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| Birth name | Shaiquan Selbourne Dunn | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put, Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shaiquan Selbourne Dunn (born 29 March 2005) is a Jamaican shot putter and discus thrower. He became Jamaican national champion in the shot put at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships. [1]
He attended St Jago High School before attending Jamaica College from the start of the 2023-24 academic year. [2] [3]
He was a silver medalist in both the shot put and discus throw at the 2023 CARIFTA Games in April 2023. [4] [5] In July 2023, he won the Under-20 boys' discus throw and shot put competitions at the National Senior and Junior Championships at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. [6] [7]
He was a winner in both the discus and shot put at the 2024 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships and also won gold medals in both events at the 2024 CARIFTA Games in St. George's, Grenada. [8] In June 2024, he won the Jamaican U20 title at the 2024 Jamaican Junior and Senior Championships in the shot put. [9]
He was a finalist in the shot put at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru having qualified with a throw of 19.53 metres, before placing ninth in the final, in August 2024. [10] [11] He also finished seventh in the final of the discus throw at the championships, with a best throw in the final of 59.79 metres. [12] [13]
He won his first senior national title when he won the shot put at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston, with a throw of 18.33 metres. [14] [15]
