Connor Bell (born 21 June 2001) is New Zealand field athlete. He represented his country at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

, and is a four-time national champion in the discus throw. 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. 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. Bell competed in the men's discus throw at the

. He was the sixth-placed qualifier for the final, where he finished eighth with a best throw of 60.23 metres. 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 Ian Winchester (born 27 May 1973) is a discus thrower from New Zealand. He finished tenth at the 1992 World Junior Championships, eighth at the 1998 World Cup and fifth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games (where he also finished eighth in shot put)

in 2002. At the Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne on 22 February 2023, Bell bettered his own national record with 66.23 metres. In April 2024, he was named in the preliminary New Zealand squad for the 2024 Olympic Games.

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* * * * 2001 births Living people New Zealand male discus throwers Youth Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century New Zealand people Athletes from Auckland {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub