{{Short description|Jamaican athlete}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kai Chang | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Jamaican | sport = Track and Field | event = Discus throw | collegeteam = University of the West Indies<br>Florida Gators | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = 2.04m | weight = |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Summer World University Games}} {{MedalSilver |2023 Chengdu|Discus throw}} {{MedalCompetition|World U20 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2018 Tampere |Discus throw}} {{MedalCompetition | NACAC U23 Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2021 San José|Discus throw}} {{Medal|Competition|Carifta Games <br> Junior (U20)}} {{Medal|Gold |2019 George Town | Discus throw}} {{Medal|Silver |2018 Nassau | Discus throw}} {{Medal|Bronze |2019 George Town | Shot put}} }} '''Kai Chang''' (born January 29, 2000) is a Jamaican discus thrower. He won the IAAF 2018 World U20 championships and has stamped his class at numerous international events in his career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/kai-chang-14799506|title=Kai CHANG | Profile|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
==Career== Chang won the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Junior Championships<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/kai-chang-hopes-to-emulate-dacres-in-discus_138399?profile=1511&template=MobileArticle|title=Kai Chang hopes to emulate Dacres in discus|work=Jamaica Observer|date=July 12, 2018|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref> and then on July 15, 2018, with a personal best of 62.36m Chang won the gold medal for the discus at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships to become World Junior Champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/world-u20-championships-men-discus2|title=Report: men's discus – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 | REPORT | World Athletics|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
In April 2021, Chang threw over 60m for the first time as a senior, and then improved to a personal best of 62.60 at the Jamaican National Stadium in Kingston.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/chang-brought-to-tears-after-joining-60m-club-in-discus-throw_219655?profile=1499|title=Chang brought to tears after joining 60m club in discus throw|work=Jamaica Observer|first=Dwayne|last=Richards|date=April 21, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref> He later threw an improved personal best of 63.33 in June 2021, at the NACAC New Life Invitational in Florida. Chang ended the season with a PR of 64.49m, ranking him as the second best in his country for the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/thompson-herah-cops-sprint-double-as-briana-lowers-njr-again_223156?_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA=|title=Thompson Herah cops sprint double as Briana lowers NJR again|work=Jamaica Observer|first=Paula|last=Reid|date=June 6, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>
He won the discus throw gold medal in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jamaica harvest four gold medals during first session of NACAC champs. |publisher=Jamaica Observer|location=San Jose, Costa Rica|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Jamaica_harvest_four_gold_medals_during_first_session_of_NACAC_champs|date=9 July 2021|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{Footer World Junior Champions men's discus throw}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Kai}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Jamaican men discus throwers Category:Jamaican people of Chinese descent Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Jamaica Category:Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Category:Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games Category:Florida Gators men's track and field athletes