Jordan Geist
{{Short description|American shot putter (born 1998)}}
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{{MedalSport| Men's athletics }}
{{Medal|Country| {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Games }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2019 Lima | Shot put }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Santiago | Shot put }}
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Jordan Geist (born July 21, 1998){{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-track-and-field/athletes/Jordan-Geist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227235630/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-track-and-field/athletes/Jordan-Geist|archive-date=February 27, 2021|title=Jordan Geist|website=Team USA|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Athletics Results Book|url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/AT_Results_Book_1.0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614230516/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/AT_Results_Book_1.0.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2020|access-date=14 June 2020|website=2019 Pan American Games}} is an American shot putter. He won the silver medal in the men's shot put event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1083188/thompson-and-rodgers-win-lima-2019-100m|title=Olympic champion Thompson storms to women's 100m title at Lima 2019|date=August 8, 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=April 16, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Rotstein|first=Steve|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/highschool/2019/08/16/Knoch-grad-Jordan-Geist-silver-medal-Pan-American-Games/stories/201908160008|title=Knoch grad Jordan Geist takes home silver medal at Pan American Games|date=August 16, 2019|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=April 16, 2020}}
Early life
Geist went to Knoch High School where he set the PA State High School Records for Shot Put and Discus.{{cite web |last1=Beck |first1=Dan |title=Pennsylvania Outdoor Track & Field State Records |url=https://pa.milesplit.com/articles/311098/pennsylvania-outdoor-track-field-state-records?page=3 |website=MileSplit |access-date=March 9, 2023}}
Career
Geist won the gold medal in the shot put event at the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships held in Trujillo, Peru.
In 2019, Geist won the bronze medal in the shot put event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. A month later, he competed at the 2019 NACAC U18 and U23 Championships in Athletics winning the gold medal this time.
In 2023, he became a National Champion in the shot put event at the NCAA Division I indoor track and field championships in Albuquerque, NM. {{cite web |title=Geist Wins Shot Put, Three Wildcats Make All-America Team |date=March 11, 2023 |url=https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2023/3/11/track-and-field-geist-wins-shot-put-three-wildcats-make-all-america-team.aspx |publisher=Arizona Wildcats |access-date=18 March 2023}}
{{cite web |title=NCAA Indoor Champions: Men Shot Put Summary |url=https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Indoor/2023/015-1_compiledSeries.htm |publisher=NCAA |access-date=18 March 2023}}
International competitions
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2019
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Shot put |
2023
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Shot put |
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male shot putters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
Category:Arizona Wildcats men's track and field athletes
Category:Track and field athletes from Pennsylvania
Category:Sportspeople from Butler, Pennsylvania
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners