[16] He returned to action for the outdoor season, throwing a personal best 21.09 m (69 ft ​2 1⁄4 in) at the Big 12 conference championships; he won his first NCAA championship title in the shot put that summer with 20.31 m (66 ft ​7 3⁄4 in), but only placed eighth in the discus. [15] He was briefly the outdoor world leader after improving his personal best to 21.27 m (69 ft ​9 1⁄2 in) at the Texas Relays on March 28. 41.8k Followers, 585 Following, 318 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Ryan Crouser (@rcrouser) In breaking Noon's 21-year-old record, Crouser is believed to be only the second U.S. high school athlete to throw the 12-pound shot put more than 77 feet. It will be fourth time the Pre Classic will host the titanic matchup, one that began in 2016 with the very first meeting of the event’s current giants. [15] His chances of winning a third consecutive NCAA outdoor title were spoiled as he re-aggravated an old thumb injury at the championships; he placed fifth in both the shot and the discus. There, Crouser set an Olympic record of 22.52m to take gold, a life-changing moment that he still feels the effects of every day. In addition to his world leading 22.91m throw to place him third on the world all time list,[2] in 2020 Crouser was undefeated in all10 meetings, had 36 throws of 22m/72-2.5 or better, with14 of those farther than 22.56m/74-0, the highest total ever in a single year. And Josephus Lyles, brother of world champion Noah, won the men's 200m in 20.32s. [18], Crouser won his first NCAA indoor shot put title in 2014, throwing 21.21 m (69 ft 7 in) and winning by almost four feet. In 2020, Crouser threw 22.60m indoors to make him the second best performer in world indoor history, only 6 cm behind Randy Barnes' record of 22.66m. It was clear that Crouser was indirectly indicating that the long-standing world record of 23.12m, which has stood to USA’s Randy Barnes for more than 30 years since 20 May 1990, could well be under threat in 2021, as if people were not already of that likelihood already. “It was a really, really good time for me,” Crouser acknowledges. He belongs to a family of throwers; his father Mitch Crouser was an alternate on the 1984 Olympic discus team, his uncle Brian Crouser qualified for two Olympic teams in the javelin, his other uncle Dean Crouser was a good shot putter and discus thrower, and his cousins Samand Haley are both javelin throwers. [4] At the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Crouser won the silver medal in "the greatest – and closest – shot put competition ever[5]" that "Redefines Men's Shot Put[6]" according to World Athletics (formerly IAAF). [15][17] Crouser, who had been successful academically, began to struggle somewhat with the heavy workload during his second year at Texas; he had originally planned to major in engineering, but switched to economics after that year. 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Crouser's personal best of 22.91 m (75 ft 1 3⁄4 in) was thrown on July 2020 in the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Marietta,[27] tying him as third best performer of all time. Olympic champion Ryan Crouser continued his unbeaten 2020 campaign at the Hanzekovic Memorial on Monday (14), winning the shot put at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting with a Croatian all-comers’ record of 22.74m. Crouser had the longest throw in the world for most of the season following his personal-best performance back in April with a throw of 22.74 meters, the longest in the world since 1990. [24] Crouser improved his personal best in the shot to 21.85 m (71 ft ​8 1⁄4 in) shortly before the 2016 United States Olympic Trials. Ryan Crouser, 26, currently has a 12-9 lifetime head-to-head record over Walsh, though his first win will never be forgotten – taking Olympic gold in Rio. “Yeah, I was really, really happy with it,” said Crouser. INDIANAPOLIS -- Overwhelming fan votes earned Ryan Crouser (Fayetteville, Arkansas) USATF Athlete of the Week after a historic shot put series, and Mike Powell the 23rd USATF Throwback Athlete of the Week award for setting a world record in the men’s long jump on August 30, 1991. Crouser throws 22.43m. Only Alessandro Andrei’s 74-3/22.63 series on August 12, 1987, when the Italian glider topped out at 75-2 (22.91) as part of a 3-World Record day is marginally superior in event history. Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, American Ryan Crouser (shot put), German Johannes Vetter (javelin) and Norwegian Karsten Warholm (400m hurdles) were the other male finalists at the virtual ceremony. Ryan Crouser in action in Des Moines (© Getty Images) Olympic champion Ryan Crouser produced the 12th-best throw in history to win the shot put at the Drake Blue Oval Showcase, throwing 22.72m at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting in Des Moines on … Crouser, who has a clean testing record, is inching into Timmermann’s territory on the all-time list of farthest throws. Video on YouTube. In summer 2019, Crouser unloaded a PR of 74-7 1/4, the longest mark in the world since Randy Barnes threw world-record 75-10 1/4 in 1990. “It was a really, really good time for me,” Crouser acknowledges. OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. History. Crouser completed a two-year master's degree in finance in 2016. (KEVIN MORRIS) ... (who set a World Record with that mark in ’87), and Joe Kovacs, who attained the distance to claim his second World Champs gold in Doha. Crouser was born in Portland, Oregon on December 18, 1992, and raised in Boring. Ryan Crouser celebrated his first ever visit to Serbia by unleashing another tremendous series of throws to comprehensively dominate the Belgrade city centre shot put competition, with his first round 22.59m being his best effort but having all five of his valid throws in excess of 22.32m on Thursday (17). Olympic gold medalist Ryan Crouser won his second straight U.S. title in the men's shot put in dramatic fashion today, launching the shot 22.65 meters (74-3¾) on his final throw. The other is national outdoor record holder Michael Carter, who holds that seemingly untouchable mark at 81-3½ in 1979. Report 