Chad Dimitri Wright (born 25 March 1991) is a

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

n athlete specialising in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

. He became the first Jamaican to reach an Olympic men's discus final at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. 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 (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

and fourth at the

2015 Summer Universiade The 2015 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXVIII Summer Universiade () and also known as Gwangju 2015 () was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), hel ...

. 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)

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* * * 1991 births Living people Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican male shot putters Jamaican male discus throwers Commonwealth Games athletes 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 for Jamaica NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Nebraska Cornhuskers men's track and field athletes {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub