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Jessica Ramsey
American shot putter (born 1991)
Jessica Ramsey (born July 26, 1991)[1] is an American shot putter. She won the bronze medal in the women's shot put event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[1][2]
From Boynton Beach, Florida, she went to Western Kentucky University to study Social and Behavioral Science.[3] She became the first woman from Western Kentucky ever to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in three separate individual events: discus, shot put and hammer throw.[4][5]
At the 2019 Shanghai IAAF Diamond League meet she finished 4th in the shot put competition.[6] In Marietta, Georgia on August 29, 2020 Ramsey threw 18.64 m (61 ft 2 in) which put her in the top 10 for the year worldwide for the shot put in 2020.[7]
At the Olympic Trials on 24 June 2021, Ramsey threw a US Olympic Trials Championships Record to win the women's shot put 20.12 m (66 ft 0 in).