Connor Bell (athlete)
2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23) Auckland, New Zealand |
Education | Westlake Boys High School |
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 104 kg (229 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Track and Field |
Event | Discus throw |
Achievements and titles | |
National finals | Discus champion (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
Personal best | Discus throw – 68.10m |
Connor Bell (born 21 June 2001) is New Zealand field athlete. He represented his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and is a four-time national champion in the discus throw.[1]
On 25 January 2020, at the Potts Classic, Hawkes Bay Sports Park, in Hastings, Bell threw 63.25 m, a throw that would place him 31st for the year worldwide in 2020.[2] At the same venue, on 23 January 2021, Bell set a new personal best throw of 64.29 m. On 27 March 2021, Bell won the New Zealand national championship with a throw of 61.85. In 2022, Bell repeated his national title win and added a victory in the Oceania Championship discus competition.[3]
Bell competed in the men's discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He was the sixth-placed qualifier for the final,[4] where he finished eighth with a best throw of 60.23 metres.[5]
At the Pre-Potts track and field meeting in Hastings on 18 January 2023, Bell broke the New Zealand national discus throw record, with a distance of 66.14 metres, breaking the previous mark of 65.03 metres set by Ian Winchester in 2002.[6]
At the Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne on 22 February 2023, Bell bettered his own national record with 66.23 metres.
He competed in the discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Connor BELL". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Discus Throw – men – senior – outdoor – 2020". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Anxious wait for discus ace Connor Bell with Games spot in jeopardy". Stuff. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Men's discus throw qualifying round – results summary" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Men's discus throw final – results" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Aucklander Connor Bell smashes 21-year-old New Zealand discus record". Stuff. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Men's Discus Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ Kirkness, Luke (18 April 2024). "New Zealand announces strong athletics team for Paris 2024 Olympics featuring Hamish Kerr and George Beamish". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
External links
- Connor Bell at World Athletics
- Connor Bell at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Connor Bell at Olympedia
- Connor Bell at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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