(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 30) Kingston, Jamaica
Height
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight
104 kg (229 lb)
Sport
Country
Jamaica
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
Shot put Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
SP (7.26 kg): 20.46 m (Kingston 2017) DT (2 kg): 70.78 m (Rabat 2019) NR
Medal record
Men's track and field
Representing Jamaica
World Championships
2019 Doha
Discus throw
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
Discus throw
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto
Discus throw
2019 Lima
Discus throw
2023 Santiago
Discus throw
NACAC Championships
2018 Toronto
Discus throw
2022 Freeport
Discus throw
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona
Discus throw
Pan American Junior Championships
2011 Miramar
Discus throw
CAC Junior Championships
2012 San Salvador
Discus throw
2010 Santo Domingo
Discus throw
CARIFTA Games (Junior)
2012 Hamilton
Discus throw
World Youth Championships
2011 Lille
Discus throw
CARIFTA Games (Youth)
2010 George Town
Discus throw
Representing Americas
Continental Cup
2018 Ostrava
Discus throw
Fedrick Dacres (born 28 February 1994) is a Jamaican discus thrower.
He began his throwing career as a student at Calabar High School in Jamaica along with other accomplished throwers such as Chad Wright and Traves Smikle, under the guidance of former Calabar athlete coach Julian Robinson.
He won a gold medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, becoming the first Jamaican discus thrower ever to do so.[1]
He went on to win a gold medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, also becoming the first Jamaican discus thrower ever to do so.[2]
Dacres participated in the boys' discus throw at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
He has qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
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^Jones, Ryon (13 July 2012). "Dacres strikes again". The Gleaner. Jamaica. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^"Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaica's Olympic charge in Tokyo". jamaica-gleaner.com. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
FedrickDacres (born 28 February 1994) is a Jamaican discus thrower. He began his throwing career as a student at Calabar High School in Jamaica along...
by 12 cm and in the Men's Discus with FedrickDacres setting a Games Record 68.20m to beat Traves Smikle. Dacres and Smikle were Jamaica's first Discus...
Aleksander Tammert Estonia 15 April 2006 Denton 22 70.78 m (232 ft 2 in) FedrickDacres Jamaica 16 June 2019 Rabat 23 70.68 m (231 ft 10 in) Lukas Weißhaidinger...
Daniel Ståhl won Sweden's first gold medal in the event, while runner-up FedrickDacres won Jamaica's first discus medal and Lukas Weisshaidinger became Austria's...
Weißhaidinger 32 Austria 65.68 m 5 5 Kristjan Čeh 25 Slovenia 65.12 m 4 6 FedrickDacres 30 Jamaica 65.06 m 3 7 Andrius Gudžius 33 Lithuania 63.65 m 2 8 Ola...
2023 Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid, Spain Discus throw 70.78 m FedrickDacres 16 June 2019 Diamond League Rabat, Morocco Hammer throw 70.93 m Caniggia...
Oklahoma, it placed him second on the Jamaican all-time list, only behind FedrickDacres' 70.78m set in June 2019. "Ralford Mullings". World Athletics. Retrieved...
Long jump 7.75 21 Did not advance Triple jump 16.01 24 Did not advance FedrickDacres Discus throw 62.91 13 Did not advance Traves Smikle 59.04 25 Did not...
Matthew Denny 2 Jun 1996 1375 5 Andrius Gudžius 14 Feb 1991 1344 6 FedrickDacres 28 Feb 1994 1304 7 Lukas Weißhaidinger 20 Feb 1992 1304 8 Lawrence Okoye...
third, winning most of its medals in the sprints and jumps, although FedrickDacres made history by taking the country's first ever gold in the discus throw...
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