Joseph Richard Salmon (born 22 September 2007) is a Jamaican discus thrower.
Biography He was educated at Clarendon College before transferring to Jamaica College in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Joseph is slated for the University of Nebraska this fall 2026.
Career 2025 Salmon won the 2025 high school "Champs" in the discus throw with throw of 62.14m. In April, he won the gold medal in the U20 discus throw at the 2025 CARIFTA Games in Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, with a throw of 56.82 metres.
2026 Salmon set a Jamaican national junior and "Champs" records of 67.55m to retain the boys Class 1 discus throw gold medal title at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships in March 2026. He broke the previous Jamaican junior record and Champs Class 1 record of 66.88m, set in 2011 by Traves Smikle, and moved to eighth on the Jamaican all-time under-20 list.
The following month, he won the gold medal in the U20 discus throw at the 2026 CARIFTA Games in St. George's, Grenada ahead of compatriot Kamari Kennedy, with a throw of 65.38 metres. That year, he agreed to join the University of Nebraska in the United States.
In July 2026, he won the gold medal in the discus throw at the 2026 NACAC U23 Championships in Mexico. Having entered the championships as the world U20 leader, on 8 August, Salmon threw 62.10 m with his final attempt to automatically qualify for the final at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, USA.
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