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Tomas Walsh (born 1 March 1992)[1] is a New Zealand athlete who competes mainly in the shot put.[2] He is the current national record holder both outdoors and indoors for the event.[3][4] His personal best of 22.90 m (75 ft 1+1⁄2 in), set in Doha, 5 October 2019, is also the Oceanian record and makes him the sixth best shot putter in history.

Tom Walsh

Walsh in 2016, after winning gold at the World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 30) Timaru, New Zealand
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	120 kg (265 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Shot put
Club	South Canterbury Athletic Club
Coached by	Ian Baird
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	22.90 m (outdoor) 22.31 m (indoor) (CR)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put 2020 Tokyo Shot put World Championships 2017 London Shot put 2019 Doha Shot put World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland Shot put 2018 Birmingham Shot put 2014 Sopot Shot put 2022 Belgrade Shot put Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Shot put 2018 Gold Coast Shot put 2014 Glasgow Shot put

Walsh was the bronze medallist at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the silver medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, 4th at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, winner of the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the bronze medallist at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the gold medallist at the 2017 World Championships and the bronze medallist at the 2019 World Championships, 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships and the 2020 Summer Olympics, and gold medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Athletics career

Walsh made his international debut at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where he placed sixth in his shot put speciality and also competed in the qualifying of the discus throw.[5] On 12 December 2009 Walsh recorded a put of 20.21 m (66 ft 3+1⁄2 in) the 5 kg shot to win the Senior Boys title at the New Zealand National Secondary School Track and Field Championships. This performance was a New Zealand Youth (Under 18) record which was broken the following day by Jacko Gill when winning the Junior Boys (Under 16) title.

Walsh broke the New Zealand junior record on 18 March 2010 with a put of 18.82 m (61 ft 8+3⁄4 in) with the 6 kg shot but this was broken 9 days later by Gill with 19.92 m (65 ft 4+1⁄4 in). At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics Walsh failed to qualify for the final of the shot put which was won by Gill.[6][7][8]

In 2012 Walsh won his first senior national shot put title which he retained the following season and also added the discus title. On 12 December 2013 Walsh broke Gill's New Zealand senior shot put record with 20.61 m (67 ft 7+1⁄4 in) in Melbourne, Australia[9] which he improved with 21.16 m (69 ft 5 in) on 22 March 2014, also in Melbourne.[10]

At the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, in his first senior international competition and first ever competition indoors,[11] Walsh finished third in the men's shot put.[12] He set an indoor national record of 20.41 m (66 ft 11+1⁄2 in) in the qualifying round and improved upon this mark three times in the final finishing with 21.26 m (69 ft 9 in) which was an Oceanian indoor record and the same distance as the Oceanian outdoor record.[4][13]

Later in 2014, Walsh improved his outdoor personal best and the New Zealand record with 21.23 m (69 ft 7+3⁄4 in) at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meet in Glasgow on 11 July,[14] before improving again to 21.24 m (69 ft 8 in) on 27 July, during the qualifying round at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which was a Commonwealth Games record.[15] In the final, Walsh won the silver medal behind O'Dayne Richards.[16]

In 2015, Walsh defended his New Zealand shot put title with a throw of 20.73 m (68 ft 0 in) on 8 March,[17] before setting a new Oceanian record of 21.37 m (70 ft 1+1⁄4 in) on 21 March at the Melbourne Track Classic.[18]

Walsh finished fourth at the 2015 World Championships on 23 August in Beijing, throwing a new personal best of 21.58m.[19] He was just 11 cm off the bronze medal. He improved his personal best to 21.62m on 8 September in winning the shot put at the Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb.[20] On 11 September Walsh won his first Diamond League meet with a throw of 21.39m in Brussels.[21]

In the 2016 World Indoor Championships, Walsh won the gold medal with a throw of 21.78m, breaking his own New Zealand national and Oceania area indoor records three times in the process. He went on to take the bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, with 21.36m, and the following year won the 2017 IAAF World Championships with 22.03m.[22]

Walsh retained his World Indoor title at the 2018 World Indoor Championships, with a then personal best of 22.31m. He surpassed this with 22.67m on 25 March the same year, at the Sir Graeme Douglas International Track Challenge in West Auckland, New Zealand, moving him into the top-10 World All-Time.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Walsh threw 22.45m, setting a new Commonwealth Games record en route to qualify for the Shot Put Men's final.

