James Tomlinson (discus thrower)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 January 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Discus | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Birchfield Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Discus: 63.18 m (2026) | ||||||||||||||
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James Tomlinson (born 11 January 2000) is a British discus thrower from Wales. A successful junior, he is the British under-18 record holder.[1]
Biography
From Pembroke Dock,[2] Tomlinson took up discus as a junior athlete and won his first Wales Schools Championship in 2014.[3] He qualified for the World U18 Championships as a 15 year-old but was too young to be able to compete in the discipline.[4]
He became the British under-18 discus record holder in 2017 while competing at Loughborough International, recording a distance of 63.48m with the 1.5 kg disc.[5] He was a silver medalist behind Connor Bell of New Zealand at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas, with a best measured throw of 60.11 metres, although suffered misfortunate when his final throw could not be measured after it struck a judge.[6][7][8]
Tomlinson later attended Pembrokeshire College. Competing for Pembrokeshire Harriers, Tomlinson broke the Welsh under-20 discus record at the Cardiff Throws Open with 60.24 metres in August 2019. Later that month, he then broke British under-20 discus record with 61.64 metres, surpassing the previous record of 60.46m that had been held by Brett Morse since 2008.[9]
Later a member of Birchfield Harriers, he threw a personal best of 57.30 metres in 2023.[10] He won the England Athletics senior championships in July 2024 in Birmingham with a best throw of 57.23 metres,[11] and placed fourth that year at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.[12]
Competing in Ramona, Oklahoma at The Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational event in April 2026, Tomlinson made a succession of throws that landed over 60 metres, first throwing 60.80 m before improving his best distance to 61.15 m, and then to a new personal best of 63.18 m.[10] Tomlinson placed second competing for Wales in the discus at the 2026 Loughborough International in May.[13]
References
- ↑ "James Tomlinson". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "New throwing cage is opened by James Tomlinson". Pembrokeshiresport.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Haywood Village Academy visited by athlete James Tomlinson". The Weston Mercury. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "James is just a star discus thrower!". Pembrokeshire Sport. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Pembrokeshire Harriers athlete James Tomlinson breaks Under 18 British record with a superb discus throw in Loughborough". Western Telegraph. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "FUTURES IN FOCUS: JAMES TOMLINSON". World Athletics. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Youth Games: Record for Omoregie as Wales claim four medals". BBC Sport. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ↑ "SPORTSilver lining for Harriers' James". BBC Sport. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "James Tomlinson breaks British Under 20 discus record". Western Telegraph. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Weekend Round-Up (11-12 April)". Welsh Athletics. 13 April 2026. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "England Athletics U20 & Senior track & field champs (inc U23), Senior Para Champs (U20 & over)". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Weekend Round-Up (16-17 May)". Welsh Athletics. Retrieved 19 May 2026.