Justin Phongsavanh

Justin Phongsavanh is an American Paralympic athlete who specializes in the javelin throw, born on 19 May 1997 and raised in Ankeny, Iowa after being adopted from the foster care system. He made his international debut at the 2019 Parapan American Games, where he won gold in the F54 javelin throw. In June 2021, at the United States Paralympic Team Trials for Track and Field, he set the world record in his class with a throw of 33.29 meters. He then represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, winning a bronze medal in the F54 javelin throw. He competes after a 2015 shooting left him with paraplegia.