Name: Mason Finley
Sport: Track and Field
Event(s): Discus Throw
Height: 6-8
DOB: 10/7/1990
Birthplace: Kansas City, Mo.
Hometown: Chaffee County, Colo.
High School: Buena Vista High School (Buena Vista, Colo.) ‘09
College: University of Wyoming ‘14, Theater
Coach(es): Andrew Kokhanovsky
Olympic Experience
- Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 23rd
- Olympic Games Rio 2016, 11th
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2017 – bronze (discus throw)
- Years of participation: 2017
- Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
- Bronze – 2017 (discus throw)
Other Career Highlights
- 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 6th (discus throw)
- 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships, 4th (shot put)
- 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 2nd (discus throw)
- 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 6th (shot put)
Personal:
Son of Jared and Lisa Finley...Has two sisters, Matia and Rebecca...Joined the University of Wyoming in the summer of 2012 after three years at the University of Kansas...Eight-time NCAA All-American...Won gold medals in both the shot put and discus throw at the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships...Favorite professional sport teams are the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL), Denver Nuggets (NBA) and Kansas City Royals (MLB).
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