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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-01-18) January 18, 1995 (age 29) Bridgeton, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 299 lb (136 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | SP (5 kg): 20.14 m (Lille 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Braheme Days Jr. (born January 18, 1995) is an American shot putter.
He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics.
Prep
Days won his first National HS Shot Put title at the NBIN meet in New York, New York with a throw of 21.00m(5.45k)
Days attended Bridgeton High School and was selected by The Press of Atlantic City as their Boys' Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 2011, as well as Indoor Athlete of the Year 2012.
He was a USA Today All-American track and field selection in 2012.
NCAA
He eventually signed to the UCLA Bruins in February 2013.
Days is the current American Junior Record holder in the shot put with a distance of 21.16 m (69 ft 5 in)(6k). He placed tenth in shot put at 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in 18.76 m (61 ft 6+1⁄2 in). Days placed fifth in shot put at 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 20.03 m (65 ft 8+1⁄2 in). He won shot put at 2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics in 19.36 m (63 ft 6 in).
References
- Records-a-plenty on day two at World Youths | Athletics Weekly - the best coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport Archived September 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Press boys' track and field Athlete of the Year: Braheme Days Jr. of Bridgeton - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Sports
- Bridgeton shot putter Braheme Days Jr. uses hard work to become The Press Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year - pressofAtlanticCity.com: High School Sports
- "2012 All-USA boys' and girls' track teams revealed". USA Today. July 21, 2012.
- Braheme Days TEAM UCLA, NCAA DI, Pac-12 Conference, MPSF, DI West Results, TFRRS, retrieved July 18, 2016
External links
- Braheme Days Jr. at World Athletics
- UCLA Bruins bio
- DyeStat profile for Braheme Days
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