Janee' Kassanavoid

Janee' Kassanavoid (born January 19, 1995) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw.

Kassanavoid set her personal best of 78.00 m (255 ft 10 in) on April 30, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona.

[1][2] On July 17, 2022, at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Kassanavoid won the bronze medal with a distance of 74.86 m.[3] She is Native American—a member of the Comanche Nation—making her the first Native American woman to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships (including Olympics).

[4][5] Janee' Kassanavoid is a 7-time Track and field All-American and 3-time Big 12 Conference champion.

[7] [8] [9] Kassanavoid is a 2013 alumnus of Lawson High School in Lawson, Missouri.