# Kai Chang

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{{Short description|Jamaican athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Kai Chang
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| nationality = Jamaican
| sport       = [Track and Field](/source/Track_and_Field)
| event       = [Discus throw](/source/Discus_throw)
| collegeteam = [University of the West Indies](/source/University_of_the_West_Indies)<br>[Florida Gators](/source/Florida_Gators)
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|2000|1|29|df=yes}}
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| height      = 2.04m
| weight      =
|medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Summer World University Games](/source/FISU_World_University_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver |[2023 Chengdu](/source/2021_Summer_World_University_Games)|[Discus throw](/source/Athletics_at_the_2021_Summer_World_University_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_discus_throw)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World U20 Championships](/source/IAAF_World_U20_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2018 Tampere](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships) |[Discus throw](/source/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [NACAC U23 Championships](/source/NACAC_Under-23_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalGold | [2021 San José](/source/2021_NACAC_Under-23_Championships_in_Athletics)|Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Carifta Games](/source/Carifta_Games) <br> Junior (U20)}}
{{Medal|Gold |[2019 George Town](/source/2019_CARIFTA_Games) | Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Silver |[2018 Nassau](/source/2018_CARIFTA_Games) | Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[2019 George Town](/source/2019_CARIFTA_Games) | Shot put}}
}}
'''Kai Chang''' (born January 29, 2000) is a [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)n [discus](/source/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 &#124; Profile|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>

==Career==
Chang won the [Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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 &#124; REPORT &#124; 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](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica).<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2021_NACAC_U18_U20_and_U23_Championships_in_Athletics).<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>

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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

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