Wednesday, 25 June 2014

My Commonwealth Games star

Tom Walsh
Event(s): Shot put
Born: 1 March 1992
Age: 22
Full Name: Thomas Walsh
Years: 2009-Present

Thomas “Tom” Walsh is a shot-put competitor in the Common Weath games. He also competes in discus.
He is the current record holder for shot-put in the Common Wealth for both Indoors and out. In the world youth championship 2009 he came 6th in shot-put and 31st in discus. In 2010 he came 16th and this year he came 3rd. Walsh was introduced in 2009 and has competed four times
He has won a Bronze medal for breaking the record with an All-time score of 21.26m (69ft 9in) his best discus score is 53.58m (175m 91/4in) he’s won the title for Discus (2012,13) and Shot-put (2013).
He has competed in (Sopot, Poland) (Melbourne, Australia) (Moxton, Canada) and (Brixen, Italy).

By Nikau

1 comment:

  1. Well-written, Nikau. Tom Walsh is a strong chance for a medal this year! I also like his rival, Jacko Gill. Have you heard of him? Check out his crazy training video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgRphH_Yuzc

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