Kampton Kam
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Nationality | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Singapore | 6 March 2001||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 187cm (6ft 1in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 |
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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[]
- ^ "Kampton KAM | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Into the Zone with Kampton Kam". schoolbag.edu.sg. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sports World : High jumper Kam sets indoor mark". theworldnews.net. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "High Jump Result | 3rd Youth Olympic Games". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "High Jump - men - u18 - outdoor - 2018". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "High Jump - men - u20 - outdoor - 2019". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- Singaporean male high jumpers
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics