Conor McCullough

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| full_name = Conor Michael McCullough

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| birth_place = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States

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Conor Michael McCullough (born January 31, 1991) is an American hammer thrower. He is a two-time medalist (one gold, one silver) at the World Junior Championships. While competing for Chaminade College Preparatory School he set the US high school record at four contested hammer weights - 11 lb (263' 9"), 12 lb (260' 0"), 13.2 lb (248' 11") and 16 lb (219' 7").{{cite book

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| year = 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ritca.com/news/us-high-school-hammer-throw-performance-list/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111160952/http://www.ritca.com/news/us-high-school-hammer-throw-performance-list/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-11|title=U.S. High School Hammer Throw Performance List - RITCA|access-date=2016-11-13}} He also set the record in the Indoor Weight Throw at 93' 3¼". He set his personal best {{T&FcalcR|78.12}} using the senior implement on his final throw while winning the 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Career

At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, McCullough won a silver medal behind compatriot Walter Henning in a personal best throw of 75.88 m (with a six-kilogram ball).{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3739/AT-HTJ-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf|title=2008 World Junior Championships - Men's hammer throw (final)|publisher = IAAF|access-date=2010-07-25}} Two years later, after competing for Princeton University, at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, McCullough won gold with a distance of 80.79 m, a national junior and championship record.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4146/AT-HTJ-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf |title=2010 World Junior Championships - Men's hammer throw (final) |publisher=IAAF |access-date=2010-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025231538/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4146/AT-HTJ-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-25 }} In 2012 McCullough qualified for the Olympic Trials; there he finished just out of the medals with a throw of 73.55, leaving him in the fourth place position.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials-TF/Results.aspx|publisher=usatf.org|title=USA Track & Field - Results|access-date=2016-11-13|archive-date=December 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219082058/http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials-TF/Results.aspx|url-status=dead}}

His father, Connor McCullagh, competed in the hammer throw for Ireland and was in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/012215aaa.html|publisher=usctrojans.com|title=USC's McCullough Granted Sixth Year Of Eligibility - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site|access-date=2016-11-13}}

USC's Conor McCullough was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA and competed in both the indoor season, finishing second in the weight throw at the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the outdoor season, winning the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. McCullough began his career at Princeton University and enrolled at USC in 2014. He was hammer runner up in 76.09m (249-7) at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Outdoor/06-25_USATF/036-1_compiled.htm|publisher=flashresults.com|title=Men Hammer Throw SR|access-date=2016-11-13}} At the 2015 World Championships he was the top American, finishing the qualifying round in 13th place, just missing making the final by {{T&Fcalc|.20}}. In 2016 McCullough competed in the Olympic Games and again finished as the top american with a 16th place finish.

Personal bests

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Event !Best (m) !Venue !Date
Hammer throw \|75.09 \|Lucerne, Switzerland \|2012
Hammer throw \|78.14 \|Des Moines, Iowa \|2019

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!Best (m)

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!Date

Hammer throw

|75.09

|Lucerne, Switzerland

|2012

Hammer throw

|78.14

|Des Moines, Iowa

|2019

References

External links

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[http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=204759065 Conor McCullough - Men's Track and Field - Princeton University Athletics]

{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's weight throw}}

Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:American male hammer throwers

Category:Track and field athletes from Los Angeles

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States

Category:USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners

Category:USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners

Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners

Category:Princeton Tigers men's track and field athletes

Category:USC Trojans men's track and field athletes

Category:21st-century American sportsmen