Connor Bell

PARIS 2024 EVENT: Athletics: Men's Discus

New Zealand discus record-holder Connor Bell is all set for his maiden Olympic appearance at Paris 2024.

An outstanding age group talent, Connor is a former Commonwealth Youth Games and Olympic Youth Games discus champion.

In late-2021, he sustained a broken ankle but recovered to win selection for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games where he placed eighth in the final.

In 2023, he continued to improve, finishing tenth in the World Championships final and in the 2024 season, under the coaching guidance of Kirsten Hellier, bettered his national record out to 66.71m in Los Angeles.

Based in Auckland he grew up on a lifestyle block and used to regularly throw discus in his back paddock.