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Jason Tunks

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Jason Tunks
Personal information
Born (1975-05-07) May 7, 1975 (age 49)
London, Ontario, Canada
SpouseDianne Tunks
Sport
CountryCanada
SportAthletics
EventDiscus Throw
Retired2011
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Discus Throw: 67.88m (1998, NR)
  • Outdoor Shotput: 19.06m (1997)
  • Indoor Shotput: 18.97m (2001)

Jason Tunks (born May 7, 1975 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former discus thrower who has represented Canada in the Olympics in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. He currently holds the Canadian National Record for discus at 67.88 m (222.7 ft).[1]

Tunks was inducted into the London (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame in 2012,[2] and the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]

Major events

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Event Qualification Final Ref
Distance Position Distance Position
Atlanta 1996 55.58m 33rd Did not advance [4]
Sydney 2000 64.40 2nd 65.80 6 [5]
Athens 2004 61.21 15 Did not advance

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Commonwealth Games

Pan American Games

World Cup in Athletics

  • 2002 World Cup at Madrid - 5th - 62.89 m (206.33 ft)

Goodwill Games

Progression

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Progression by Active Year (Personal Best is Bold)
Year Date Distance
1994 July 14 58.76 m (192.78 ft)
1995 July 1 58.66 m (192.45 ft)
1996 May 18 63.86 m (209.51 ft)
1997 April 12 65.20 m (213.91 ft)
1998 May 14 67.88m (222.70 ft)
1999 May 13 65.54 m (215.03 ft)
2000 May 6 66.28 m (217.45 ft)
2001 June 9 67.70 m (222.11 ft)
2002 January 28 66.50 m (218.18 ft)
2003 April 26 66.55 m (218.34 ft)
2004 May 19 66.15 m (217.03 ft)
2005 June 11 66.59 m (218.47 ft)
2006 February 25 66.50 m (218.18 ft)
2015 February 21 60.08m

(197.36)

Personal life

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Tunks is married to Dianne Tunks (née Olson) and has four known children:[6] Brayden, Rylan, Jenna and Julia (born 20 July 2006), who is the #1 on the World U18 Female Discus leaderboard. [7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Canadian discus thrower Tunks retires". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. August 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "Our Inductees". London Sports Council. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. ^ "Discus throw M - Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta - Results". www.olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  5. ^ "Jason Tunks Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 2020-04-17. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  6. ^ "Julia Tunks ready to follow Olympian dad Jason's discus-tossing footsteps". lfpress. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  7. ^ "Discus Throw - women - u18 - outdoor". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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