Kampton Kam

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Kampton Kam
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Personal information
Nationality Singapore
Born (2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 21)[1]
Singapore
Height187cm (6ft 1in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Singapore
ASEAN School Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 ASEAN School Games High jump
Gold medal – first place 2019 ASEAN School Games High jump
Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 13th Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships High jump

Kampton Kam is an athlete from Singapore specialising in the high jump. He holds the national high jump records for the U18 (2.10m), U20 (2.15m), and men's indoor (2.05m). The U-18 record was set in the 2018 ASEAN School Games, where Kampton won the gold,[2] while the U-20 record was set at the 2019 National School Games[3] where he defended his title and became the first local schoolboy to clear 7 feet in the high jump. The national indoor mark was set in Sweden in 2021.[4] He is currenlty the 2nd on the all-time list in the Men’s High Jump in Singapore.

Kam competed at the Youth Olympic Games Asia Area Qualification and placed 5th with a personal best then of 2.05m, qualifying him for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. In the first round, he finished 6th with a 2.05m effort. In the second round, he cleared 2.07m for a combined height of 4.12m to finish 7th.[5] He also competed at the Asian Athletics Championship 2019 in Doha, Qatar, 2019 Southeast Asian Games in New Clark City, Philippines and Taiwan Athletics Open 2019.

Internationally, Kam was ranked 16th[6] and 29th[7] in the world in the 2018 and 2019 season as a youth (U18) and junior (U20) athlete respectively.

Competition record[]

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2018 Bangkok, Thailand 1st
Hong Kong, China 1st
Bangkok, Thailand 5th
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st NR
2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Argentina 6th
2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Argentina 7th
2019 Singapore, Singapore 1st NR
2019 Asian Athletics Championships Doha, Qatar 14th
Taipei, Taiwan 2nd
Semarang, Indonesia 1st
2019 Southeast Asian Games New Clark City, Philippines 7th
2021 Singapore, Singapore 1st
Karlstad, Sweden 1st NR
2022 Singapore, Singapore 1st

Awards[]

In 2018, Kam was awarded The Straits Times - Young Star of the Month,[8] an award backed by 100PLUS to outstanding school athletes. The following year, Kampton was a recipient of the Singapore Olympic-Foundation Peter Lim Scholarship. He was also named the Singapore Schools Sports Council Best Sportsboy of the year for Track and Field in 2019 and 2020.

Education[]

Kampton will be pursuing his tertiary education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.


References[]

  1. ^ "Kampton KAM | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Into the Zone with Kampton Kam". schoolbag.edu.sg. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ "School sports: VJC high jumper Kampton Kam sets U-20 national record en route to winning A Division boys' title". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Sports World : High jumper Kam sets indoor mark". theworldnews.net. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ "High Jump Result | 3rd Youth Olympic Games". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. ^ "High Jump - men - u18 - outdoor - 2018". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  7. ^ "High Jump - men - u20 - outdoor - 2019". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ Auto, Hermes (23 November 2018). "ST Young Star Award: It's mind over matter for record-breaking high jumper Kampton Kam | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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