WALCOTT Keshorn

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3rd (85.38)
2012	London, GBR	1st (84.58)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	11th (77.47)
2017	London, GBR	7th (84.48)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (76.83)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Qual. (78.78)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (83.55)

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

Year	Javelin Throw
2021	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2019	1 x 9th
2018	1 x 7th
2017	1 x 3rd, 2 x 5th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2021	Javelin Throw	Gateshead, GBR	77.78
3	2021	Javelin Throw	Gateshead, GBR	82.81
3	2017	Javelin Throw	Rome, ITA	86.61
5	2017	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	85.11
5	2017	Javelin Throw	Monaco, MON	80.15
7	2018	Javelin Throw	Rabat, MAR	83.26
9	2019	Javelin Throw	Birmingham, GBR	72.94

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	82.84
3	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	82.75

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	86.09
3	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	86.48

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

Keshie (trinidadexpress.com, 06 Aug 2015)

Athlete

English

Rebirth Athletic Club [Trinidad and Tobago]

Ismael Lopez Mastrapa [personal], CUB, from 2009

His older brother Elton has also competed in athletics at international level. He placed ninth in the triple jump at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (toronto2015.org, 24 Jul 2015; guardian.co.tt, 12 Aug 2012; SportsDeskOnline, 21 Sep 2020)

He underwent two elbow operations in February and August 2017. He was still troubled by the problem a year later, and in August 2018 he decided to cut his season short in order to fully recover. (newsday.co.tt, 29 Aug 2018, 28 Aug 2018)

He suffered an ankle injury at the 2013 Diamond League event in Doha, Qatar, and was troubled by the issue for the rest of the season. (bbc.co.uk, 14 Mar 2014)

He first tried javelin in 2009. (IAAF, 24 Apr 2013)

"My cousin and some other guys were javelin throwers. One evening I went out and attempted it, and that was basically it. The first throw I took was further than what they were throwing, and they were training. I saw I had a little promise in the javelin and stuck with it." (IAAF, 24 Apr 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (newsday.co.tt, 16 Mar 2019)

"As an athlete, you're going to have a lot of criticism, so you have to learn to deal with it. You can't afford for that to make you falter. At the end of the day, even if you did great, you're still going to have critics. For example, I won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and I got, 'He didn't throw that far'. The winning distance does not matter. Once you win, you win." (Wired868TV YouTube channel, 08 Sep 2016)

He was named 2019 Most Out­stand­ing Ath­lete in the men's field category by the National Association of Athletics Administrations [NAAA] in Trinidad and Tobago. (teamtto.org, 06 Jan 2020)

He was named Senior Male Athlete of the Year by the NAAA in Trinidad and Tobago in 2012 and 2014. (guardian.co.tt, 05 Jan 2015; trinidadexpress.com, 05 Jan 2013)

He was named Sportsman of the Year by the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee [TTOC] in 2012 and 2014. (ttoc.org, 30 Dec 2014, 31 Dec 2012)

He was Trinidad and Tobago's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (GNS, 24 Jul 2014)

He was named 2012 Male Rising Star by the International Association of Athletics Federations [IAAF]. (IAAF, 24 Nov 2012)

He was named Sportsman of the Year at the 2012 First Citizens Sports Foundation Awards in Trinidad and Tobago. (newsday.co.tt, 23 Mar 2013)

He received the awards for Male Athlete of the Year, Sport Performance of the Year, Breakthrough Athlete of the Year and Consistent Performer of the Year at the 2012 Ministry of Sport Spirit of Sports Awards [SOSA] in Trinidad and Tobago. (ttoc.org, 31 Dec 2012)

In 2012 he received the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for services to sport. (nationnews.com, 31 Aug 2012)