Cameron McEntyre

Cameron McEntyre
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999
St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsJavelin: 83.03m (Tokyo, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 DarwinJavelin
Silver medal – second place2022 MackayJavelin
Silver medal – second place2024 SuvaJavelin

Cameron McEntyre (born 10 February 1999) is an Australian javelin thrower. He threw a personal best 83.03 metres competing for Australia at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[2]

Early life

From Wahroonga, New South Wales, he attended Knox Grammar School. A member of Sydney Pacific Athletic Club, he won gold in the men's U18 Javelin with a throw of 72.60m at the 2015 Australian Track and Field Championships. He was selected for the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics at the age of 16 years-old.[3]

Career

He threw over 80 metres for the first time in 2020, moving into the top ten of Australia's all-time list for javelin throwing.[4]

He won silver at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in June 2022.[5] He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the javelin throw in Eugene, Oregon, making a best throw of 77.50 metres.[6] He finished in seventh place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[7]

He participated at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, where he managed a throw of 78.10 metres.[8][9]

He won the USATF Throws Festival in Tucson, Arizona in May 2024.[10] He was a silver medalist at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in June 2024, behind compatriot Nash Lowis.[11] He competed in the javelin at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[12][13]

He threw 75.42 metres to win at the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships on 13 April 2025, in Perth.[14]

Competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, he threw a personal best 83.03 metres in the qualifying round before placing twelfth overall in the final.[15][16]

In April 2026, he won the javelin title at the Australian Championships with a throw of 77.32 metres.[17] The following month, he set a new championship record of 80.53 metres to win the gold medal at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin.[18] He was a finalist in the javelin throw at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[19]

Personal life

He is coached by his brother Angus McEntyre in a training group which includes Mackenzie Little.[20] He studied human sciences at Sydney University.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Cameron McEntyre". Australian Olympic Committee.
  2. ↑ "Cameron McEntyre". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Swain, Sarah (8 April 2015). "Wahroonga teen will throw javelin for his country and is our latest Junior Sports Star nominee". Daily Telegraph.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "CAMERON AND MACKENZIE'S THROWING HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION". nswathletics. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY - OCEANIA AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1". Athletics.com.au. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DAYS 7 & 8 REVIEW: LITTLE A TINY 5CM FROM BRONZE". nswathletics. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Athletics - Men's Javelin results". BBC Sport. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Defending champions Barber and Patterson head Australian team for WCH Budapest 23". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Australian Athletics At 55 Year High With Brilliant Budapest Results". insideThletics. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "CAMERON MCENTYRE 1ST PLACE MEN'S JAVELIN THROW - USATF THROWS FESTIVAL 2024". Runnerspace. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Oceania Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Men's Javelin Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Australia names 75-strong team for Paris Olympic Games". World Athletics. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 12 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "Murphy completes 200m/400m double at Oceania Championships". World Athletics. 22 May 2026. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  20. ↑ Gates, Zachary (25 August 2023). "EXCLUSIVE: Australian javelin champion's 'outrageous' lifestyle juggling act". nine.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  21. ↑ "ATHLETES OFF TO OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS". susf.com. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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