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Born | 2 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best | Discus: 68.21m (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Gabi Jacobs (born 20 August 1996) is an American discus thrower. She finished third at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. [1]
Competing for the University of Missouri, she was a two-time All-American and school record holder in the discus throw. [2] [3] She threw 58.23 meters in Austin, Texas in 2017. [4] She increased her personal best to 60.16 metres placing fifth in Des Moines at the USA Championships in 2018. [5] She was nominated for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award. [2]
She threw 68.21m in Kansas in 2025 to move to sixth on the American all-time list. Following that, she competed at the USATF Throws Festival where she threw 63.78m and also threw 65.66m at the Iron Wood Classic. [6]
She placed third in the discus at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 3 August 2025 with a throw of 63.33 metres. [7] She was named in the United States squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships, winning the silver medal with a throw of 57.07 metres. [8] [9]