Dylan Armstrong made his second consecutive appearance at an Olympic Games and finished in the top-five at the London Games.
Armstrong made his Olympic debut in 2008 finishing fourth, missing out on a medal by one centimetre.
The Kamloops, BC native is a 2011 World Championships silver medallist and the first Canadian ever to win a World Championship medal in a throwing event.
A two-time Pan American Games gold medallist (2007, 2011) and the 2010 Commonwealth Games champion, Armstrong won the overall title in shot put for the 2011 Diamond League.
He is an eight-time national shot put champion (three-time hammer throw champion) and set a Canadian outdoor shot put record of 22.21m in June 2011.
Club:
Kamloops Track Club
Languages spoken:
English
Idols (in sport or other):
My coach
Favourite activities outside of sport:
Boating, traveling
Sibling(s) Name(s) (date of birth):
David (brother)
Coach(es):
Dr. Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2011:
Meeting International d’Athlétisme Moulay el Hassan, Tangier, MAR (Shot Put): 1st (21.75m)
Samsung Diamond League – Brussels, Brussels, BEL (Shot Put): 4th (21.47m)
IAAF World Challenge Zagreb, Zagreb, CRO (Shot Put): 3rd (21.40m)
Diamond League – Zurich, Zurich, SUI (Shot Put): 1st (21.63m)
IAAF World Championships, Daegu, KOR (Shot Put): 2nd (21.64m)
Samsung Diamond League – Eugene, Eugene, OR, USA (Shot Put): 2nd (21.60m)
Samsung Diamond League – Rome, Rome, ITA (Shot Put): 1st (21.60m)
Samsung Diamond League – Doha, Doha, QAT (Shot Put): 1st (21.38m)
Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2010:
2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi, , IND (Shot Put): 1st (21.02m)
IAAF World Challenge Zagreb, Zagreb, CRO (Shot Put): 5th (20.27m)
2010 Canadian Track and Field Championships, Toronto, ON, CAN (Shot Put): 1st (20.55m)
IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, QAT (Indoor Shot Put): 4th (Canadian Record) (21.39m)
Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2009:
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Toronto, ON, CAN (Shot Put) : 1st (20.30m)
World Athletics Final, Thessaloniki – Greece (Shot Put): 8th (19.61 m )
Zagreb Grand Prix, Zagreb – Croatia (Shot Put): 6th (19.95 m)
2009 World Championships – Group A, Berlin – Germany (Shot Put): 12th (19.86 m)
2009 Canadian Track and Field Championships, Toronto, ON – Canada (Shot Put): 1st (20.3 m)
Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2008:
2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, , CHN (Shot Put): 4th (Canadian Record) (21.04m)
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Windsor, ON, CAN (Shot Put): 1st (19.88m)
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, Shanghai – China (Shot Put): 4th (19.55 m)
IAAF World Athletics Final, Stuttgart – Germany (Shot Put): 7th (19.3 m)
Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2007:
IAAF World Championships, Osaka – Japan (Shot Put): 9th (20.23 m)
Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil (Shot Put): 1st (20.1 m)
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Windsor, ON – Canada (Shot Put): 1st (19.86 m)
Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2006:
Canadian Track and Field Championships, Ottawa, ON – Canada (Shot Put): 1st (19.13 m )
