Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan is an American track and field athlete. He won the gold medal at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships in the shot put.
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 25, 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Discus, shot put, hammer | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editFrom Woonsocket, Rhode Island he attended the Woonsocket High School, and was a two time Rhode Island State Champion. After graduating high school he chose to attend College at University of Mississippi after being impressed by the Ole Miss campus, team and coaches.[1]
Career
editHe won the 2022 New Balance Nationals Outdoor in the shot put, discus, and the hammer at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.[2] To appear at the USA Track and Field under-20 national championships in Eugene, Oregon his coach Marc Piette had to set up a GoFundMe page. It worked – the crowd funding got him to the nationals, for which he said he was incredibly grateful, and he won both the shot put and hammer (with a new PB) at the event.[3][4]
He won the gold medal at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships in the shot put.[5] He also reached the final in the hammer and finished in eighth place.[6]
He won the shot put competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan Finds His Future Home, Picks Ole Miss". milesplit.com.
- ^ "New Balance Nationals Outdoor Locked In – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan". armorytrack.com.
- ^ "Woonsocket track star competes at nationals thanks to community support". turnto10.com. 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan Champion Men's Shot Put – USATF U20 Outdoor Championships 2022". Runnerspace.com.
- ^ "TARIK ROBINSON-O'HAGAN – WORLD U20 CHAMPION!". New England.usatf.org.
- ^ "At the Schools: Robinson-O'Hagan now a world champ". Providencejournal.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa.com. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
