Kampton Kam
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| National team | Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 2001[1] Singapore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186cm (6ft 1in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kampton Kam is an athlete from Singapore specialising in the high jump. He holds the national high jump records for the U18 (2.10m), U19 (2.15m), U20 (2.15m), U23 (2.20m), and men's indoor (2.20m).[2][3] He is currently second on the all-time list in the men’s high jump in Singapore.
Education
Kam is an alumnus of Victoria School and Victoria Junior College. In 2018, he was awarded The Straits Times - Young Star of the Month,[4] an award backed by 100PLUS to outstanding school athletes. The following year, he received the Singapore Olympic-Foundation Peter Lim Scholarship. He was also named the Singapore Schools Sports Council Best Sportsboy of the year for Track and Field in 2019 and 2020. In 2022, he enrolled in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
High jump career
Kam set his U-18 record at the 2018 ASEAN School Games, where he won the gold.[5] The U-20 record was set at the 2019 National School Games,[6] where he defended his title and became the first local schoolboy to clear 7 feet in the high jump.
Kam competed at the Youth Olympic Games Asia Area Qualification and placed 5th with a personal best then of 2.05m, qualifying him for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. In the first round, he finished 6th with a 2.05m effort. In the second round, he cleared 2.07m for a combined height of 4.12m to finish 7th.[7] He also competed at the Asian Athletics Championship 2019 in Doha, Qatar, 2019 Southeast Asian Games in New Clark City, Philippines and Taiwan Athletics Open 2019.
Internationally, Kam was ranked 16th[8] and 29th[9] in the world in the 2018 and 2019 season as a youth (U18) and junior (U20) athlete respectively.
Kam first set the national indoor mark in Sweden in 2021 with a jump of 2.05m.[10] In January 2023, he rewrote the record twice, jumping 2.06m at the Penn 10 Team-Select in New York, and 2.08m at the Wesley Brown Invitational in Maryland.[11] He then improved on the record jumping 2.15m at the Penn State National Open in January 2024.[2]
In 2022, a week before the 2022 Southeast Asian Games, Kam suffered a collapsed lung and had to withdraw.[12] Three months later, he managed to finish 12th at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
On 10 February 2024, Kam cleared 2.20m at Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational to rewrite the national indoor mark he had set two weeks prior (2.15m).[3]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | 1.99 m |
| 2018 Hong Kong Inter-City Athletic Championships | Hong Kong, China | 1st | 2.03 m | |
| Youth Olympic Games Asia Area Qualification | Bangkok, Thailand | 5th | 2.05 m | |
| 2018 ASEAN School Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1st | 2.10 m NR | |
| 2018 Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 6th | 2.05 m | |
| 2018 Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 7th | 2.07 m | |
| 2019 | 2019 National School Games | Singapore, Singapore | 1st | 2.15 m NR |
| 2019 Asian Athletics Championships | Doha, Qatar | 14th | 2.10 m | |
| 2019 Taiwan Athletics Open | Taipei, Taiwan | 2nd | 2.12 m | |
| 2019 ASEAN School Games | Semarang, Indonesia | 1st | 2.10 m | |
| 2019 Southeast Asian Games | New Clark City, Philippines | 7th | 2.08 m | |
| 2021 | 2021 2nd National Performance Trial | Singapore, Singapore | 1st | 2.05 m |
| 2021 Luciahoppet 2021 | Karlstad, Sweden | 1st | 2.05 m NR | |
| 2022 | 2022 Singapore National Championships | Singapore, Singapore | 1st | 2.15 m |
| Singapore Open | Singapore, Singapore | 1st | 2.20m | |
| 2022 Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 12th | 2.10 m | |
| 2023 | 2023 Penn 10 Team-Select | Staten Island, New York | 1st | 2.06 m NR |
| Wesley Brown Invitational | Annapolis, Maryland | 1st | 2.08m NR | |
| 2021 Summer World University Games | Chengdu, China | 12th | 2.00m | |
| 2022 Asian Games (Qualifying Round) | Hangzhou, China | 7th | 2.15m | |
| 2022 Asian Games (Finals) | Hangzhou, China | 11th | 2.15m | |
| 2024 | 2024 Penn State National Open | Penn State, Pennsylvania | 1st | 2.15 m NR |
| Darius Dixon Memorial Invitation 2024 | Liberty University, Virginia | 1st | 2.20 m NR | |
| 2024 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships | Harvard University, Massachusetts | 1st | 2.18 m |
References
- ^ "Kampton KAM | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ a b https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/singapore-s-kampton-kam-rewrites-indoor-high-jump-national-record
- ^ a b https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/festive-joy-again-for-kampton-kam-as-he-breaks-singapore-high-jump-record
- ^ Auto, Hermes (23 November 2018). "ST Young Star Award: It's mind over matter for record-breaking high jumper Kampton Kam | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Into the Zone with Kampton Kam". schoolbag.edu.sg. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "School sports: VJC high jumper Kampton Kam sets U-20 national record en route to winning A Division boys' title". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "High Jump Result | 3rd Youth Olympic Games". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "High Jump - men - u18 - outdoor - 2018". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "High Jump - men - u20 - outdoor - 2019". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Sports World: High jumper Kam sets indoor mark". theworldnews.net. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/athletics-small-steps-mantra-helps-jumper-kampton-kam-to-second-national-mark-in-six-days
- ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-high-jumper-kampton-kams-medal-hopes-punctured-by-collapsed-lung
