Danniel Thomas-Dodd

Danniel Thomas-Dodd, 2019
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1992-11-11) 11 November 1992 Westmoreland, Jamaica[1]
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Shot put, discus throw
College team	Kent State Golden Flashes[3]
Medal record Women's track and field Representing  Jamaica World Championships 2019 Doha Shot put World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham Shot put Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Shot put 2022 Birmingham Shot put Pan American Games 2019 Lima Shot put

Danniel Thomas-Dodd (née Thomas, born 11 November 1992) is a Jamaican athlete whose specialty is the shot put.^[4] She finished 4th in the shot put finals at London's 2017 World Championships in Athletics and the following year she won silver at the Indoor World Championships. In addition, she finished fifth at the 2015 Pan American Games.

She has a personal best and the Jamaican national record in the shot put of 19.77 metres outdoors, set in 2023. Indoors, she registered a 19.22 metre throw at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England. She also has a personal discus best of 59.38 metres set in Akron in 2014. In July 2021, she qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Thomas-Dodd sought to defend her title from four years earlier, and was leading after five throws in the shot put final, only to be passed by Canadian Sarah Mitton by 0.05 metres on the final throw.^[6]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th	Discus throw	55.02 m
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	5th	Shot put	17.76 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	22nd (q)	Shot put	16.62 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	25th (q)	Shot put	16.99 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	Shot put	18.91 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	Shot put	19.22 m
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	1st	Shot put	19.36 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	Shot put	19.55 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Shot put	19.47 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	13th (q)	Shot put	18.37 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	6th	Shot put	19.12 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	10th	Shot put	18.29 m
	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	Shot put	18.98 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	Shot put	19.59 m

References

External links

• Danniel Thomas-Dodd at World Athletics
• Danniel Thomas-Dodd at Olympedia
• Danniel Thomas at Olympics.com
• Danniel Thomas at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Danniel Thomas at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Danniel Thomas at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)