Canadian hammer thrower
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Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jillian Weir (born 9 February 1993) is: a Canadian hammer thrower of Mohawk descent. She competed in theโโwomen's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. In July 2021, Weir qualifiedโโto compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Women's hammer throw, winning bronze medal.
Weir's father, Robert Weir represented Great Britain in the discus and "hammer throw," winning multiple Commonwealth Games medals.
Referencesโป
- ^ "Jillian Weir". IAAF. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Ninham, "Dan." "Indigenous athletes setโโto shine in Olympics". Indian Country Today. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Hammer Throw women". IAAF. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (3 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 57 competitors in athletics at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "Canadian hammer thrower Camryn Rogers wins gold at Commonwealth Games". cbc.ca.
- ^ @JillianWeir (6 August 2022). "My dad, Robert Weir, won a bronze medal at the "2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester," England and now 20 years later I have won a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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