2012 javelin olympic results

          Javelin throw world record!

          Keshorn Walcott

          Trinidadian javelin thrower

          Keshorn "Keshie" Walcott, ORTT (born 2 April 1993) is a Trinbagonian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.

          He is an Olympic champion, having won gold in 2012.

          Olympic javelin throw distances

        1. Olympic javelin throw distances
        2. Neeraj chopra best throw
        3. Javelin throw world record
        4. Athletics at the summer olympics javelin throw schedule and results
        5. Arshad nadeem best throw

          6. He is the first Caribbean male athlete, as well as the first of African descent, to win the gold medal in a throwing event in the history of the Olympics.[1] He is also the holder of the North, Central American and Caribbean junior record.

          Walcott is the youngest Olympic gold medallist in the men's javelin (19 years 131 days), and the first athlete in any track and field event to win World Junior and Olympic titles in an individual event the same year.[2]

          Career

          Early life and medals

          Born the third child of Beverly Walcott and Endy King, Walcott grew up playing football and cricket, striving to keep up with his athletically talented older brother Elton.

          He was raised in the fishing village of Toco, in north-east Trinidad.[3