Dylan Armstrong

Dylan Armstrong

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	January 15, 1981 (1981-01-15) (age 30) Kamloops, British Columbia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	140 kilograms (310 lb)
Sport
Sport	Throwing
Event(s)	Shot put, Hammer throw
Medal record Men’s athletics Competitor for  Canada World Championships Silver 2011 Daegu Shot put Commonwealth Games Gold 2010 Delhi Shot put Pan American Gold 2007 Rio de Janerio Shot put Gold 2011 Guadalajara Shot put World Junior Championships Silver 2000 Santiago Hammer throw

Dylan Armstrong (born 15 January, 1981) is a Canadian shot putter born and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Career

Armstrong achieved a personal best, and Canadian record at that time, of 21.04 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by a single centimeter. He is a five-time Canadian national champion in the shot put. Armstrong currently trains with coach Anatoliy Bondarchuk in his home town of Kamloops, British Columbia.

Prior to focusing on the shot put in 2004, Armstrong competed in the hammer throw. As a junior, he won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Junior Games and a silver medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships. He continues to hold the North American high school and junior records in the hammer throw. His personal best is 71.51 meters, achieved in April 2003 in Walnut.

28 years after former Canadian national champion Bruno Pauletto won gold at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Armstrong succeeded in reiterating that performance at the 2010 edition of the Games, placing first with a Commonwealth record of 21.02 m.^[1][2] At the 2010 World Indoor Championship, in Doha, Qatar, Dylan placed fourth with a Canadian indoor record of 21.39 m.^[3] He improved his outdoor national record to 21.58 m at the Askina Meeting in Baunatal, Germany, beating Ralf Bartels to the victory.^[4] Armstrong next attended the 2011 Pan American Games. There he went on to win gold and broke the Pan American Games record with a 21.30.^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Canada
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	Hammer	67.50 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	31st (q)	Hammer	63.89 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	9th	Shot	20.23
	Pan American Games	Rio, Brazil	1st	Shot	20.10 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	15th (q)	Shot	19.56 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	4th	Shot	21.04 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	17th (q)	Shot	19.86 m
	World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	8th	Shot	19.61 m
2010	World Indoor Championship	Doha, Qatar	4th	Shot	21.39 m
	2010 Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	1st	Shot	21.02 m
2011	World Championship	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	Shot	21.64 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	1st	Shot	21.30 m

References

1. ^ "Armstrong (CAN) ends Canada’s 28 year medal drought". Newsletter of the cwg Delhi 2010.org (official website). October 7, 2010. http://results.cwgdelhi2010.org/en/News.mvc/Detail/CompEventDetail/1eaa6cd2-f55a-45e3-8f3b-8dca2d5ba6ce. Retrieved 2011-02-05. 
2. ^ "Canadian shot-putter strikes gold at Games: Kamloops man wins first medal in event at Commonwealth Games since 1982". Alberni Valley Times. October 8, 2010. http://www2.canada.com/albernivalleytimes/news/sports/story.html?id=ed76dab4-cdbd-477e-a03f-4403520e0dd1. Retrieved 2011-02-05. 
3. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/wic10/results/eventcode=4144/racedate=03-13-2010/sex=M/discCode=SP/combCode=hash/roundCode/results.html#detM_SP_hash_f
4. ^ Wenig, Jorg (2010-06-03). Friedrich opens season with 1.96m, Armstrong breaks Canadian Shot Put record in Baunatal. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-03.
5. ^ "Armstrong wins gold, breaks Pan Ams record". CBC Sports. October 25, 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2011/10/25/sp-pan-ams-roundup.html. 

External links

• IAAF profile for Dylan Armstrong

Persondata
Name	Armstrong, Dylan
Alternative names
Short description	Shot putter
Date of birth	15 January 1981
Place of birth	Kamloops, Canada
Date of death
Place of death