Kai Chang (born January 29, 2000) is a

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n discus thrower. He won the IAAF 2018 World U20 championships and has stamped his class at numerous international events in his career.

Career

Chang won the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Junior Championships and then on July 15, 2018, with a personal best of 62.36m Chang won the gold medal for the discus at the

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to become World Junior Champion. In April 2021, Chang threw over 60m for the first time as a senior, and then improved to a personal best of 62.60 at the Jamaican National Stadium in

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. He later threw an improved personal best of 63.33 in June 2021, at the NACAC New Life Invitational in

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. Chang ended the season with a PR of 64.49m, ranking him as the second best in his country for the 2021 season. He won the discus throw gold medal in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Kai 2000 births Living people Jamaican male discus throwers Jamaican people of Chinese descent FISU World University Games silver medalists for Jamaica Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games