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Tomas "Tom" Walsh (born 1 March 1992 in Timaru)〔(2014 CWG profile )〕 is a New Zealand athlete who competes mainly in the shot put.〔(Tomas Walsh ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕 He is the current national record holder both outdoors and indoors for the event.〔(New Zealand Athletics Records: Men Open (Outdoor) )〕〔(Tom Walsh claims brilliant bronze for NZ ). Stuff.co.nz (2014-03-08). Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕 His personal best of is also the Oceanian record. Walsh was 4th at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, the bronze medallist at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the silver medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. ==Biography== Walsh made his international debut at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where he placed sixth in his shot put speciality and also competed in the qualifying of the discus throw.〔(World Youth Championships 2009 ). World Junior Athletic History. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕 On 12 December 2009 Walsh recorded a put of the 5 kg shot to win the Senior Boys title at the New Zealand National Secondary School Track and Field Championships. This performance was a New Zealand Youth (Under 18) record which was broken the following day by Jacko Gill when winning the Junior Boys (Under 16) title. Walsh broke the New Zealand junior record on 18 March 2010 with a put of with the 6 kg shot but this was broken 9 days late by Gill with . At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics Walsh failed to qualify for the final of the shot put which was won by Gill.〔(Tomas Walsh ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕〔(Jacko Gill ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕〔(World Junior Championships 2010 ). WJAH. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕 In 2012 Walsh won his first senior national shot put title which he retained the following season and also added the discus title. On 12 December 2013 Walsh broke Gill's New Zealand senior shot put record with in Melbourne, Australia〔Johnson, Len (2013-12-12). (Shot putter Walsh shares spotlight with distance runners at Zatopek:10 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕 which he improved with on 22 March 2014, also in Melbourne.〔(2014-03-23). (). ''The New Zealand Herald''. Retrieved on 2014-03-23.〕 At the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, in his first senior international competition and first ever competition indoors,〔Lewis, Paul (2014-03-09). (Athletics: Bronze is pure gold ). ''The New Zealand Herald''. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕 Walsh finished third in the men's shot put.〔(IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014: Shot Put Men - Final )〕 He set an indoor national record of in the qualifying round and improved upon this mark three times in the final finishing with which was an Oceanian indoor record and the same distance as the Oceanian outdoor record.〔〔Minshull, Phil (2014-03-08). (Report: men's shot put final – Sopot 2014 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.〕 Later in 2014, Walsh improved his outdoor personal best and the New Zealand record with at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meet in Glasgow on 11 July, before improving again to on 27 July, during the qualifying round at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which was a Commonwealth Games record. In the final, Walsh won the silver medal behind O'Dayne Richards. In 2015, Walsh defended his New Zealand shot put title with a throw of on 8 March, before setting a new Oceanian record of on 21 March at the Melbourne Track Classic.〔(NZ athletes on record spree in Melbourne ). Retrieved on 2015-03-22.〕 Walsh finished fourth at the 2015 World Championships on 23 August in Beijing, throwing a new personal best of 21.58m. He was just 11 cm off the bronze medal. He improved his personal best to 21.62m on 8 September in winning the shot put at the Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb. On 11 September Walsh won his first Diamond League meet with a throw of 21.39m in Brussels. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tomas Walsh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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