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Biography: Adam NELSON ()
 
 
Sex Weight Height Date of birth Place of birth
M 115 1.83 07 07 1975 Atlanta, GA (USA)
 
     
     
Information
He was at Dartmouth University. Played football all through high school and college: he started out as a linebacker at Dartmouth. Pan-Am Juniors: 1993 (1st, Shot Put) National Junior Championships:1994 (1st, Shot Put) NCAA Championships: 1997 (1st, Shot Put) National Indoor Championships: 2001-2002 (1st, Shot Put) National Championships:2000-2002-2006 (1st, Shot Put)

PERSONAL BEST
  Performance   Wind  Place Date
Shot Put 22.51      Portland 18 05 2002
Discus Throw 54.38        01 01 1997


PROGRESSION
  Season Performance   Wind  Place Date
Shot Put
 2007 21.61      Osaka 25 08 2007
 
 2006 22.04      Indianapolis, IN 23 06 2006
 
 2005 21.92      Monaco 10 09 2005
 
 2004 21.68      Gresham, OR 05 06 2004
 
 2003 21.29      Kuortane 20 07 2003
 
 2002 22.51      Portland 18 05 2002
 
 2001 21.53      Rüdlingen 19 08 2001
 
 2000 22.12      Sacramento, CA 15 07 2000
 
 1999 20.64      Palma de Mallorca 10 07 1999
 
 1998 20.61      Rüdlingen 23 08 1998
 
 1997 19.92        1997
 
 1996 19.14        1996
 
 1995 18.27        1995
 
 1994 18.34      Lisboa 23 07 1994
Discus Throw
 1997 54.38        01 01 1997

HONOURS
  Rank Performance   Wind  Place Date
Shot Put  
5th IAAF World Athletics Final 2   f 20.95      Stuttgart 22 09 2007
11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2   f 21.61      Osaka 25 08 2007
3rd IAAF World Athletics Final 1   f 21.92      Monaco 10 09 2005
10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 1   f 21.73      Helsinki 06 08 2005
2nd IAAF World Athletics Final 2   f 20.80      Monaco 19 09 2004
28th Olympic Games 2   f 21.16      Olympia 18 08 2004
1st IAAF World Athletics Final 5   f 20.15      Monaco 13 09 2003
9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2   f 21.26      Paris Saint-Denis 23 08 2003
9th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 1   f 20.80      Madrid 20 09 2002
18th IAAF Grand Prix Final 1   f 21.34      Paris 14 09 2002
8th IAAF World Championships 2   f 21.24      Edmonton 04 08 2001
8th IAAF World Indoor Championships 2   f 20.72      Lisboa 09 03 2001
IAAF Grand Prix Final 2   f 21.66      Doha 05 10 2000
27th Olympic Games 2   f 21.21      Sydney 22 09 2000
5th IAAF World Junior Championships 1   f 18.34      Lisboa 23 07 1994