# Keyshawn Strachan

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{{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](/source/Track_and_field)
| event = [Javelin throw](/source/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](/source/List_of_Bahamas_records_in_athletics)''' 84.27 [m](/source/metre) (2023)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalGold | [Texas Relay 2023](/source/Texas_Relay_2023) [Record breaker and P.B.](/source/Record_breaker_and_P.B.) |[Javelin Throw](/source/Javelin_Throw)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[NACAC U-23 Championships](/source/NACAC_Under-23_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 San Jose|[Javelin throw](/source/Javelin_throw)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[CARIFTA Games](/source/CARIFTA_Games) <br> Junior (U20)}}
{{MedalGold |[2022 Kingston](/source/2022_CARIFTA_Games) | [Javelin throw](/source/Javelin_throw) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[CARIFTA Games](/source/CARIFTA_Games) <br> Youth (U18)}}
{{MedalGold |[2019 George Town](/source/2019_CARIFTA_Games) | [Javelin throw](/source/Javelin_throw) }}
}}

'''Keyshawn Strachan''',  (born 18 December 2003) is a Bahamian [track and field](/source/track_and_field) athlete who competes in the [javelin throw](/source/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](/source/Auburn_Tigers_track_and_field) and [Nebraska Cornhuskers track and field](/source/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_track_and_field) teams in the [NCAA](/source/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](/source/thenassauguardian.com)}}</ref>

Strachan holds the Bahamian javelin throw national record set in [Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston%2C_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](/source/CARIFTA_Games) Record in the under 18 and under 20 category. He also competed at the [2021 World Athletics U20 Championships](/source/2021_World_Athletics_U20_Championships) in [Nairobi, Kenya](/source/Nairobi%2C_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](/source/List_of_javelin_throwers)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics|bahamas/keyshawn-strachan-14884708}}

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Category:2003 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas
Category:Bahamian javelin throwers
Category:21st-century Bahamian sportsmen
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Bahamas
Category:Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers men's track and field athletes

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