Kai Chang

Jamaican athlete

Kai Chang

Personal information

Nationality| Jamaican
Born|  (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 25)
Height| 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport| Track and Field
Event| Discus throw
College team| University of the West Indies
Florida Gators

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Summer World University Games
| 2023 Chengdu | Discus throw
World U20 Championships
| 2018 Tampere | Discus throw
NACAC U23 Championships
| 2021 San José | Discus throw
Carifta Games
Junior (U20)
| 2019 George Town | Discus throw
| 2018 Nassau | Discus throw
| 2019 George Town | Shot put

Kai Chang (born January 29, 2000) is a Jamaican discus thrower. He won the IAAF 2018 World U20 championships and has stamped his class at numerous international events in his career.[1]

## Career

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Chang won the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Junior Championships[2] and then on July 15, 2018, with a personal best of 62.36m Chang won the gold medal for the discus at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships to become World Junior Champion.[3]

In April 2021, Chang threw over 60m for the first time as a senior, and then improved to a personal best of 62.60 at the Jamaican National Stadium in Kingston.[4] He later threw an improved personal best of 63.33 in June 2021, at the NACAC New Life Invitational in Florida. Chang ended the season with a PR of 64.49m, ranking him as the second best in his country for the 2021 season.[5]

He won the discus throw gold medal in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Kai CHANG | Profile". worldathletics.org.
2. ^ "Kai Chang hopes to emulate Dacres in discus". Jamaica Observer. July 12, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
3. ^ "Report: men's discus – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
4. ^ Richards, Dwayne (April 21, 2021). "Chang brought to tears after joining 60m club in discus throw". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
5. ^ Reid, Paula (June 6, 2021). "Thompson Herah cops sprint double as Briana lowers NJR again". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
6. ^ "Jamaica harvest four gold medals during first session of NACAC champs". San Jose, Costa Rica: Jamaica Observer. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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World U20 Champions in men's discus throw

* 1986:  Vasil Baklarov (BUL)
* 1988:  Andreas Seelig (GDR)
* 1990:  Ilian Iliev (BUL)
* 1992:  Brian Milne (USA)
* 1994:  Frantz Kruger (RSA)
* 1996:  Casey Malone (USA)
* 1998:  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)
* 2000:  Hannes Hopley (RSA)
* 2002:  Wu Tao (CHN)
* 2004:  Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)
* 2006:  Margus Hunt (EST)
* 2008:  Gordon Wolf (GER)
* 2010:  Andrius Gudžius (LTU)
* 2012:  Fedrick Dacres (JAM)
* 2014:  Martin Marković (CRO)
* 2016:  Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT)
* 2018:  Kai Chang (JAM)
* 2021:  Mykolas Alekna (LTU)
* 2022:  Marius Karges (GER)
* 2024:  Bryce Ruland (USA)

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