TFRRS Profile
Career Summary
Five-year letterwinner at Columbia (2022-25) and UCLA (2026) ... Qualified for both the Indoor and Outdoor Big Ten Championships as a Bruin in 2026 ... Departed UCLA with collegiate-best marks of 62.16m (203-11) in the hammer throw and 19.85m (65-1.5) in the weight throw.
2026
Appeared at seven meets during outdoor season, including the Big Ten Championships ... Notched a season- and lifetime-best hammer throw of 62.16m (203-11) during the Jim Bush Legends Meet on Mar. 28, good for a runner-up finish ... Was third in the HT at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite on Apr. 11 (56.93m / 186-9) ... Finished 27th in the hammer at Outdoor B1Gs with a mark of 56.03m (183-10) ... Competed at six meets during indoor season, including the Big Ten Indoor Championships ... Set a PB in the weight throw (19.85m / 61-1.5) at Indoor B1Gs en route to a 14th-place finish ... That mark was good No. 9 on UCLA's indoor all-time top-10 list ... Finished top-five in the WT at the first two meets he entered as a Bruin ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters.
Columbia (2022-25)
Spent his undergrad career at Columbia University in New York City ... Posted best marks of 58.26m in the hammer and 18.59m in the weight throw ... Was a finalist in the 2025 Ivy League Outdoor Championships in the hammer ... Also made the finals in the weight throw at the 2025 Ivy League Indoor Championships ... Placed fifth in the weight throw at the Millrose Games in 2025.
High School
Attended PORG in his hometown of Prague ... Had best marks in high school of 48.03m in the 16-lb hammer and 55.60m in the 6-kg hammer ... Competed in the Czech U-20 Nationals in 2021 and 2022, placing seventh in the hammer both years.
Personal
Šimon Skoumal was born in 2003 in Prague to parents Tomáš and Alena ... Has two younger siblings, Aneta and Tobiáš ... Slated to earn a master of engineering in data science at UCLA ... Decided to attend UCLA because "it offers an exceptional balance of world-class academics and elite athletics" ... Hobbies and interests include traveling and computer games.
Career Summary
Five-year letterwinner at Columbia (2022-25) and UCLA (2026) ... Qualified for both the Indoor and Outdoor Big Ten Championships as a Bruin in 2026 ... Departed UCLA with collegiate-best marks of 62.16m (203-11) in the hammer throw and 19.85m (65-1.5) in the weight throw.
2026
Appeared at seven meets during outdoor season, including the Big Ten Championships ... Notched a season- and lifetime-best hammer throw of 62.16m (203-11) during the Jim Bush Legends Meet on Mar. 28, good for a runner-up finish ... Was third in the HT at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite on Apr. 11 (56.93m / 186-9) ... Finished 27th in the hammer at Outdoor B1Gs with a mark of 56.03m (183-10) ... Competed at six meets during indoor season, including the Big Ten Indoor Championships ... Set a PB in the weight throw (19.85m / 61-1.5) at Indoor B1Gs en route to a 14th-place finish ... That mark was good No. 9 on UCLA's indoor all-time top-10 list ... Finished top-five in the WT at the first two meets he entered as a Bruin ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters.
Columbia (2022-25)
Spent his undergrad career at Columbia University in New York City ... Posted best marks of 58.26m in the hammer and 18.59m in the weight throw ... Was a finalist in the 2025 Ivy League Outdoor Championships in the hammer ... Also made the finals in the weight throw at the 2025 Ivy League Indoor Championships ... Placed fifth in the weight throw at the Millrose Games in 2025.
High School
Attended PORG in his hometown of Prague ... Had best marks in high school of 48.03m in the 16-lb hammer and 55.60m in the 6-kg hammer ... Competed in the Czech U-20 Nationals in 2021 and 2022, placing seventh in the hammer both years.
Personal
Šimon Skoumal was born in 2003 in Prague to parents Tomáš and Alena ... Has two younger siblings, Aneta and Tobiáš ... Slated to earn a master of engineering in data science at UCLA ... Decided to attend UCLA because "it offers an exceptional balance of world-class academics and elite athletics" ... Hobbies and interests include traveling and computer games.