{{short description|Bahamian javelin thrower (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox athlete | name = Keyshawn Strachan | honorific-suffix = | image = | imagesize = | caption = Record breaking throw at Texas Relay in Austin | country = {{BAH}} | sport = Track and field | event = Javelin throw | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|12|18}} | birth_place = The Bahamas | residence = | height = {{height|m=1.95}} | weight = | pb = '''NR''' 84.27 m (2023) | medaltemplates = {{MedalGold | Texas Relay 2023 Record breaker and P.B. |Javelin Throw}} {{MedalCompetition|NACAC U-23 Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2021 San Jose|Javelin throw}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games <br> Junior (U20)}} {{MedalGold |2022 Kingston | Javelin throw }} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games <br> Youth (U18)}} {{MedalGold |2019 George Town | Javelin throw }} }}
'''Keyshawn Strachan''', (born 18 December 2003) is a Bahamian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.
He was born and raised in Andros, Bahamas with a super village to support him. He started sports in primary school competing in 200m, 100m and also a softball throw.
Strachan competed for the Auburn Tigers track and field and Nebraska Cornhuskers track and field teams in the NCAA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenassauguardian.com/sports/strachan-transfers-to-nebraska/article_f68c4374-4499-11ef-8490-b3a14cb344f0.html|title= Strachan transfers to Nebraska |website=thenassauguardian.com}}</ref>
Strachan holds the Bahamian javelin throw national record set in Kingston, Jamaica at the 2022 CARIFTA Games with a throw of 79.89 m. <ref>{{cite news |title=Bahamas' Keyshawn Strachan breaks javelin record at Carifta Featured |url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/97866-bahamas-keyshawn-strachan-breaks-javelin-record-at-carifta |access-date=20 April 2022 |publisher=sportsmax.tv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Keyshawn Strachan, a towering Bahamian who stands at 6ft 5 inches, set the tone on the opening day when he launched the javelin 79.89m to establish a world lead and championship record, eclipsing the previous mark of 78.28m held by Grenada’s 2019 world champion Anderson Peters. |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/cali22/news/report/jamaica-world-u20-4x100m-record-carifta-games |website=World Athletics |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref>
Strachan also holds the CARIFTA Games Record in the under 18 and under 20 category. He also competed at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.<ref>{{cite news |title=Keyshawn Strachan: ‘I Tried My Best’ At World Under-20s |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/aug/23/keyshawn-strachan-i-tried-my-best-world-under-20s/ |access-date=20 April 2022 |publisher=The Tribune 242}}</ref>
==See also== * List of javelin throwers
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics|bahamas/keyshawn-strachan-14884708}}
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