| Connor Bell | |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Height: | 192 cm |
| Weight: | 104 kg |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Education: | Westlake Boys High School |
| Sport: | Track and Field |
| Event: | Discus throw |
| Nationals: | Discus champion (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
| Pb: | Discus throw – 68.10m |
Connor Bell (born 21 June 2001) is New Zealand field athlete. He represented his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and is a four-time national champion in the discus throw.[1]
On 25 January 2020, at the Potts Classic, Hawkes Bay Sports Park, in Hastings, Bell threw 63.25 m, a throw that would place him 31st for the year worldwide in 2020.[2] At the same venue, on 23 January 2021, Bell set a new personal best throw of 64.29 m. On 27 March 2021, Bell won the New Zealand national championship with a throw of 61.85. In 2022, Bell repeated his national title win and added a victory in the Oceania Championship discus competition.[3]
Bell competed in the men's discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He was the sixth-placed qualifier for the final,[4] where he finished eighth with a best throw of 60.23 metres.[5]
At the Pre-Potts track and field meeting in Hastings on 18 January 2023, Bell broke the New Zealand national discus throw record, with a distance of 66.14 metres, breaking the previous mark of 65.03 metres set by Ian Winchester in 2002.[6]
At the Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne on 22 February 2023, Bell bettered his own national record with 66.23 metres.
He competed in the discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[7] [8]