Danniel Thomas-Dodd, née Danniel Thomas, (11 November 1992) is a Jamaican athlete whose specialty is the shot put. She finished 4th in the shot put finals at London's 2017 World Championships in Athletics and the following year she won silver at the Indoor World Championships. In addition, she finished fifth at the 2015 Pan American Games.
Thomas-Dodd was an NCAA champion thrower for the Kent State Golden Flashes track and field team, winning the shot put at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
She has a personal best and the Jamaican national record in the shot put of 19.77 metres outdoors, set in 2023. Indoors, she registered a 19.22 metre throw at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England. She also has a personal discus best of 59.38 metres set in Akron in 2014. In July 2021, she qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Thomas-Dodd sought to defend her title from four years earlier, and was leading after five throws in the shot put final, only to be passed by Canadian Sarah Mitton by 0.05 metres on the final throw.
Competition record Representing 2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom8thDiscus throw55.02 m2015Pan American GamesToronto, Canada5thShot put17.76 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China22nd (q)Shot put16.62 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil25th (q)Shot put16.99 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom4thShot put18.91 m2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom2ndShot put19.22 mCommonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia1stShot put19.36 m2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru1stShot put19.55 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2ndShot put19.47 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan13th (q)Shot put18.37 m2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia6thShot put19.12 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States10thShot put18.29 mCommonwealth GamesBirmingham, United Kingdom2ndShot put18.98 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5thShot put19.59 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom6thShot put19.12 mOlympic GamesParis, France13th (q)Shot put18.12 m
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