Tanto Campbell is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F56 discus events. Campbell is a two time Paralympic bronze medalist having won the bronze medal in discus in

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in the F56 class and in

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in the F55/56 class. In 2004 he also competed in the F55/56 class javelin. In

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, he placed 5th in the F54-56 class discus throw. At the

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in Toronto, Campbell won gold in javelin throw F56 and silver in discus throw F53/54/55 competition.

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* 1986 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Jamaica Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Jamaican male discus throwers Jamaican male javelin throwers Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Paralympic-medalist-stub