| Alex Young | |
| Sport: | Track and Field |
| Event: | Hammer throw |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Hometown: | LaVergne, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Collegeteam: | Southeastern Louisiana Lions 2014-17 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs 2012-14 |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Alex Young (born September 1, 1994) is an American athlete who competes predominantly in the hammer throw.[1]
Young grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. He moved multiple times to find the best training group, working two jobs to earn enough money and persevering to live his dream as a professional athlete.[2]
He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished twelfth in Eugene, Oregon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[3]
Young has represented his country competing in the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Colombia and at the 2016 NACAC U23 Championships in El Salvador. He also competed at the 2016 Olympic Trials prior to competing in the 2017 World Championships in which he finished 20th and 2022 World Championships where Young placed 12th in the final.
Young competed collegiately for Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU).[4] [5] In 2016 he became the first SLU athlete in any sport to win a national championship at the Division I level when he won the NCAA weight throw national title.[6] He followed that by finishing second in the 2017 NCAA hammer throw behind Cornell's Rudy Winkler.[7]
| Representing Southeastern Louisiana University | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | University of Oregon | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Hammer | 73.66m (241.67feet) | |
| University of Kentucky | 48th | Shot put | Foul | |||
| University of New Orleans | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer | 69.59m (228.31feet) | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 17.67m (57.97feet) | |||
| 4th | Discus | 50.92m (167.06feet) | ||||
| 2016 | Birmingham CrossPlex | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Weight throw | 23.8m (78.1feet) | |
| Birmingham CrossPlex | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer | 20.72m (67.98feet) | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | 16.52m (54.2feet) | |||
| 2015 | University of Oregon | 10th | Hammer | 66.5m (218.2feet) | ||
| Southeastern Louisiana University | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer | 64.66m (212.14feet) | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 17.93m (58.83feet) | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus | 53.68m (176.12feet) | |||
| University of Arkansas | 15th | Weight throw | 20.01m (65.65feet) | |||
| JDL Fast Track | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer | 20.72m (67.98feet) | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | 16.52m (54.2feet) | |||
| Representing Gardner–Webb University | ||||||
| 2014 | University of Oregon | 17th | Hammer | 61.9m (203.1feet) | ||
| Winthrop University | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer | 59.88m (196.46feet) | ||
| 11th | Shot put | 14.29m (46.88feet) | ||||
| 13th | Discus | 39.9m (130.9feet) | ||||
| University of New Mexico | 13th | Weight throw | 20.05m (65.78feet) | |||
| Virginia Tech University | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer | 20.31m (66.63feet) | ||
| 17th | Shot put | 12.92m (42.39feet) | ||||
| 2013 | North Carolina A&T State University | 37th | Shot put | 16.22m (53.22feet) | ||
| 42nd | Hammer | 51.57m (169.19feet) | ||||
| Liberty University | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer | 62.09m (203.71feet) | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | 16.71m (54.82feet) | |||
| 5th | Discus | 46.56m (152.76feet) | ||||
| JDL Fast Track | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer | 20.72m (67.98feet) | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 16.52m (54.2feet) | |||
| Lavergne High School | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Middle Tennessee State University | 7th | Discus | 45.9m (150.6feet) | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 17.28m (56.69feet) | |||
| 2011 | Middle Tennessee State University | 3rd | Shot put | 15.62m (51.25feet) | ||
| 2010 | Middle Tennessee State University | DNQ | Shot put | DNQ | ||