| Chase Jackson | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OLY |
| Full Name: | Chase Foster Jackson |
| Birth Date: | July 20, 1994 |
| Birth Name: | Chase Foster Ealey |
| Birth Place: | Springfield, Illinois, U.S. |
| Hometown: | Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Shot put |
| Collegeteam: | Oklahoma State University |
| Turnedpro: | 2016 |
| Club: | Desert High Performance |
| Coach: | Paul Wilson |
| Highestranking: | 1st (Shot put, 2023)[1] |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Chase Foster Jackson (; born July 20, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus throw. She won the gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in women's shot put,[2] [3] which made her the first American woman to win a shot put world title at the World Athletics Championships. She won on the first attempt which, according to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, made her the first woman's shot put world champion to win on the first attempt.[4]
Chase Foster Ealey was born on July 20, 1994, in Springfield, Illinois, to Chuck Ealey and Michelle Naranjo.[5] [6] Her parents met while her father was in the U.S. Army and stationed at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, but moved to Riverton, Illinois, where Ealey lived the first years of her life. Her parents divorced when she was 3, and she moved with her mother to Los Alamos, New Mexico. Ealey graduated from Los Alamos High School in 2012.
As a freshman at Los Alamos High School in 2009, Ealey placed 1st in the 100 m sprint at the New Mexico 4A State Track and Field Championships, with a time of 12.73 seconds,[7] and placed 2nd in shot put with a throw of .[8]
In 2010, she placed 1st in 100 m sprint at the New Mexico 4A State Track and Field Championship, with a time of 12.46 seconds,[9] and placed 2nd in shot put with a throw of, narrowly beating her sister Taylor Ealey, who was two years older and in 12th grade at the time.[10]
Ealey placed 1st in both shot put and the 100 m sprint at the 2011 New Mexico 4A State Track and Field Championships, with a throw of, and a time of 12.52 seconds.[11]
As a senior in 2012, she was the New Mexico state champion in shot put, with a throw of,[12] and state champion in the 100 m, with a time of 12.35 seconds.[13]
Ealey attended Oklahoma State University, where she was a three-time All-American and 12-time Big 12 conference student-athlete.[14] [15]
Ealey is the two-time shot put world champion, 2022 outdoor shot put world champion and the 2019 US outdoor and indoor shot put champion. She is the 2018 United States Indoor 4th-place finisher in the shot put.[16] [17] Ealey shared how she dealt with mental challenges of competing on the global stage at 2019 World Championship and how she is recovering from COVID-19 in Winter 2021.[18] [19] Ealey conducted clinics for high school and youth athletes in 2019.[20]
Ealey tied Michelle Carter's North American record and national record in the 2022 World Indoor Championship Shot Put final with a result of 20.21m (66.31feet).
Ealey achieved her best number in 2023 at the World Outdoor Championships in Budapest, in the Shot Put, with final result of 20.43m (67.03feet).[21]
After Ealey married in 2024, she began competing as Chase Jackson.
Jackson competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but did not qualify for the finals. She fouled on her first two attempts and threw 17.6m (57.7feet) on her last attempt, placing 17th, with only 12 advancing to the final.[22]
Chase Ealey married Mitch Jackson in 2024.[23] [24] [25] [26]
All results are taken from Jackson's World Athletics profile.
| 2013 | Pan Am Junior Championships | Medellin, Colombia | 3rd | Shot put | |||
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th | Shot put | |||
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | ||
| World Championships | Eugene, Oregon | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | |||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | ||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3rd | Shot put | |||
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 17th | Shot put | ||||
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| 2013 | USA Junior Championships[27] | Des Moines, Iowa | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | |
| 2016 | United States Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 7th | Shot put | ||
| Rowspan=2 | 2017 | USA Indoor Championships[28] | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 5th | Shot put | |
| USA Championships[29] | Sacramento, California | 13th | Shot put | |||
| 2018 | USA Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 4th | Shot put | ||
| USA Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | 18th | Shot put | Foul | ||
| 2019 | USA Indoor Championships[30] | Staten Island, New York | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | |
| USA Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | ||
| 2020 | USA Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | |
| 2021 | United States Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 5th | Shot put | [31] | |
| 2022 | USA Indoor Championships | Spokane, Washington | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | |
| USA Championships | Eugene, Oregon | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | ||
| 2023 | USA Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | |
| USA Championships | Eugene, Oregon | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | ||
| 2024 | United States Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | |