DACRES Fedrick

Date of Birth: 28 Feb 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: KINGSTON

Birth Country:

Jamaica

Place of residence : KINGSTON

Residence Country:

Jamaica

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Discus Throw

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Discus Throw Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (50.69)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2010	Singapore, SIN	Final B (54.79)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	2nd (66.94)
2017	London, GBR	4th (65.83)
2015	Beijing, CHN	7th (64.22)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2019	Lima, PER	1st (67.68)

NACAC Championships

Year	Location	Discus Throw
2018	Toronto, ON, CAN	1st (68.47)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Discus Throw
2021	1 x 6th, 1 x 7th
2019	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2018	4 x 1st, 1 x 8th
2017	1 x 1st, 3 x 2nd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	Discus Throw	Rabat, MAR	70.78
1	2018	Discus Throw	Brussels, BEL	68.67
1	2018	Discus Throw	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	67.01
1	2018	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	69.67
1	2018	Discus Throw	Rome, ITA	68.51
1	2017	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	68.36
2	2019	Discus Throw	London, GBR	67.09
2	2019	Discus Throw	Stockholm, SWE	68.96
2	2017	Discus Throw	Brussels, BEL	66.31
2	2017	Discus Throw	London, GBR	66.66
2	2017	Discus Throw	Oslo, NOR	67.10

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2021	Discus Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	65.08

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	66.74
1	2018	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	68.17
1	2017	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Kingston, JAM	66.36
2	2018	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	65.36
2	2017	Discus Throw	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	65.71

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Banjay (Instagram profile, 22 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Sociology - University of the West Indies , Kingston, JAM

Languages spoken:

Julian Robinson [personal]

An ankle injury affected him at the 2020 King of the Ring event at Excelsior High School in Kingston, Jamaica. (jamaicaobserver.com, 14 Feb 2020)

He underwent knee surgery in October 2018. (sportsmax.tv, 17 Jun 2019)

A serious cut to one of the fingers on his throwing hand affected his performances in 2016. (throwsworld.com, 26 Jun 2017)

He tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] and medial collateral ligament [MCL] in his knee in 2014. He required surgery and spent seven months on the sidelines. "I had a hole in my meniscus, so my bones were rubbing together and my knee was not stable." (spikes.iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2016)

He took up discus throw at age 16 in Kingston, Jamaica. (spikes.iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2016)

His brother Rojay was a promising thrower at Calabar High School in Kingston, Jamaica. However, he was not training to his full potential so coach Julian Robinson visited their house with the intention of putting him back on the right track. He spotted Fedrick while he was there. "He said to me that I must have some form of talent and told me to come along to training. I thought, 'I am a skinny dude and I don't have the body for it'. Yet the first time I picked up the discus, it went far. I thought, 'Okay, cool, I have a bit of talent for it' and the rest is history." (spikes.iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2016)

Coach Julian Robinson. (annakayearobinson.wordpress.com, 10 Aug 2014)

Philosophy:

"Anything is possible when you don't limit your mind to what you see around you." (jamaica-star.com, 01 Oct 2019)

He was named the 2018 RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation Sports Man of the Year in Jamaica. (swimswam.com, 22 Jan 2019)

In 2018 he was named North American, Central American and Caribbean [NACAC] Male Athlete of the Year. (iaaf.org, 05 Nov 2018)

General Interest

General
COACH
He was introduced to discus throw at age 16 by coach Julian Robinson. "He is a lecturer, engineer, entrepreneur, father, husband, and mentor. He saw me and guided me and realised I had a talent for throwing. He is a listener and very understanding. He is also a technician when it comes to the throws and he never stops trying to learn more." (spikes.iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2016)

Milestones

He became the first athlete representing Jamaica to win a medal in discus throw at the world championships when he claimed silver at the 2019 edition of the tournament in Doha, Qatar. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jan 2020; jamaica-gleaner.com, 30 Sep 2019)

He became the first Jamaican athlete to win gold in discus throw at the world youth championships by claiming victory in 2011 in Lille, France. He then became the first Jamaican to stand on top of the podium in the event at the world junior championships by securing gold at the 2012 edition of the tournament in Barcelona, Spain. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jan 2020; loopjamaica.com, 30 Sep 2019; annakayearobinson.wordpress.com, 10 Aug 2014)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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