 21-year-old New Zealand discus record". Stuff . 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  7. "Men's Discus Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. Kirkness, Luke (18 April 2024). "New Zealand announces strong athletics team for Paris 2024 Olympics featuring Hamish Kerr and George Beamish". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  9. "New Zealand team for 2025 World Athletics Championships confirmed". Athletics New Zealand . 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.