| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 30 June 1999  (age 25)Ascot, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | sport of athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | LSU Tigers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Paul Dickenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Hammer: 77.37m (Kladno, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jake Norris (born 30 June 1999 in Ascot) is a British athlete, specialising in the hammer throw. He was the 2018 World U-20 (junior) champion and 2023 British Athletics Champion. [1]
His home club is Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow. He is trained by Paul Dickenson at Louisiana State University. [2]
In July 2016, he was a silver medalist at the 2016 European Athletics U18 Championships in Tbilisi. [3]
In June 2018, Norris competed at the England Athletics U23 and U20 Championships in Bedford and won with a British under-20 hammer record of 80.45m. [4] By breaking the British record again with 80.65m throw in the 6 kg hammer, he won the title at the 2018 IAAF World Junior Championship in Tampere. [5]
He won the hammer throw 2023 British Athletics Championships in Manchester in July 2023 with a distance of 74.75 metres. [6]
In May 2024, he threw a personal best 77.37m in Kladno. [7] He was also selected to represent Britain in the hammer at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [8]
Javier Cienfuegos Pinilla is a Spanish hammer thrower and the junior world record holder. Javier represents his club CA Playas de Castellón, and is coached by Raul Jimeno. His personal best and junior world record with the 6 kg hammer, a throw of 82,96 m, was set in Madrid 17 June 2009. On 5 May 2012, he became the Spanish record holder with the senior weight hammer, which weighs 7,26 kg (16 lbs), after making a throw of 76,21 meters. He established a new national record of 78.70 m at the Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano of La Nucia, on 31 August 2019. On 6 September 2019, he improved this record with a mark of 79.38 m.
Morgan Lake is a British high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and placed fourth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Lake finished sixth in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and fourth in the 2018 World Indoor Championships.
Meryem Bekmez is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is a native of Diyarbakır, Turkey. She was a member of the municipality-owned club of Kayapınar, before she was transferred by Enka SK in Istanbul.
Alina Anatolyivna Shukh is a Ukrainian athlete specialising in the combined events. She won the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships. In the heptathlon, Shukh claimed gold at the 2017 European U20 Championships, bronze at the 2015 World U18 Championships and gold at the 2016 European U18 Championships.
Selemon Barega Shirtaga is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, silver for the 5,000 metres at the 2019 World Championships in Doha and bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Barega is a two-time 3,000 metres World Indoor Championship medallist, taking silver in 2018, and a gold in 2022.
The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors which was held at Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland on 10–15 July 2018. The championships were originally awarded to Tampere by the IAAF in March, 2016.
Carolina Visca is an Italian female javelin thrower, born in Rome from Italian father and Colombian mother. who won several medals at youth level.
Sasha Zhoya is an Australian-born French athlete who represents France in international track and field competition, specialized in hurdling events. Born in Australia, and of French and Zimbabwean descent, he represents France internationally.
Claudio Ignacio Romero Beltrán is a Chilean track and field athlete competing in the discus throw.
Yauheni Bahutski is a Belarusian discus thrower.
Jona Efoloko is a British sprinter. A former European youth (U18) and World Junior (U20) champion in 200 metres, In 2022, he was part of the Great Britain relay team that won European and Commonwealth gold, and World Championship bronze, in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay.
Kai Chang is a Jamaican discus thrower. He won the IAAF 2018 World U20 championships and has stamped his class at numerous international events in his career.
Britany Anderson is a Jamaican athlete.
Alex Haydock-Wilson is a British athletics athlete. In 2023, he became British 400 metres champion. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the mixed 4 x 400 m relay.
Niu Chunge is a Chinese pole vaulter. She has won Chinese national titles indoors and outdoors.
World U20 Champions in men's hammer throw | |
|---|---|
|
