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Sam Mattis

Basic Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Born: 3/19/1994
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: East Brunswick, NJ
  • High School: East Brunswick High School
  • College: University of Pennsylvania

Athlete Info

  • Event: Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Dane Miller
  • Agent: Karen Locke

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Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, eighth (discus)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 World Outdoor Championships, 11th (discus)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, bronze (discus)
  • 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (discus)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (discus)
  • 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (discus)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, ninth (discus)
  • 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (discus)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, eighth (discus)
  • 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, fifth (discus)

Personal

Son of Marcie and Marlon ... Has one sibling, Jake ... Father was captain of the William & Mary track & field team in 1985 and holds the 35-lbs weight throw record and ranks No. 3 in the hammer...Back in 2016, Sam Mattis had just graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School with a degree in economics and had a lucrative job offer at JPMorgan Chase. But the NCAA champion discus thrower turned down the Wall Street firm to pursue his dream of competing in the sport full-time.

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