Shakeil Waithe

Shakeil Waithe
nation	Trinidad and Tobago
birthday	10th June 1995 (age 25)
place of birth	Trinidad and Tobago
size	173 cm
Weight	99 kg
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	79.90 m (February 18, 2018 in Port of Spain )
status	active
last change: August 16, 2018

Shakeil Waithe (born June 10, 1995 ) is a track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in throwing the javelin .

Athletic career

Shakeil Waithe gained his first international experience at the CARIFTA Games 2014 in Fort-de-France , where he won the gold medal in the U20 classification with 67.53 m. He then won the gold medal at the Central America and Caribbean Junior Championships in Morelia with 70.39 m. He also qualified for the Junior World Championships in Eugene , where he reached fifth place with 70.78 m in the final. In 2015 he took part in the Pan American Games in Toronto , where he finished twelfth with 73.21 m. Shortly afterwards he was at the NACAC Championships in San José with 73.44 m fifth. The following year he reached fourth place at the U23 NACAC championships in San Salvador with 75.09 m.

In 2018 he took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time , where he finished seventh with 76.85 m.

In 2015 Waithe became the Trinidadian-Tobagan javelin champion.

Web links

• Shakeil Waithe in the database of World Athletics (English)