Connor Bell

Connor Bell (born 21 June 2001) is New Zealand field athlete. He represented his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and is a three-time national champion in the discus throw. On 25 January 2020, at the Potts Classic, Hawkes Bay Sports Park, in Hastings, Bell threw 63.25 m, a throw that would place him 31st for the year worldwide in 2020. At the same venue, on 23 January 2021, Bell set a new personal best throw of 64.29 m. On 27 March 2021, Bell won the New Zealand national championship with a throw of 61.85. In 2022, Bell repeated his national title win and added a victory in the Oceania Championship discus competition. Bell competed in the men's discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He was the sixth-placed qualifier for the final, where he finished eighth with a best throw of 60.23 metres. At the Pre-Potts track and field meeting in Hastings on 18 January 2023, Bell broke the New Zealand national discus throw record, with a distance of 66.14 metres, breaking the previous mark of 65.03 metres set by Ian Winchester in 2002.