Danniel Thomas-Dodd
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Jamaican |
Born | Westmoreland, Jamaica[1] | 11 November 1992
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] |
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Jamaica |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Shot put, discus throw |
College team | Kent State Golden Flashes[3] |
Danniel Thomas-Dodd (née Thomas, born 11 November 1992) is a Jamaican athlete whose specialty is the shot put.[4] She finished 4th in the shot put finals at London's 2017 World Championships in Athletics and the following year she won silver at the Indoor World Championships. In addition, she finished fifth at the 2015 Pan American Games.
She has a personal best and the Jamaican national record in the shot put of 19.55 metres outdoors, set at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima while winning and setting a new Pan Am record. Indoors, she registered a 19.22 metre throw at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England. She also has a personal discus best of 59.38 metres set in Akron in 2014. In July 2021, she qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Thomas-Dodd sought to defend her title from four years earlier, and was leading after five throws in the shot put final, only to be passed by Canadian Sarah Mitton by 0.05 metres on the final throw.[6]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Jamaica | |||||
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 8th | Discus throw | 55.02 m |
2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 5th | Shot put | 17.76 m |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 22nd (q) | Shot put | 16.62 m | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 25th (q) | Shot put | 16.99 m |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 4th | Shot put | 18.91 m |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 2nd | Shot put | 19.22 m |
Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 1st | Shot put | 19.36 m | |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | Shot put | 19.55 m |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | Shot put | 19.47 m | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 13th (q) | Shot put | 18.37 m |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th | Shot put | 19.12 m |
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 10th | Shot put | 18.29 m | |
Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 2nd | Shot put | 18.98 m |
References
- ^ Kent State profile
- ^ 2014 CWG profile
- ^ 2015 PanAm Games profile
- ^ "Danniel Thomas". IAAF. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaica's Olympic charge in Tokyo". jamaica-gleaner.com. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Heroux, Devin (3 August 2022). "Sarah Mitton's shot put title highlights Canada's 5-gold day at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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