20 Facts About Camryn Rogers

Camryn Rogers was born on June 7,1999 and is a Canadian athlete specializing in the hammer throw.

Camryn Rogers is the reigning Olympic and World champion in that discipline, in both cases the first Canadian woman to win that title, and only the second Canadian woman to win gold at the World Athletics Championships in any discipline.

Camryn Rogers competed at the collegiate level as a member of the California Golden Bears track and field team, winning three NCAA outdoor titles.

Camryn Rogers was born and raised in Richmond, Steveston, British Columbia.

In 2017, Camryn Rogers was a high school champion in hammer throw and was recruited by several American universities.

Camryn Rogers opted to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where she would complete two academic degrees.

Camryn Rogers was initially named to the British Columbian team for the Canada Summer Games but withdrew in order to focus on preparations for her time at Berkeley.

In 2019, Camryn Rogers won gold at the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Camryn Rogers went on to make her debut at senior international championships, placing sixth in the hammer event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of much of the 2020 athletics season and the delay by a full year of the 2020 Summer Olympics, where Camryn Rogers had hoped to compete.

Camryn Rogers then won her third title at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, setting another championship record with the ninth-best distance in the history of women's hammer throw.

Camryn Rogers then made her World Athletics Championships debut at the 2022 edition in Eugene, Oregon.

Camryn Rogers went on to win the title with a 74.08 m third throw in the final, finishing four and a half metres clear of silver medallist Julia Ratcliffe of New Zealand.

Camryn Rogers was unsponsored going into the new season, necessitating new planning for her finances.

Camryn Rogers entered the 2023 World Athletics Championships as a contender for the title, albeit with Andersen having recorded the five longest throws of the year to that point.

Early in the 2024 athletics season, Camryn Rogers appeared at the Prefontaine Classic on the Diamond League, a circuit on which the hammer throw is not a regular feature.

Camryn Rogers won the event with a throw of 77.76 m, a new Diamond League record for the hammer throw.

Camryn Rogers finished almost 1.5 metres clear of American silver medalist Annette Echikunwoke.

Camryn Rogers attended University of California, Berkeley where she competed as an athlete.

Camryn Rogers graduated with her master's degree in cultural studies in sport and education in 2023, and started work as special education advocate in September 2023.