Jason Tunks (born May 7, 1975 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former discus thrower who has represented Canada in the Olympics in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. He currently holds the Canadian National Record for discus at .
Competing for the SMU Mustangs track and field team, Tunks won the discus at the 1997 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Tunks was inducted into the London (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2014.
Major events +EventQualificationFinalRefDistancePositionDistancePositionAtlanta 199655.58m33rdDid not advanceSydney 200064.402nd65.806Athens 200461.2115Did not advance IAAF World Championships in Athletics
1997 World Championships in Athletics at Athens - 9th - 62.30 m (204.40 ft) 1999 World Championships in Athletics at Seville - 20th - 60.20 m (197.51 ft) 2001 World Championships in Athletics at Edmonton - 9th - 63.79 m (209.28 ft) 2003 World Championships in Athletics at Paris - 11th - 62.21 m (204.10 ft) 2005 World Championships in Athletics at Helsinki - 8th - 63.77 m (209.22 ft)
Commonwealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur - 3rd - 62.22 m (204.13 ft) 2002 Commonwealth Games at Manchester - 2nd - 62.61 m (205.41 ft) 2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne - 2nd - 63.07 m (206.92 ft)
Pan American Games
1999 Pan American Games at Winnipeg - 3rd - 61.75 m (202.59 ft) 2003 Pan American Games at Santo Domingo - 1st - 63.70 m (208.99 ft)
World Cup in Athletics
2002 World Cup at Madrid - 5th - 62.89 m (206.33 ft)
Goodwill Games
1998 Goodwill Games at Uniondale, New York - 4th - 62.53 m (205.15 ft) 2001 Goodwill Games at Brisbane - 7th - 61.70 m (202.43 ft)
Progression +Progression by Active Year (Personal Best is Bold)YearDateDistance1994July 1458.76 m (192.78 ft)1995July 158.66 m (192.45 ft)1996May 1863.86 m (209.51 ft)1997April 1265.20 m (213.91 ft)1998May 1467.88 m (222.70 ft) 1999May 1365.54 m (215.03 ft) 2000May 666.28 m (217.45 ft)2001June 967.70 m (222.11 ft)2002January 2866.50 m (218.18 ft)2003April 2666.55 m (218.34 ft)2004May 1966.15 m (217.03 ft)2005June 1166.59 m (218.47 ft)2006February 2566.50 m (218.18 ft)2015February 2160.08m (197.36)
Personal life Tunks is married to Dianne Tunks (née Olson) and they have four children: Brayden, Rylan, Jenna and Julia (born 20 July 2006), who is the #1 on the World U18 Female Discus leaderboard.
See also Canadian records in track and field
References
External links
Athletics Canada profile