29 Aug 2020. Olympic Champ Ryan Crouser Wins Third U.S. (KEVIN MORRIS) ... (who set a World Record with that mark in ’87), and Joe Kovacs, who attained the distance to claim his second World Champs gold in Doha. Not only that, but he broke the meeting record at nine of his 10 competitions. He had previously won the gold medal in the boys' shot put at the 2009 World Youth Championships. It stayed alive only by the skin of its teeth under Ryan Crouser’s attack here. Johannes Vetter, the 2017 world … 1 continues between American Ryan Crouser and New Zealander Tom Walsh.. All Rights Reserved. [18] Crouser won his second consecutive shot put title at the 2014 NCAA outdoor championships, with a heave of 21.12 m (69 ft ​3 1⁄2 in), but injured his foot in the process; he had also qualified for the final in the discus, but was forced to scratch from that event. Ryan Crouser National High School Discus Record 237'5". His family’s story is well documented. Ryan Crouser, of the United States, celebrates after competing in the men's shot put final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. SPORTS. On April 20 this season — 28 years, 11 months to the day after Barnes set the world record — Crouser, a human cannon, threw a personal best of 22.74. Gunthor, who was a special guest at this year’s meeting, held the previous meeting record of 21.48m since 1993. He had previously won the gold medal in the boys' shot put at the 2009 World Youth Championships and was a two-time NCAA champion in the shot both indoors and outdoors for the University of Texas. At the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Crouser won the silver medal in "the greatest – and closest – shot put competition ever[25]" that "Redefines Men's Shot Put[26]" according to World Athletics (formerly IAAF). [14] Crouser graduated from Barlow High after the 2011 season; he chose to go to the University of Texas instead of the family's traditional choice of Oregon. By Peggy Shinn | July 27, 2019, 12:28 a.m. (ET) Ryan Crouser … INDIANAPOLIS -- Ryan Crouser (Boring, Oregon) became the =3rd best thrower in men’s shot put history to earn USATF Athlete of the Week, and Pat Daniels was selected by fans as winner of the 17th USATF Throwback Athlete of the Week award for her American record-setting 800m in 1961. In breaking Noon's 21-year-old record, Crouser is believed to be only the second U.S. high school athlete to throw the 12-pound shot put more than 77 feet. INDIANAPOLIS -- Overwhelming fan votes earned Ryan Crouser (Fayetteville, Arkansas) USATF Athlete of the Week after a historic shot put series, and Mike Powell the 23rd USATF Throwback Athlete of the Week award for setting a world record in the men’s long jump on August 30, 1991. A few weeks later, at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Crouser improved his personal best and standing on the all-time list three times. The following story, written by Shawn Price, was originally published on ArkansasRazorbacks.com.. A season in which major championship meets scheduled for 2020 were postponed due to the coronavirus, defending Olympic gold medalist and Olympic Already leading the competition, he threw a massive personal best 22.52 m (73 ft 10 1⁄2 in) in the fifth round to break the Olympic Record and secure the tenth best men's shot put performance of all time. This throw stood second in the U.S on the yearly list, eleven inches behind reigning World Champion Joe Kovacs. Crouser was careful when asked how he views the top names on the all-time list, and whether it would be good for the shot put for Barnes’ record to go down. While the two have continued to duel all over the globe, Crouser’s two longest efforts against Walsh have come in setting Pre Classic meet records the last two years. Crouser won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. [31], Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships. Shot Put Title, With World Record And Teammate Top Of Mind. ©2021 World Athletics. Ryan Crouser. [20], Due to red-shirting the 2013 indoor season, Crouser had one more winter of collegiate eligibility left; as a fifth-year senior, he threw a personal best 21.73 m (71 ft ​3 1⁄2 in) at the 2016 Big 12 indoor championships and won his second collegiate indoor title with a put of 21.28 m (69 ft ​9 3⁄4 in). Minutes before his best, he also threw 22.73m, which has only been bettered by seven other men. Highest ever World Rankings position is considered from 1/1/2019, Crouser dominant again with 22.59m in Belgrade, Crouser smashes meeting record in Zagreb with 22.74m, Adapting to change sends Crouser on an unprecedented roll, Kiplimo, Crouser, Kipyegon and Taylor impress in Ostrava, Vetter joins Warholm, Duplantis and Crouser in race to break the next world record, Vetter threatens javelin world record with 97.76m throw in Silesia, Khalifa International Stadium, Doha (QAT), Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat (MAR), Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI), RSS/American Track League CO-19 Summer Series, Life College, Marietta, GA, American Track League Meet #2, Life College, Marietta, GA, Drake Blue Oval Showcase, Drake Stadium, Des Moines, IA, Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, 59th Ostrava Golden Spike, Mestský Stadion, Ostrava, 70th Hanžeković Memorial, Sports Park Mladost, Zagreb, NYRR Millrose Games, Armory Track, New York, NY, USA Ind. [10] In Bressanone he took gold in the shot put, breaking the championship record with a 21.56 m (70 ft 9 in) put in the fifth round; in the discus he won silver. Shot Put Title, With World Record And Teammate Top Of Mind. Duplantis, a world silver medallist in Doha last year, set a world record by clearing 6.17m in Torun, Poland, in February and then bettered that by one centimetre in Glasgow the same month. [3] By the end of the 2020 season, Crouser had thrown 22m/72-2.5 or more 104 times in his career, the most in history. Ryan Crouser. Crouser was born in Portland, Oregon[7] on December 18, 1992, and raised in Boring. [3] By the end of the 2020 season, Crouser had thrown 22m/72-2.5 or more 104 times in his career, the most in history. 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