Jessica Ramsey
Jessica Ramsey is an American shot putter. She won the bronze medal in the Athletics at the [2019 Pan American Games – Women's shot put|women's shot put] event at the 2019 [Pan American Games] held in Lima, Peru.
From Boynton Beach, Florida, she went to Western Kentucky University to study Social and Behavioral Science. She became the first woman from Western Kentucky ever to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in three separate individual events: discus, shot put and hammer throw.
At the 2019 Shanghai IAAF Diamond League meet she finished 4th in the shot put competition.
In Marietta, Georgia on August 29, 2020 Ramsey threw which put her in the top 10 for the year worldwide for the shot put in 2020.
At the 2020 [United States Olympic Trials (track and field)#Women field events|Olympic Trials] on 24 June 2021, Ramsey threw a Olympic Trials (track and field)|US Olympic Trials Championships Record] to win the women's shot put.
College
Ramsey is a 6-time All-American in college while she represented Western Kentucky University and South Plains College. Ramsey won 7 Sun Belt Conference titles in the Shot Put, Hammer, Discus, and Weight throw as a Western Kentucky Lady Toppers.Ramsey holds the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers school record in the outdoor shot put.
| Western Kentucky | Sun Belt Conference Indoor track and field Championship | NCAA Women's Division I [Indoor Track and Field Championships|NCAA] Indoor track and field Championship | Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship | NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor [Track and Field Championships|NCAA] Outdoor Track and Field Championship |
| Senior 2014 | Shot Put 1st | Shot Put 1st | 2014 [NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Women's Shot Put|Shot Put 8th] | |
| Weight Throw 1st | Discus 1st | NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Women's Discus|Discus 24th] | - | |
| Hammer 1st | Hammer 14th | - | - | - |
| Junior 2013 | Shot Put 1st | Shot Put 1st | Shot Put 68th | |
| Weight Throw 9th | Discus 4th | Discus Foul 23rd | - | |
| Hammer 3rd | - | - | - | |
| South Plains | NJCAA Indoor track and field | National Junior College Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field | - | - |
| Sophomore 2012 | Discus 4th | - | - | |
| Shot Put 2nd | - | - | - | |
| Javelin 11th | - | - | - | |
| Freshman 2011 | Shot Put 4th | - | - |
Prep
Ramsey is a 2010 graduate of Boynton Beach Community High School in Boynton Beach, Florida where she set high school best Discus, Shot Put, 100 Meters, 200 Meters.Ramsey set a Boynton Beach High School record in the discus which was broken in 2018 by Amber Powell. Ramsey holds a school record in the shot put.
Ramsey won 2010 Florida [High School Athletic Association] shot put 2A state championship with a throw of. Ramsey won 2009 Florida High School Athletic Association shot put 3A state championship with a throw of. As a sophomore, Ramsey placed 7th in the 2008 Florida High School Athletic Association shot put 3A regional championship with a throw of.