Amanda Yvette Bingson (born February 20, 1990) is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete specializing in the

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

. She is the former American record holder in the event with a distance of set at the

2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. Organised by USA Track and Field, the four-day competition took place June 20–23 in conjunction with the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Champions ...

. Bingson attended school at the

University of Nevada, Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the S ...

where she is a school record holder and majored in interdisciplinary studies. She had only taken up the hammer throw in 2009 as a college freshman and has continued to improve since then. A month before the trials, she finished fourth at the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Prior to that, she was a

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

and discus thrower at Silverado High School in

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

, where her team won the state championship twice and where she finished second in the 2008 shot put. She qualified to join the Olympic team by finishing second in the

at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, throwing (reaching the A standard) in the 4th round. At the Olympics, she did not advance past the qualifying round, finishing 28th overall. Bingson appeared on one of the covers for the 2015 '' ESPN The Magazine'' '' The Body Issue''. Amanda Bingson placed fourth in

hammer A hammer is a tool, most often a hand tool, consisting of a weighted "head" fixed to a long handle that is swung to deliver an impact to a small area of an object. This can be, for example, to drive nails into wood, to shape metal (as w ...

behind Team USA teammates

Amber Campbell Amber Campbell (born June 5, 1981) is an American hammer thrower. Campbell attended Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina and competed for the Chanticleer track team. She had her first international competition at the 2005 World Champion ...

, Gwen Berry and DeAnna Price at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) and was an alternate to represent the United States in the hammer at the 2016 Olympics.

Education

* Silverado High School in

Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

, 2008 *

, Interdisciplinary Studies, formerly Sociology, 2013

Family

She and her older sister, Morgan, are the two daughters of Sue and Pat Bingson of

Paradise, Nevada Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fif ...

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingson, Amanda 1990 births Living people People from Victorville, California Sportspeople from the Las Vegas Valley Track and field athletes from California American female hammer throwers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States UNLV Rebels women's track and field athletes USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners