Adam Keenan Explained

Birth Date:September 26, 1993
Birth Place:Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Pb:77.54 m (2022)

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

Career

Junior

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Hastings. Marty. 11 July 2012. Keenan set to compete at junior world championships. Kamloops This Week. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. June 30, 2022.
  2. News: 15 July 2012. Keenan can't escape qualifying round. Kamloops This Week. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. June 30, 2022.
  3. News: Hastings. Marty. 12 August 2014. Keenan unhappy with NACAC showing. Kamloops This Week. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. 30 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Canada wins nine medals on the second day of the NACAC Championship. Wong. Agnes. 12 August 2018. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 30 June 2022.
  5. Web site: 'I'm not ready to give this up': Keenan looking ahead to next Olympics after missing hammer standard. Klassen. Chad. 28 June 2021. www.cfjctoday.com/. CFJC-TV. 30 June 2022.
  6. Web site: 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.. 22 June 2022. www.harryjerome.com/. Harry Jerome Track Classic. 30 June 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. News: Dheensaw. Cleve. 25 June 2022. Victoria's Adam Keenan claims fifth consecutive Canadian hammer-throw title. Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 30 June 2022.
  8. News: Dheensaw. Cleve. 22 June 2022. Hammer Time: Island throwers named to Commonwealth Games team. Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 30 June 2022.
  9. Web site: Athletics Canada Selects 54 Athletes to World Athletics Championships Team. 30 June 2022. www.athletics.ca/. Athletics Canada. 30 June 2022.
  10. Web site: CSC, Athletics Canada announce 43-athlete squad to compete at Commonwealth Games. 21 June 2022. www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 21 June 2022.
  11. Web site: Athletics Canada Names 43 Athletes to 2022 Commonwealth Games Team. 21 June 2022. www.athletics.ca. Athletics Canada. 21 June 2022.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Adam Keenan".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.