Tom Walsh

New Zealand Olympian: 1359

olympic games

Medals

2
commonwealth games

Medals

2
1

Biography

EVENT: Men's Shot Put

One of New Zealand’s star athletes for the past decade, Tom Walsh has two Olympic bronze medals to his name, claiming the podium finish at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

The Christchurch-based athlete is also a two-time World Indoor champion (in 2016 and 2018) and in 2017 snared the World outdoor title in London.

Coached by Hayden Hall, Tom has also enjoyed success at the Commonwealth Games winning shot put silver in Glasgow 2014 before taking back-to-back gold medals in Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022.

Achieving his New Zealand record mark of 22.90m when winning bronze at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, the Timaru-raised athlete is a consistent harvester of medals on the international stage and in March 2024 claimed a fifth successive World Athletics Indoor Championships medal, winning silver in Glasgow.

A fully qualified builder, Tom, who has dyslexia, is a big supporter of the Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand.

athlete

Fast facts

Sport
Athletics
Birth place
Timaru
Born
1992
Height
185cm

Olympic Summer GamesParis 2024

Athletics(Shot Put - Men)

  • Performance: NM
  • Result: 12
  • Placed: 12 of 31
  • Throw 1: x
  • Throw 2: x
  • Throw 3: x

Olympic Summer GamesTokyo 2020

Athletics(Shot Put - Men)

  • Performance: 22.47m
  • Result: 3rd
  • Placed: 3 of 31
  • 1st Throw: 21.09m
  • 2nd Throw: 22.17m
  • 3rd Throw: x
  • 4th Throw: 21.37m
  • 5th Throw: 22.18m
  • 6th Throw: 22.47m

Olympic Summer GamesRio 2016

Athletics(Shot Put - Men)

  • Performance: 21:36m
  • Result: 3
  • Placed: 3 of 34

Commonwealth GamesGlasgow 2014

Athletics(Shot Put - Men)

  • Performance: 21.19
  • Result: 2
  • Placed: 2 of 20