Name: Eric Favors
Club: Raheny Shamrocks
Event: Shot Putt
Personal Best: 20.93m
Tokyo Schedule: Sat 13 September 2.55am
TOKYO UPDATE
Eric Favours finished 17th in the Group A of the shot putt qualification rounds. The Raheny Shamrocks athlete was somewhat below his best as he attempted to make the world championship final to be held later in the evening. Favors finished 28th overall and 17th in his group. A first round throw of 19.17m was followed by a slightly better throw of 19.19m in the second round and a foul for the third. In a post event interview Favours was clearly not happy with his competition and stated he was "really upset with how it went". This was despite doing things differently this year, pushing back his build up. And he was going on the right trajectory with incremental improvements over the final few competitions in the build up to Tokyo. Group A was won by American Adrian Piperi with his team mate Ryan Crouser in second. Tom Walsh (New Zealand) topped Group B with a throw of 21.74m, the furthest distance of the entire competition.
Background
Coached by Dane Miller, the University of South Carolina graduate has been competing for Ireland since 2018. He has won 4 senior Track and Field Shot Putt titles and three Senior Shot Putt Indoor titles. Eric holds the national shot putt record which he set in 2024 with a throw of 20.93m. Competing since High School, he has qualified for two NCAA championships (although he did not start in one due to injury). The New York native has competed in the Olympic Games in Paris, two European Championships, three European Throwing Cups and this will be his third World Championships appearance.
International Majors
2019: NCAA Division I Texas 18th
2022: European Throwing Cup, Senior Portugal 3rd
2022: European Championships Munich 7th R1
2022: World Championships Oregon 11th R1
2023: European Throwing Cup, Senior Portugal 5th
2023: World Championships Budapest 13th R1
2024: European Championships Rome 7th R1
2024: Olympic Games Paris 13th R1
2025: European Throwing Cup Cyprus 8th
2025: World Championships Tokyo Group A 17th
Personal Bests
Shot Putt: 20.93m NR 27/4/2024
Shot Putt (i): 20.18m 27/1/2024
Discus: 50.73m 7/4/2018