Jason Tunks

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 .

Competing for the SMU Mustangs track and field team, Tunks won the discus at the 1997 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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

Major events

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

• 1997 World Championships in Athletics at Athens - 9th - 62.30 m (204.40 ft)
• 1999 World Championships in Athletics at Seville - 20th - 60.20 m (197.51 ft)
• 2001 World Championships in Athletics at Edmonton - 9th - 63.79 m (209.28 ft)
• 2003 World Championships in Athletics at Paris - 11th - 62.21 m (204.10 ft)
• 2005 World Championships in Athletics at Helsinki - 8th - 63.77 m (209.22 ft)

Commonwealth Games

• 1998 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur - 3rd - 62.22 m (204.13 ft)
• 2002 Commonwealth Games at Manchester - 2nd - 62.61 m (205.41 ft)
• 2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne - 2nd - 63.07 m (206.92 ft)

Pan American Games

• 1999 Pan American Games at Winnipeg - 3rd - 61.75 m (202.59 ft)
• 2003 Pan American Games at Santo Domingo - 1st - 63.70 m (208.99 ft)

World Cup in Athletics

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

Goodwill Games

• 1998 Goodwill Games at Uniondale, New York - 4th - 62.53 m (205.15 ft)
• 2001 Goodwill Games at Brisbane - 7th - 61.70 m (202.43 ft)

Progression

Personal life

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

See also

• Canadian records in track and field

References

External links

• Athletics Canada profile