Jake Norris
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| Born | 30 June 1999  (age 24)Ascot, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | sport of athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | LSU Tigers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Paul Dickenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Hammer: 77.37m (Kladno, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Career[edit]
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 Tblisi.[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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jake NORRIS | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Jake Norris". British Athletics.
- ^ "European U18 Championships Tbilisi". World Athletics. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Jake Norris breaks British U20 hammer record in Bedford". 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Report: men's hammer – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 | REPORT | WJC 18 | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Kladno Memorial". World athletics. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
World U20 Champions in men's hammer throw | |
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