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Ryan Crouser
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Ryan Crouser is an American athletics competitor who specializes in the shot put. Born on December 18, 1992, in Portland, he represents the United States in international competition. He is a male athlete with a height of 2.01 and a mass of 145. Crouser began his work period in 2009 and was educated at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a relative of Sam Crouser.
Crouser has competed in the men's shot put at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships and the 2022 World Athletics Championships. He won the men's shot put event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2022 World Athletics Championships, and the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 6
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 28,540x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 24,762x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,969x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,760x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1992-12-18 ) December 18, 1992 (age 33) , Portland, Oregon , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
- Weight
- 320 lb (145 kg)
- Country
- United States
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event s
- Shot put , Discus throw
- College team
- Texas Longhorns
- Club
- Nike
- Highest world ranking
- 1st (Shot put, 2023)
- Personal best s
- SP : 23.56 m (2023), DT : 63.90 m (2014) , JT : 61.16 m (2008)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Team
- USA Athletics
- Position
- Shooter
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
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Encyclopedic overview
Ryan Crouser (born December 18, 1992) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus. He specializes in the shot put, in which he is the only three-time Olympic gold medalist, having won in Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Paris, and also a three-time outdoor World Champion. He holds the world record in the shot put, both indoors and outdoors. He set the outdoor world record at 23.56 meters in May 2023, improving upon his previous record of 23.37 m from July 2021. He has held the indoor record of 22.82 m since January 2021.
In his early career, Crouser set a national high school record for the indoor shot put and outdoor discus, and he won gold in the shot put at the 2009 World Youth Championships. At the University of Texas at Austin, he won four NCAA titles in the shot put. He won the national title in the shot put at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships seven of the eight times the event was held between 2016 and 2024. He is also a four-time national champion in the indoor shot put at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, with victories in 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2024.
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