Jason Tunks (born May 7, 1975 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former discus thrower who has represented Canada in the Olympics in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
He currently holds the Canadian National Record for discus at 67.88 m (222.7 ft).
[1] Competing for the SMU Mustangs track and field team, Tunks won the discus at the 1997 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
[2] Tunks was inducted into the London (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame in 2012,[3] and the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2014.
[4] IAAF World Championships in Athletics Commonwealth Games Pan American Games World Cup in Athletics Goodwill Games (197.36) Tunks is married to Dianne Tunks (née Olson) and has four known children:[7] Brayden, Rylan, Jenna and Julia (born 20 July 2006), who is the #1 on the World U18 Female Discus leaderboard.