Rajindra Campbell

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Rajindra Campbell
Rajindra Campbell - Paris 2024.jpg
Campbell at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 (age 28) [1]
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Height1.78/5'10
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Shot put: 22.31m (Zagreb, 2024) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Shot put

Rajindra Campbell (born 29 February 1996) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. In 2023, he became the Jamaican national champion and Jamaican national record holder in the shot put. In 2024, he won a bronze medal in Paris at the Olympic Games.

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Early life

Campbell attended Ferncourt High School and Kingston College in his native Jamaica before attending Cloud County Community College in Kansas and then Missouri Southern State University. [2]

Career

Campbell won the Jamaican national title in 2023 having improved his personal best to 21.31, in May 2023. [3] Campbell set a new Jamaican national shot put record when he threw 22.22 metres in Madrid, Spain in July 2023. [4] [5] He was selected to represent Jamaica at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 where he qualified for the final but did not register a legal throw. [6] [7]

In February 2024, he competed for Jamaica at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow but did not register a legal throw. [8] [9]

In July 2024, he was officially selected for the Jamaican team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [10] At the Games, he qualified for the final with his single legal throw in qualification of 21.05 metres. [11] He improved that in the final to 22.15 metres and won the bronze medal. American Joe Kovacs equalled Campbell's effort of 22.15 metres but was awarded silver for having the longest second-best effort. Campbell had two legal throws in the final, with a second-best throw of 20.00m. [12] [13] In September 2024 in Zagreb, he extended the Jamaican national record for the shot put to 22.31 metres. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "R.Campbell". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Shot put specialist Campbell reinvents himself with best throw". Jamaica Observer. May 5, 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Williams, Sharla (July 27, 2023). "Campbell surprised by national shot put record".
  4. ↑ "Rajindra Campbell smashes national shot put record in Madrid". Jamaica.Loopnews. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Rajindra Campbell breaks national Shot Put record". Jamaica.Gleaner. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Men's Shot Put Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "World Champs debutant eager to surpass limits". Jamaica.Gleaner. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ackeem Blake, Shashalee Forbes lead Jamaica's 19-member team to World Indoors". Sportsmax. February 23, 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Men's Shot Put Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Levy, Leighton (July 7, 2024). "JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games". Sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "One throw takes Campbell into Olympics shot put final". Jamaica Gleaner. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "History-making Rajindra Campbell secures Jamaica's first medal at Paris Games". Jamaica Gleaner. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  13. ↑ Jacks, Bradley (3 August 2024). "Jamaica's Rajindra Campbell makes history with shot put bronze medal in Paris". Sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Crouser throws season's best to break meeting record in Zagreb". World Athletics. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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