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Janee' KASSANAVOID

Janee' KASSANAVOID - U.S.A. - Silver medal at 2023 World Championships.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 24 August 2023

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Thursday, 19 January 1995
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Lawson, Missouri, U.S.A.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • U.S.A.
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Janee' KASSANAVOID - U.S.A. - Silver medal at 2023 World Championships.

In 2022 Janee Kassanvoid won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Oregon.

A year later she won the silver medal (picture above) in Budapest.

Her personal best of 78.00 metres was set in 2022.

 

2023 World Athletics Championships, Budapest, Hungary.

Final women's hammer throw.

1st place, gold medalist(s) Camryn Rogers  Canada (CAN) 77.22 77.07 76.75 75.68 76.72 74.92 77.22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Janee Kassanavoid  United States (USA) x 76.00 76.36 73.13 75.27 75.06 76.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) DeAnna Price  United States (USA) x x 73.28 72.62 75.41 73.98 75.41
4 Hanna Skydan  Azerbaijan (AZE) 74.18 x 73.67 x 68.76 72.91 74.18
5 Silja Kosonen  Finland (FIN) 73.89 x 72.59 x x 73.43 73.89
6 Sara Fantini  Italy (ITA) 71.94 73.85 69.42 71.79 71.82 x 73.85 SB
7 Bianca Florentina Ghelber  Romania (ROM) x x 73.58 72.35 73.70 72.46 73.70
8 Wang Zheng  China (CHN) 70.29 72.14 x x x x 72.14

 

She is Native American, a member of the Comanche Nation, making her in 2022 the first

Native American woman to win a medal at a World Athletics Championships.

 

2022 World Championship, Oregon, U.S.A.

Final women's hammer throw.

1st place, gold medalist(s) Brooke Andersen  United States (USA) 74.81 x 72.74 77.42 77.56 78.96 78.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Camryn Rogers  Canada (CAN) 72.61 x 75.52 75.18 75.05 74.36 75.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Janee' Kassanavoid  United States (USA) x 74.86 x 74.75 74.24 74.75 74.86