Chad Dimitri Wright (born 25 March 1991) is a

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

n athlete specialising in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

. He has qualified for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics in the Men's Discus. He has represented Jamaica at the 2015 Beijing World Championships of Athletics and also at the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships. He is a 2 time national champion in the men's discus. He is the 2013 Central American and Caribbean Games champion in the discus. He finished sixth at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

and fourth at the

2015 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 143 , Athletes participating = 12,885 , Events = 272 in 21 sports , Opening ceremony = , Closing ceremony = , Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye , Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young , Judge's Oath = K ...

. He is the 2012 NCAA Discus Champion while representing the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *Shot put – 19.39 (Columbus 2013) *Discus throw – 66.54 (Excelsior High School - 08 Feb 2020) Indoor *Shot put – 19.02 (Geneva 2014) http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2012-13/2012_d1_motf.pdf

References

https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/chad-wright-14413487 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican male shot putters Jamaican male discus throwers Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Jamaica {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub