Jake Norris
{{short description|British athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson/Wikidata
| birth_place = Ascot, England
| universityteam = LSU Tigers
| coach = Paul Dickenson
| club = Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow
| pb = Hammer: 77.37m (Kladno, 2024)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold |2018 Tampere|Hammer}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Youth Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Tbilisi|Hammer}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Athletics Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Manchester|Hammer}}
}}
Jake Norris (born 30 June 1999 in Ascot) is a British athlete, specialising in the hammer throw. He was the 2018 World U-20 (junior) champion and 2023 British Athletics Champion.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/jake-norris-14602072|title=Jake NORRIS | Profile|website=worldathletics.org|accessdate=12 April 2025}}
Career
His home athletics club is Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow. He attended Louisiana State University in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/athletes/jake-norris/|title=Jake Norris|website=British Athletics}} In July 2016, he was a silver medalist at the 2016 European Athletics U18 Championships in Tbilisi.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7097149?eventId=10229827|website=World Athletics|date=14 July 2016|title=European U18 Championships Tbilisi |accessdate=6 June 2024}}
In June 2018, Norris competed at the England Athletics U23 and U20 Championships in Bedford and won with a British under-20 hammer record of 80.45m.{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/uncategorized/jake-norris-british-u20-hammer-record-bedford-990731/|title=Jake Norris breaks British U20 hammer record in Bedford|date=June 16, 2018}} He broke the British U20 record again with 80.65m throw in the 6 kg hammer, and won the gold medal at the 2018 IAAF World Junior Championship in Tampere.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/iaaf-world-u20-championships-tampere-2018-7105080/news/report/report-mens-hammer-throw-iaaf-world-u20-cha|title=Report: men’s hammer – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 | REPORT | WJC 18 | World Athletics|website=www.worldathletics.org}}
Although he threw 73.24 metres with the senior weight implement as a 17-year-old, as he moved into his early 20s he suffered from a series of minor injuries that interrupted his training and stunted his progress. He returned to Britain in 2022 and was trained by Paul Dickenson. After a accession of throws of 70 metres in 2023, he won the hammer throw 2023 British Athletics Championships in Manchester, in July 2023, with a distance of 74.75 metres. He then set a new personal best of 76.30 metres in October 2023. {{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7201469?eventId=10229621|website=World Athletics|accessdate=6 June 2024|title=UK Championships|date=8 July 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/jake-norris-we-want-that-a-standard-so-uk-athletics-cant-say-no-1039995611/|website=Athletics Weekly|title= Jake Norris: “We want that A standard so UK Athletics can’t say no”|first=Katy |last=Barden |date= Dec 13, 2024 |access-date=12 April 2025}}
In May 2024, he threw a personal best 77.37 metres in Kladno.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7205342|website=World athletics|date=22 May 2024|title=Kladno Memorial|accessdate=6 June 2024}} He was also selected to represent Britain in the hammer at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, placing tenth overall with a throw of 73.66 metres{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/reigning-world-champion-katarina-johnson-thompson-named-in-strong-gb-ni-team-for-european-athletics-championships-rome-2024/|title= KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024|website=British Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2024|date=28 May 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229621|website=World Athletics|accessdate=9 June 2024|title=European Athletics Championships}} He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games by ranking but was one of a number of athletes controversially not selected by British Athletics.{{cite web|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2024/08/12/team-gb-athletics-divisive-selection-policy/|website=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=12 April 2025|title= Divisive selection policy ‘will be the end of field athletics in Britain’, Team GB warned|first=Jeremy|last=Wilson|date=14 August 2024}}
In March 2025, he competed for Great Britain at the European Throwing Cup, in Nicosia, Cyprus, and he places seventh overall with a throw of 75.61 metres.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173257?eventId=10229621&gender=M|website=World Athletics|accessdate=12 April 2025|title= European Throwing Cup|date=16 March 2025}} He was departed for the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025.{{cite web|url=https://fastrunning.com/running-athletics-news/great-britain/gbni-team-for-european-team-championships-announced/38436|website=Fast Running|accessdate=12 June 2025|title= GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced|date=June 12, 2025}}
References
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{{British Athletics Championships men's hammer throw champions}}
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Category:British male hammer throwers
Category:Sportspeople from Ascot, Berkshire
Category:LSU Tigers track and field athletes
Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners
Category:European Games competitors for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Category:English male hammer throwers
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States