Fedrick Dacres

Fedrick Dacres

Personal information
Nationality	Jamaica
Born	February 28, 1994 Kingston, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Shot put Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	SP (6 kg): 18.32 m (Kingston 2012) DT (2 kg): 66.75 m (Texas 2014)
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for  Jamaica Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Discus throw Pan American Junior Championships 2011 Miramar Discus throw CAC Junior Championships (Junior) 2012 San Salvador Discus throw CARIFTA Games (Junior) 2012 Hamilton Discus throw World Youth Championships 2011 Lille Discus throw World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona Discus throw CAC Junior Championships (Youth) 2010 Santo Domingo Discus throw CARIFTA Games (Youth) 2010 George Town Discus throw

Fedrick Dacres (born February 28, 1994) is a Jamaican discus thrower.

He won a gold medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, becoming the first Jamaican discus thrower ever to do so.^[1] He went on to win a gold medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, also becoming the first Jamaican discus thrower ever to do so.^[2]

Dacres participated in the boys' discus throw at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

References

1. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Cedrik-Bakers-makes-Jamaican-discus-history
2. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120713/sports/sports1.html

External links

• Fedrick Dacres profile at IAAF