Jayden Sawyer

Jayden Sawyer
2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1993-09-26) 26 September 1993
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Track and Field
World Para Athletics Championships
2017 LondonMen's Javelin Throw F38
2013LyonMen's Javelin Throw F37/38

Jayden Sawyer (born 26 November 2017 ) is an Australian para athlete who competes mainly in the F38 category in throwing events.[1] He won has won gold and bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships.[1]

Personal

Sawyer was born on 26 September 1993 and has cerebral palsy.[1] He attended Gold Creek School, Canberra. Sawyer was originally coached by Chris Timson[2] and resides in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.[1]

Sporting career

In 2011, Sawyer competed in the Australian Athletics Championships where he won a gold and bronze in javelin and shot put.[3] Sawyer competed in the men's javelin events and shot put in the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne he won gold and came 4th respectively.[3] At the 2013 Australian Athletics Championships, in Sydney, Sawyer won gold in the men's ambulant javelin throw event.[4]

Sawyer qualified for the F37/38 javelin throw and F38 shot put 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, where he won bronze and came sixth respectively.[1]

Sawyer won gold in the men's ambulant javelin throw at the 2014 Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne by throwing the javelin 42.58m.[5] In Brisbane at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships Sawyer won gold in the T/F38 men's ambulant javelin.[6]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he finished fourth in the Men's Javelin F38 with a personal best throw of personal best of 45.78m. .[7]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Sawyer finished fifth in the Men's Javelin F38 with a throw of 45.63.[8]

Sawyer won the gold medal in the Men's Javelin F38 with a world record throw of 52.96m at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England,.[9] The throw was a personal best by 4.5m.[9] He is coached by Mike Barber.[9]

Recognition

In 2008 Sawyer was awarded the Most Outstanding Junior Athlete with a Disability by North Canberra Gungahlin Athletics.[10]

Between 2013 and 2014 Sawyer was given a dAIS athlete grant by the Australian Institute of Sport.[11] In 2014 and 2015 Sawyer was a given a further dAIS athlete grant by the Australian Institute of Sport.[11]

Sawyer was nominated by ACT Athletics for the 2013/14 Outstanding athlete track and field in the open male Athlete with a Disability category.[12] In addition he was nominated for the Mick Dowling Trophy Outstanding Athlete with a Disability and for the Global Award Athlete of the Year.[12]

He was a Laurel Wreath recipient at Athletics ACT for the 2013/14 season.[1]

In December 2017, Sawyer was awarded the ACT Sport Para Athlete of the Year.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jayden Sawyer- Biography". IPC. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Tavenor". Lord Tavenor ACT. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Jayden Sawyer 2011-2012 results". Athletics ACT. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "91st Aust Athletics Champs". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Day 1 Nationals". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "93rd Australian Athletics Championships". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jayden Sawyer". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 Ryner, Sascha. "A trio of gold medals bolsters Australia's medal tally". Athletics Australia News, 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "North Canberra-Gungahlin Trophy Winners". North Canberra-Gungahlin Athletics. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Grant Funding Report". AIS. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Athletics ACT - Annual Report 2013/2014" (PDF). Athletics ACT. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  13. ↑ Dutton, Chris (1 December 2017). "Caroline Buchanan, Michael Matthews, Schoolboy rugby big winners at ACT sport awards". Canberra Times. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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