event weight height pb medaltemplates sport birth_date residence article_title name collegeteam
javelin throw 260 lb kg 0 on 6 ft 7 in m 2 on 80.80 -lrb- eugene 2012 -rrb- men 's athletics track and field 31 december 1991 gresham , oregon sam crouser
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sam crouser

samuel crouser -lrb- born december 31 , 1991 -rrb- is an american javelin thrower .
he currently attends the university of oregon .
while a senior at gresham high school , crouser was named gatorade high school track and field athlete of the year 2010 .
on may 1 , 2010 , he set the national high school record at 244 ' 2 '' -lrb- 74.42 m -rrb- .
this was broken in 2012 by billy stanley of south park , pa. .
he competed javelin at the 2012 olympic trials in eugene , oregon .
he was ranked # 6 in the us three years in a row , 2012 to 2014 .
his uncle brian crouser competed in the javelin throw at the 1988 and 1992 summer olympics .
in 2011 , cousin ryan crouser joined sam , setting the national high school record in the discus throw for cross town rival sam barlow high school .
then in 2012 , sister haley completed the family trifecta by setting the national high school record in the girl 's javelin throw .
