Braheme Days, Jr.

Braheme Days, Jr.
Personal information
Nationality American
Born January 18, 1995
Bridgeton, New Jersey
Residence Los Angeles, California
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 299 lb (136 kg)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Shot put
College team UCLA Bruins
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

SP (5 kg): 20.14 m (Lille 2011) SP (5.45 kg): 21.53 m (New York 2012)

SP (6 kg): 21.16 m (Chula Vista 2014)

Braheme Days, Jr. (born January 18, 1995) is an American shot putter.

He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[1]

Braheme won his first National HS Shot Put title at the NBIN meet in New York, New York with a throw of 21.00m(5.45k)

The Press of Atlantic City named Days their Boy's Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 2011,[2] as well as Indoor Athlete of the Year 2012.[3]

He was a USA Today All-American track and field selection in 2012.[4]

He eventually signed to the UCLA Bruins in February 2013.

Braheme is the current American Junior Record holder in the shot put with a distance of 21.16m(6k).

His father, Braheme Days, is a Bridgeton police officer,[5] who was involved in the 2014 shooting of Jerame Reid.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Records-a-plenty on day two at World Youths | Athletics Weekly - the best coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport
  2. ↑ Press boys track and field Athlete of the Year: Braheme Days Jr. of Bridgeton - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Sports
  3. ↑ Bridgeton shot putter Braheme Days Jr. uses hard work to become The Press Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year - pressofAtlanticCity.com: High School Sports
  4. ↑ "2012 All-USA boys and girls track teams revealed". USA Today. July 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ Hummel, Jack. "Firefighter-Police line-ups; Singers on TV; Big Millville Day; BEN Column, Aug.9,, Update 1". nj.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Moran, Robert. "N.J. officer in shooting probe accused of extorting sex". philly.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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