11 Facts About Chase Jackson

Chase Foster Jackson is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus throw.

Chase Jackson won the gold medal at the 2022 and 2023 in women's shot put, which made her the first American woman to win a shot put world title at the World Athletics Championships.

Chase Jackson won on the first attempt which, according to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, made her the first woman's shot put world champion to win on the first attempt.

Chase Jackson's parents met while her father was in the US Army and was stationed at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico; they moved to Riverton, Illinois, where Jackson lived the first years of her life.

Chase Jackson's parents divorced when she was three years old, and she moved with her mother to Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Chase Jackson attended Oklahoma State University, where she was a three-time All-American and 12-time Big 12 conference student-athlete.

Chase Jackson is a two-time shot put world champion, 2022 and 2023, outdoor shot put world champion and the 2019 US outdoor and indoor shot put champion.

Chase Jackson was the 2018 United States Indoor 4th-place finisher in the shot put.

Chase Jackson shared how she dealt with mental challenges of competing on the global stage at 2019 World Championship and how she was recovering from COVID-19 in winter 2021.

Chase Jackson conducted clinics for high school and youth athletes in 2019.

Chase Jackson competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but did not qualify for the finals.