Scott Russell (javelin thrower)

{{short description|Canadian javelin thrower}}

{{other people||Scott Russell (disambiguation)}}

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Scott Russell (born January 16, 1979, in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian former javelin thrower.

Representing the Kansas Jayhawks track and field team, Russell won the javelin throw at the 2002 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.{{Cite web |title=Russell earns place among KU track elite |url=https://www2.kusports.com/news/2002/jun/01/russell_earns_place/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=KU Sports |language=en-US}} He represented Canada at the 1998 World Junior Championships, the 2001 Summer Universiade, two Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006), and at four World Championships in Athletics (2001, 2005, 2007, and 2011). His highest international placement was a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Russell's personal best throw of 84.81m remains the Canadian record in the event, which he set at the Toronto International Track and Field Games on July 13, 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.harryjerome.com/2011/07/13/3571/ |title=Scott Russell Breaks Canadian Javelin Record |website=harryjerome.com |date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103224642/http://www.harryjerome.com/2011/07/13/3571/ |url-status=dead}} Russell announced his retirement on January 8, 2013, and now teaches at Basehor-Linwood Middle School in Basehor, Kansas and coaches track and field at multiple schools in the area.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Jim |title=Windsor Olympian Russell retires |url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/windsor-olympian-russell-opts-for-retirement |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Windsor Star |date=8 January 2013}} Russell was inducted into the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame in 2015,{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Jim |title=Olympian Scott Russell remembers his track roots in Windsor |url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/olympian-scott-russell-eager-to-attend-hall-of-fame-ceremony |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Windsor Star |date=20 October 2015}} and will be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame as part of its class of 2024.{{cite news |title=Olympians, Will Shields, Turgeon & Mangino headline Kansas Sports Hall of Fame class |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/article289650280.html |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Kansas City Star Star |date=1 July 2024}}