Jess Hamill

Jess Hamill
Personal information
Full name Jessica Helen Hamill
Born (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990
Invercargill, New Zealand
Sport
Country New Zealand
Sport Athletics
Disability class F34
Club Athletics Taieri
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Shot put F34: 7.84 m (2016, NR)
  • Discus F34: 6.61 m (2014, NR)
  • Javelin F34: 14.36 m (2016, NR)
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Jessica "Jess" Hamill is a New Zealand paralympic athlete and shotputter. She represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, the latter where she won a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F34.[2]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the F34 Shot put for elite athletes with a disability.

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Hamill won a silver medal in the women's shot put F34, earning her automatic qualification for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was officially confirmed to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics on 23 May 2016.[3]

References

  1. "New Zealand Para-Athletics Records" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. "Results -- Women's shot put F34 final -- Rio 2016 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. "Paralympics New Zealand name six track and field athletes for Rio". Stuff.co.nz. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.



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