Nery Kennedy

Nery Gustavo Kennedy Rolón (born May 28, 1973) is a javelin thrower from Paraguay, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics (1992 and 2000). He briefly held the South American record for the Javelin Throw with a result of 81.28m, thrown on 9 May 1998, overtaking compatriot Edgar Baumann at the time. The mark stood until 1999, when compatriot Baumann threw 84.70 metres. In 2008, he worked as a coach in Canada with Frédérick Bouchard. He achieved the Texas A&M Javelin Throw record in 1994. Kennedy was coached by Juan De La Garza at Texas A&M in 1996.

Achievements International competitions

National competitions 1995 NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships Knoxville, United States of America 9th Javelin 69.66m 2003 FPA Open Tournament Asunción, Paraguay

Javelin 75.30m 2008 2008 Provincial Summer Athletics Championship Montréal, Canada

Javelin 62.41m

Seasonal bests According to IAAF Profile. 1992 – 65.00 1994 – 76.70 1996 – 74.12 1997 – 75.08 1998 – 81.28 1999 – 78.89 2000 – 77.74 2001 – 76.04 2002 – 74.89 2003 – 75.53 2004 – 72.23 2005 – 70.03 2007 – 71.79 2008 – 76.66 2010 – 68.89 2011 – 61.50 2012 – 65.69