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Kampton Kam
Kam competing in 2021
Personal information
National teamSingapore
Born (2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 23)[1]
Singapore
Height186cm (6ft 1in)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Singapore
ASEAN School Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Selangor High jump
Gold medal – first place 2019 Semarang High jump
Southeast Asian Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bangkok High jump
Singapore Open
Gold medal – first place 2022 Singapore High jump
National Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Singapore High jump

Kampton Kam is an athlete from Singapore specialising in the high jump. He holds the national high jump records for the U18 (2.10m), U19 (2.15m), U20 (2.15m), U23 (2.20m), and men's indoor (2.20m).[2][3] He is currently second on the all-time list in the men’s high jump in Singapore.

Education

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Kam is an alumnus of Victoria School and Victoria Junior College. In 2018, he was awarded The Straits Times - Young Star of the Month,[4] an award backed by 100PLUS to outstanding school athletes. The following year, he received the Singapore Olympic-Foundation Peter Lim Scholarship. He was also named the Singapore Schools Sports Council Best Sportsboy of the year for Track and Field in 2019 and 2020. In 2022, he enrolled in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

High jump career

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Kam set his U-18 record at the 2018 ASEAN School Games, where he won the gold.[5] The U-20 record was set at the 2019 National School Games,[6] where he defended his title and became the first local schoolboy to clear 7 feet in the high jump.

Kam competed at the Youth Olympic Games Asia Area Qualification and placed 5th with a personal best then of 2.05m, qualifying him for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. In the first round, he finished 6th with a 2.05m effort. In the second round, he cleared 2.07m for a combined height of 4.12m to finish 7th.[7] He also competed at the Asian Athletics Championship 2019 in Doha, Qatar, 2019 Southeast Asian Games in New Clark City, Philippines and Taiwan Athletics Open 2019.

Internationally, Kam was ranked 16th[8] and 29th[9] in the world in the 2018 and 2019 season as a youth (U18) and junior (U20) athlete respectively.

Kam first set the national indoor mark in Sweden in 2021 with a jump of 2.05m.[10] In January 2023, he rewrote the record twice, jumping 2.06m at the Penn 10 Team-Select in New York, and 2.08m at the Wesley Brown Invitational in Maryland.[11] He then improved on the record jumping 2.15m at the Penn State National Open in January 2024.[2]

In 2022, a week before the 2022 Southeast Asian Games, Kam suffered a collapsed lung and had to withdraw.[12] Three months later, he managed to finish 12th at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

On 10 February 2024, Kam cleared 2.20m at Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational to rewrite the national indoor mark he had set two weeks prior (2.15m).[3]

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2018 Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships Bangkok, Thailand 1st 1.99 m
2018 Hong Kong Inter-City Athletic Championships Hong Kong, China 1st 2.03 m
Youth Olympic Games Asia Area Qualification Bangkok, Thailand 5th 2.05 m
2018 ASEAN School Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st 2.10 m NR
2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Argentina 6th 2.05 m
2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Argentina 7th 2.07 m
2019 2019 National School Games Singapore, Singapore 1st 2.15 m NR
2019 Asian Athletics Championships Doha, Qatar 14th 2.10 m
2019 Taiwan Athletics Open Taipei, Taiwan 2nd 2.12 m
2019 ASEAN School Games Semarang, Indonesia 1st 2.10 m
2019 Southeast Asian Games New Clark City, Philippines 7th 2.08 m
2021 2021 2nd National Performance Trial Singapore, Singapore 1st 2.05 m
2021 Luciahoppet 2021 Karlstad, Sweden 1st 2.05 m NR
2022 2022 Singapore National Championships Singapore, Singapore 1st 2.15 m
Singapore Open Singapore, Singapore 1st 2.20m
2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 12th 2.10 m
2023 2023 Penn 10 Team-Select Staten Island, New York 1st 2.06 m NR
Wesley Brown Invitational Annapolis, Maryland 1st 2.08m NR
2021 Summer World University Games Chengdu, China 12th 2.00m
2022 Asian Games (Qualifying Round) Hangzhou, China 7th 2.15m
2022 Asian Games (Finals) Hangzhou, China 11th 2.15m
2024 2024 Penn State National Open Penn State, Pennsylvania 1st 2.15 m NR
Darius Dixon Memorial Invitation 2024 Liberty University, Virginia 1st 2.20 m NR
2024 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships Harvard University, Massachusetts 1st 2.18 m

References

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  1. ^ "Kampton KAM | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Singapore's Kampton Kam rewrites indoor high jump national record". The Straits Times. 28 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Ganesan, Deepanraj (12 February 2024). "Festive joy again for Kampton Kam as he breaks Singapore high jump record". The Straits Times.
  4. ^ Auto, Hermes (23 November 2018). "ST Young Star Award: It's mind over matter for record-breaking high jumper Kampton Kam | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Into the Zone with Kampton Kam". schoolbag.edu.sg. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. ^ Chia, Nicole (29 March 2019). "School sports: VJC high jumper Kampton Kam sets U-20 national record en route to winning A Division boys' title". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. ^ "High Jump Result | 3rd Youth Olympic Games". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ "High Jump - men - u18 - outdoor - 2018". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  9. ^ "High Jump - men - u20 - outdoor - 2019". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Sports World: High jumper Kam sets indoor mark". theworldnews.net. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  11. ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (23 January 2023). "Athletics: 'Small steps' mantra helps jumper Kam to second national mark in a week". The Straits Times.
  12. ^ "SEA Games: High jumper Kampton Kam's medal hopes dashed by collapsed lung". The Straits Times. 13 May 2022.
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