Anderson Peters

Anderson Peters

Anderson Peters in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	Grenada
Born	(1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 19) Grenada
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Club	St. David's Track Blazers
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	83.36m (2017) NR
Medal record CARIFTA Games (U17) 2012 Hamilton Javelin Throw 2013 Nassau Javelin Throw 2013 Nassau Shot Put CARIFTA Games (U18) 2014 Fort-de-France Javelin Throw Central American and Caribbean Junior Champs 2014 Mexico Javelin Throw CARIFTA Games (U20) 2015 Basseterre Javelin Throw 2016 St. George's Javelin Throw World U20 Championships 2016 Bydgoszcz Javelin throw

Anderson Peters (born 21 October 1997) is a Grenadian javelin thrower. He is a multiple time CARIFTA Games champion at the discipline and in 2016 earned a bronze medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, setting a new Grenadian national record and OECS record at the same time.

He gave the performance of the championships at the 2016 CARIFTA Games, a meet record of 78.28 m (256 ft 9 ³⁄₄ in), and was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy. January of 2017 it was announced that Anderson was given a full scholarship to Mississippi State University. He started his season with a throw of 75.29m at the 2017 Bulldog Relays.

At the 2017 edition of the Whitsuntide games at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium, Anderson improved his personal best distance in the Javelin Throw three times. With his final throw we achieved a distance of 81.23 Meters. On June 25 2017, he was able to further improve on his personal best and National Record with a throw of 83.36m at the the Trinidad and Tobago NGC/SAGICOR/NAAA National Open Championships. This throw allowed him to achieve the qualifying standard for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.