In 2019, Walsh threw 22.90m in the first round of the 2019 World Athletics Championships to set a new Oceanian record. He finished in third place.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Walsh took third place once again, with a throw of 22.47m. At the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Walsh equalled his own indoor Oceanian record.

Personal life

Walsh works part-time as a builder in Timaru.[23][24]

Tom's father, Peter, won the New Zealand junior men's shot put in the 1964–65 season^{[citation needed]} and was a member of the 1974 South Canterbury Rugby side that won the Ranfurly Shield.^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

Personal bests

Outdoor

• Shot put – 22.90 m (75 ft 1+1⁄2 in) Doha (2019) Commonwealth Record AR NR
• Discus throw – 53.58 m (175 ft 9+1⁄4 in) (2014)

Indoor

• Shot put – 22.31 m (73 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (2018, 2022) AR NR

Shot put season's best

Senior implement weight (7.26 kg) only.

Year	Performance	Competition	Location	Date	World ranking
2010	17.57 m		Waitakere, New Zealand	20 February
2011	18.83 m		North Shore, New Zealand	5 December	123
2012	19.33 m		Amiens, France	30 June	111=
2013	20.61 m		Melbourne, Australia	12 December	22=
2014	21.26 m (i)	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	7 March	11
	21.24 m	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	27 July
2015	21.62 m	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	7 September	5
2016	22.21 m	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	5 September	2
2017	22.14 m	World Championships	London, England	5 August
2018	22.31 m	2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	3 March
2018	22.67 m	Sir Graeme Douglas International Track Challenge	West Auckland, New Zealand	25 March
2019	22.90 m	2019 World Athletics Championships	Doha, Qatar	5 October	=2
2020	21.70 m	New Zealand National Champs	Christchurch, New Zealand	6 March

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	6th	Shot put (5 kg)	19.60 m
			31st (q)	Discus throw (1.5 kg)	48.83 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	16th (q)	Shot put (6 kg)	17.92 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	3rd	Shot put	21.26 m
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	Shot put	21.19 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	Shot put	21.58 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	1st	Shot put	21.78 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	Shot put	21.36 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	1st	Shot put	22.03 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	1st	Shot put	22.31 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	1st	Shot put	21.41m [lower-alpha 1]
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	Shot put	22.90 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Shot put	22.47 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	Shot put	22.31 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	4th	Shot put	22.08 m

National titles

• Shot put: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Discus throw: 2013

Notes

References

External links

• Tom Walsh at World Athletics
• Tom Walsh at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Tom Walsh at Olympics.com
• Tom Walsh at Olympedia
• Tom Walsh at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
• Tom Walsh at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Awards
Preceded by Mahé Drysdale	New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year 2017, 2018	Succeeded by Israel Adesanya
Preceded by Emirates Team New Zealand	Halberg Awards – Supreme Award 2018	Succeeded by Silver Ferns

На других языках

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[de] Tomas Walsh

Tomas „Tom“ Walsh (* 1. März 1992 in Timaru) ist ein neuseeländischer Leichtathlet, der sich auf das Kugelstoßen spezialisiert hat.

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- [en] Tom Walsh (shot putter)

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[fr] Tomas Walsh

Tomas Walsh (né le 1er mars 1992 à Timaru) est un athlète néo-zélandais, spécialiste du lancer du poids. Champion du monde en 2017 à Londres, il est également deux fois champion du monde en salle, en 2016 à Portland et en 2018 à Birmingham, et double médaillé de bronze aux Jeux Olympiques en 2016 à Rio et en 2021 à Tokyo.

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[it] Tomas Walsh

Tomas Walsh (Timaru, 1º marzo 1992) è un pesista neozelandese.

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[ru] Уолш, Томас

Томас Уолш (англ. Tomas Walsh, род. 1 марта 1992[1], Тимару, Кентербери[2]) — новозеландский толкатель ядра. Чемпион мира 2017. Двукратный чемпион мира в помещении (2016, 2018)[3]. Двукратный бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр (2016, 2020)[4]. Ообладатель национальных рекордов Океании в толкании ядра на открытом воздухе (22,67 м) и в помещении (22,31 м)[5][6]. 13-кратный чемпион Новой Зеландии (2010—2014, 2016—2022).

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