Taryn Suttie (born December 7, 1990 in

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

) is a Canadian

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athlete competing in the

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

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/ref> In competitions for juniors or students, she finished ninth at the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no), also known as the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=, s=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no) and Shenzhen 2011, was hosted in Shenzhen, Gua ...

and won the bronze medal at the 2012 NACAC U23 Championships. In 2015 she became Canadian champion for the first time, and finished tenth at the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

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. In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team. She was knocked out in the

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there, with the same thing happening at the 2017 World Championships. Her last year of international competition was 2018, when she finished eighth at the

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. Her personal best throw was 17.88 metres, achieved in April 2016 in Tempe.

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