Rachel Dincoff

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Rachel Dincoff
Personal information
Birth nameRachel Dincoff
NationalityUSA
Born (1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 (age 28)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Discus

Rachel Dincoff (born 24 December 1993) is an American Olympic athlete who competes in discus and shot put.

Dincoff was an All-American for Auburn University in women's track & field. She captured Second Team All-American honors in the shotput during the outdoor track & field season of 2014 by posting a 16.08m throw in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Dincoff coaches at New Mexico State University.[1]

On 20 May 2021 in Tucson, at the Tucson Elite Classic, Rachel Dincoff was second behind Jorinde van Klinken in the women’s discus. With a PB of 64.41m, Dincoff was comfortably beyond the Olympic qualifying mark of 63.50.[2]

On 19 June 2021 at the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) she came third in the discus to finish behind Valarie Allman and .[3] As she had already thrown the Olympic qualifying standard she was assured of her place at the delayed Olympic Games.[4] At the 2020 Summer Games discus event Dincoff threw 56.22 to finish twelfth in her qualification group.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dincoff Punches Ticket to 2020 Tokyo Olympics". New Mexico State University Athletics.
  2. ^ "Crouser dominates in Tucson with 22.60m | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
  3. ^ "USA Olympic track and field trials results: Tracking the 2021 U.S. team for every men's, women's event | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com.
  4. ^ Young, Shalise Manza. "Olympic trials: Sha'Carri Richardson claims women's 100 meter crown, Allyson Felix moves on". Yahoo Sports. Eugene, Oregon, USA: Yahoo. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Athletics - Qualification - Group a Results".

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