Jason Tunks

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jason Tunks

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|05|07}}

| birth_place = London, Ontario, Canada

| spouse = Dianne Tunks

| website =

| country = Canada

| sport = Athletics

| event = Discus Throw

| retired = 2011

| pb = {{ubl|Discus Throw: 67.88m (1998, NR) |Outdoor Shotput: 19.06m (1997)|Indoor Shotput: 18.97m (2001)}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Canada}}}}

}}

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 {{Convert|67.88|m|feet|abbr=on}}.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/canadian-discus-thrower-tunks-retires-1.1086067 |title=Canadian discus thrower Tunks retires |author= |date=August 4, 2011 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}

Competing for the SMU Mustangs track and field team, Tunks won the discus at the 1997 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=26 |title=Discus throw at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}

Tunks was inducted into the London (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame in 2012,{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=Our Inductees |url=http://www.londonsportscouncil.ca/our-inductees/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=London Sports Council |language=en-CA}} and the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2014.{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://athletics.ca/annual-awards/hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Athletics Canada |language=en-US}}

Major events

class="wikitable" \|+ ! rowspan="2" \|Event ! colspan="2" \|Qualification ! colspan="2" \|Final ! rowspan="2" \|Ref
Distance !Position !Distance !Position
Atlanta 1996 \|55.58m \|33rd \| colspan="2" \|Did not advance \|{{Cite web \|title=Discus throw M - Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta - Results \|url=https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=7359&L=1 \|access-date=2023-06-04 \|website=www.olympiandatabase.com}}
Sydney 2000 \|64.40 \|2nd \|65.80 \|6 \|{{Cite web \|date=2020-04-17 \|title=Jason Tunks Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com \|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/jason-tunks-1.html \|access-date=2023-06-04 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417103447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/jason-tunks-1.html \|archive-date=2020-04-17 }}
Athens 2004 \|61.21 \|15 \| colspan="2" \|Did not advance \|

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Event

! colspan="2" |Qualification

! colspan="2" |Final

! rowspan="2" |Ref

Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

Atlanta 1996

|55.58m

|33rd

| colspan="2" |Did not advance

|{{Cite web |title=Discus throw M - Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta - Results |url=https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=7359&L=1 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.olympiandatabase.com}}

Sydney 2000

|64.40

|2nd

|65.80

|{{Cite web |date=2020-04-17 |title=Jason Tunks Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/jason-tunks-1.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417103447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/jason-tunks-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17 }}

Athens 2004

|61.21

|15

| colspan="2" |Did not advance

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

class="wikitable"

|+Progression by Active Year (Personal Best is Bold)

!Year

!Date

!Distance

1994

|July 14

|58.76 m (192.78 ft)

1995

|July 1

|58.66 m (192.45 ft)

1996

|May 18

|63.86 m (209.51 ft)

1997

|April 12

|65.20 m (213.91 ft)

1998

|May 14

|67.88m (222.70 ft)

1999

|May 13

|65.54 m (215.03 ft)

2000

|May 6

|66.28 m (217.45 ft)

2001

|June 9

|67.70 m (222.11 ft)

2002

|January 28

|66.50 m (218.18 ft)

2003

|April 26

|66.55 m (218.34 ft)

2004

|May 19

|66.15 m (217.03 ft)

2005

|June 11

|66.59 m (218.47 ft)

2006

|February 25

|66.50 m (218.18 ft)

2015

|February 21

|60.08m

(197.36)

Personal life

Tunks is married to Dianne Tunks (née Olson) and has four known children:{{Cite web |title=Julia Tunks ready to follow Olympian dad Jason's discus-tossing footsteps |url=https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/another-tunks-ready-to-make-her-mark-in-the-discus-game |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=lfpress |language=en-CA}} Brayden, Rylan, Jenna and Julia (born 20 July 2006), who is the #1 on the World U18 Female Discus leaderboard. {{Cite web |title=Discus Throw - women - u18 - outdoor |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/throws/discus-throw/outdoor/women/u18?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2023-05-07 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=worldathletics.org}}

References

External links

{{Olympedia}}
{{World Athletics}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20131211102929/http://www.athletics.ca/profile_new.asp?pID=4678 Athletics Canada profile]

Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:Track and field athletes from London, Ontario

Category:Canadian male discus throwers

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games