Jayden Sawyer

Jayden Sawyer (born 26 September 1993) 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]

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

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 Canberra Sport Awards Para Athlete of the Year.[13]

References
  1. "Jayden Sawyer- Biography". IPC. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. "The Tavenor". Lord Tavenor ACT. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. "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. 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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  11. "Grant Funding Report". AIS. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  12. "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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