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Jul 15, 2022 · He claimed a surprise bronze at the 2014 World Indoor Championship in Sopot, Poland, which was both a personal thrill and a disappointment for the partisan home crowd, as it demoted double Olympic champion and home hero Tomasz Majewski to bronze. “That was definitely my breakthrough,” he reflects.
Apr 10, 2014 · Competing in his maiden senior global championship, Walsh shed any nerves he might have been feeling to loom into medal contention with a new lifetime best of 20.88m in round five before producing a mighty heave of 21.26m to win bronze with his final put.
Tomas Walsh (born 1 March 1992) is a New Zealand athlete who competes mainly in the shot put. He is the current national record holder both outdoors and indoors for the event. [3] [4] His personal best of 22.90 m ( 75 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), set in Doha , 5 October 2019, is also the Oceanian record and makes him the sixth best shot putter in history.
Sep 9, 2023 · ZAGREB, Croatia — Under the Saturday night lights downtown at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial, part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Meeting, New Zealand’s Tom Walsh reasserted his dominance in the men’s shot put. Walsh, the 2017 world champion, clinched victory with a quality throw of 22.46 meters.
Aug 4, 2021 · Tom Walsh: 'It took a few years off my life'. New Zealand shot-putter Tom Walsh was given a fright before he qualified for his final at the Tokyo Olympics. Walsh was red-flagged in all three throws of qualification before an appeal enabled him to proceed into Thursday's final.
Mar 2, 2024 · Tom Walsh has won silver in the men's shotput at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. American world record holder Ryan Crouser extended his dominance in the event with a throw of 22.77m in the fifth round to take the gold medal.
Dec 8, 2023 · Tom Walsh has put the finishing touches on what is probably New Zealand’s biggest man cave — though he won’t be able to use it for a while.
Mar 1, 1992 · 1 x World champion. 4 x Diamond League Final winner. 2 x World Indoor champion. 2 x Olympic Games Bronze medallist. More Honours. World Rankings. Personal Bests. Seasons Bests. Results.
One of New Zealand's star athletes for the past decade, Tom Walsh has two Olympic bronze medals to his name, claiming the podium finish at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Read more.
The secret to a monster throw like Tom Walsh hit to place third at the 2019 World Championships comes down to precision and attention to detail in training. Tom and his coach were dialed in...
