Adam Keenan

Adam Keenan (born September 26, 1993) is a Canadian track and field athlete specializing in the hammer throw.

Adam Keenan

Personal information
Born	(1993-09-26) September 26, 1993 (age 31) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Achievements and titles
Personal best	77.54 m (2022)
Medal record Men's track and field Representing  Canada NACAC Championships Toronto 2018 Hammer throw NACAC U23 Championships 2014 Kamloops Hammer throw Pan American Junior Championships Miramar 2011 Hammer throw

Career

Junior

Keenan first competed for Canada at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Miramar, Florida, where he won the bronze medal in the hammer throw with a distance of 66.62 meters.^[1] Keenan would later compete at the 2012 World Junior Championships finishing in 28th place overall.^[2]

Senior

At the 2014 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics in Kamloops, British Columbia, Keenan won the bronze medal with a throw of 68.35 meters.^[3]

In 2018, Keenan competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia finishing fourth in the hammer throw event, and followed that with a bronze medal finish at the 2018 NACAC Championships in Toronto, Ontario with a throw of 72.72 metres.^[4] Keenan narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[5]

In June 2022, Keenan set a new personal best of 77.54 meters, which met the World Championships standard.^[6] Later that month, Keenan won his fifth consecutive National title.^[7] Keenan was also named to compete at both the 2022 World Athletics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games.^{[8][9][10][11]}