Joaquín Gómez (athlete)

This article is about an Argentine hammer thrower. For other uses, see Joaquín Gómez.

Joaquín Gómez

Personal information
Full name	Joaquín Gabriel Gómez
Born	(1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 28) Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight	101 kg (223 lb)
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Track and field
Event	Hammer throw
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Argentina South American Youth Championships 2012 Mendoza Hammer throw
Updated on 20 January 2015

Joaquín Gabriel Gómez (born 14 October 1996) is an Argentine hammer thrower.

Gómez won the hammer throw event at the 2012 South American Youth Championships in Athletics in Mendoza, Argentina, breaking the championship record with an 81.15 metre throw.^[3]

His father, Daniel Gómez, was the 1977 and 1985 South American hammer throw champion.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Hammer throw	76.36 m	Buenos Aires	30 Oct 2021
Hammer throw (6 kg)	80.59 m	Cuenca	31 May 2015
Hammer throw (5 kg)	85.38 m	Buenos Aires	30 Nov 2013

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Argentina
2012	South American Youth Championships	Mendoza, Argentina	1st	Hammer (5 kg)	81.15 m
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	—	Hammer (5 kg)	NM
	South American Junior Championships	Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina	1st	Hammer (6 kg)	70.90 m
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	8th	Hammer (6 kg)	73.67 m
	South American U23 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	1st	Hammer	67.98 m
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	Hammer	67.34 m
	South American U23 Championships	Lima, Peru	2nd	Hammer	71.56 m
2017	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	4th	Hammer	70.96 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	9th	Hammer	69.49 m
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	Hammer	75.10 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	2nd	Hammer	74.64 m
	South American U23 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	2nd	Hammer	75.96 m
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	4th	Hammer	71.47 m
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	5th	Hammer	72.26 m
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	5th	Hammer	73.92 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	31st (q)	Hammer	70.17 m
2021	South American Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	3rd	Hammer	71.32 m
2022	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	6th	Hammer	68.06 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	28th (q)	Hammer	69.03 m
	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	3rd	Hammer	73.56 m
2023	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	Hammer	73.77 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21st (q)	Hammer	72.77 m
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	7th	Hammer	72.36 m
2024	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	10th	Hammer	66.37 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	23rd (q)	Hammer	72.10 m

References

1. Joaquín Gómez, el martillo de Sudamérica - El juvenil argentino rompió el récord sudamericano en su disciplina y está en la final del Mundial Junior. (in Spanish), DeporTV, 25 July 2014, archived from the original on 20 January 2015, retrieved 20 January 2015
2. "2018 South American Games bio". Retrieved 18 June 2018.
3. "IAAF: Gómez highlights South American Youth Champs with 81.15m Hammer effort". iaaf.org. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

External links

• Joaquín Gómez at World Athletics
• Joaquín Gómez at Olympics.com
• Joaquín Gómez at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Joaquín Gómez at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)