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Adam Keenan

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Adam Keenan
Personal information
Born (1993-09-26) September 26, 1993 (age 31)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Achievements and titles
Personal best77.54 m (2022)
Medal record
Men's track and field
Representing  Canada
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal – third place Toronto 2018 Hammer throw
NACAC U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kamloops Hammer throw
Pan American Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place Miramar 2011 Hammer throw

Adam Keenan (born September 26, 1993) is a Canadian track and field athlete specializing in the hammer throw.

Career

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Junior

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Keenan first competed for Canada at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Miramar, Florida, where he won the bronze medal in the hammer throw with a distance of 66.62 meters.[1] Keenan would later compete at the 2012 World Junior Championships finishing in 28th place overall.[2]

Senior

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At the 2014 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics in Kamloops, British Columbia, Keenan won the bronze medal with a throw of 68.35 meters.[3]

In 2018, Keenan competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia finishing fourth in the hammer throw event, and followed that with a bronze medal finish at the 2018 NACAC Championships in Toronto, Ontario with a throw of 72.72 metres.[4] Keenan narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

In June 2022, Keenan set a new personal best of 77.54 meters, which met the World Championships standard.[6] Later that month, Keenan won his fifth consecutive National title.[7] Keenan was also named to compete at both the 2022 World Athletics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games.[8][9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ Hastings, Marty (July 11, 2012). "Keenan set to compete at junior world championships". Kamloops This Week. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Keenan can't escape qualifying round". Kamloops This Week. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. July 15, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  3. ^ Hastings, Marty (August 12, 2014). "Keenan unhappy with NACAC showing". Kamloops This Week. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Wong, Agnes (August 12, 2018). "Canada wins nine medals on the second day of the NACAC Championship". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  5. ^ Klassen, Chad (June 28, 2021). "'I'm not ready to give this up': Keenan looking ahead to next Olympics after missing hammer standard". www.cfjctoday.com/. CFJC-TV. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "NTF Tour leads to great "Made In Canada" results on the way to World Championships in Eugene, Oregon for Canadian and athletes from over 2 dozen countries". www.harryjerome.com/. Harry Jerome Track Classic. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022. A good example would be the new personal best and achieving the World Championships by Adam Keenan of Victoria with his remarkable hammer thrower of 77.54m.
  7. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (June 25, 2022). "Victoria's Adam Keenan claims fifth consecutive Canadian hammer-throw title". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  8. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (June 22, 2022). "Hammer Time: Island throwers named to Commonwealth Games team". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "Athletics Canada Selects 54 Athletes to World Athletics Championships Team". www.athletics.ca/. Athletics Canada. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "CSC, Athletics Canada announce 43-athlete squad to compete at Commonwealth Games". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  11. ^ "Athletics Canada Names 43 Athletes to 2022 Commonwealth Games Team". www.athletics.ca. Athletics Canada. June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
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