Keshorn Walcott

Keshorn Walcott

ORTT

Walcott at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1993-04-02) 2 April 1993 (age 31) Toco, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Sport	Track and field
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	NR 90.16 m (2015)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Javelin throw 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Javelin throw Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Javelin throw 2019 Lima Javelin throw Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech Javelin throw World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona Javelin throw

Keshorn "Keshie" Walcott, ORTT (born 2 April 1993) is a Trinbagonian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is an Olympic champion, having won gold in 2012. He is the first Caribbean male athlete, as well as the first of African descent, to win the gold medal in a throwing event in the history of the Olympics.^[1] He is also the holder of the North, Central American and Caribbean junior record.

Walcott is the youngest Olympic gold medallist in the men's javelin (19 years 131 days), and the first athlete in any track and field event to win World Junior and Olympic titles in an individual event the same year.^[2]