Jason Morgan (born 6 October 1982) 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 ...

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 ...

er. On 6 June 2015 Morgan achieved the Jamaican record in the discus throw (68.19 meters). He won the silver medal at the

2006 Central American and Caribbean Games The 20th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games was held in the city of Cartagena, Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, in ...

. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships 2011 World Championships the 2015 World championships and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

without reaching the final. He is the first Jamaican in history to compete at a World championships in Athletics in the discus throw.

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* 1982 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Jamaican male discus throwers Louisiana Tech University alumni Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Pan American Games athletes for Jamaica Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Jamaican Athletics Championships winners Louisiana Tech Bulldogs track and field athletes Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub

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