Jason Tunks

Jason Tunks (born May 7, 1975 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former discus thrower who has represented Canada in the Olympics in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. He currently holds the Canadian National Record for discus at 67.88 m (222.7 ft).^[1]

Tunks was inducted into the London (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame in 2012,^[2] and the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2014.^[3]

Major events

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

1997 World Championships in Athletics at Athens - 9th - 62.30 m (204.40 ft)
1999 World Championships in Athletics at Seville - 20th - 60.20 m (197.51 ft)
2001 World Championships in Athletics at Edmonton - 9th - 63.79 m (209.28 ft)
2003 World Championships in Athletics at Paris - 11th - 62.21 m (204.10 ft)
2005 World Championships in Athletics at Helsinki - 8th - 63.77 m (209.22 ft)

Commonwealth Games

1998 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur - 3rd - 62.22 m (204.13 ft)
2002 Commonwealth Games at Manchester - 2nd - 62.61 m (205.41 ft)
2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne - 2nd - 63.07 m (206.92 ft)

Pan American Games

1999 Pan American Games at Winnipeg - 3rd - 61.75 m (202.59 ft)
2003 Pan American Games at Santo Domingo - 1st - 63.70 m (208.99 ft)

World Cup in Athletics

2002 World Cup at Madrid - 5th - 62.89 m (206.33 ft)

Goodwill Games

1998 Goodwill Games at Uniondale, New York - 4th - 62.53 m (205.15 ft)
2001 Goodwill Games at Brisbane - 7th - 61.70 m (202.43 ft)

Progression

Personal life

Tunks is married to Dianne Tunks (née Olson) and has four known children:^[6] Brayden, Rylan, Jenna and Julia (born 20 July 2006), who is the #1 on the World U18 Female Discus leaderboard. ^[7]

References

^ "Canadian discus thrower Tunks retires". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. August 4, 2011.
^ "Our Inductees". London Sports Council. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
^ "Hall of Fame". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
^ "Discus throw M - Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta - Results". www.olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
^ "Jason Tunks Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 2020-04-17. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
^ "Julia Tunks ready to follow Olympian dad Jason's discus-tossing footsteps". lfpress. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
^ "Discus Throw - women - u18 - outdoor". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

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