Jayden Sawyer
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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] He competed at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics. [2]
Personal
[edit]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[3] and resides in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.[1] He holds a Certificate III in Hospitality.
Sporting career
[edit]In 2011, Sawyer competed in the Australian Athletics Championships where he won a gold and bronze in javelin and shot put.[4] 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.[4] At the 2013 Australian Athletics Championships, in Sydney, Sawyer won gold in the men's ambulant javelin throw event.[5]
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.[6] In Brisbane at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships Sawyer won gold in the T/F38 men's ambulant javelin.[7]
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. .[8]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Sawyer finished fifth in the Men's Javelin F38 with a throw of 45.63.[9]
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.[10] The throw was a personal best by 4.5m.[10]
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, he came fifth in the Men's Javelin F38.[11]
Sawyer then competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, coming 7th in the Javelin F38.[12]
He is coached by Mike Barber.[10]
Recognition
[edit]In 2008 Sawyer was awarded the Most Outstanding Junior Athlete with a Disability by North Canberra Gungahlin Athletics.[13]
Between 2013 and 2014 Sawyer was given a dAIS athlete grant by the Australian Institute of Sport.[14] In 2014 and 2015 Sawyer was a given a further dAIS athlete grant by the Australian Institute of Sport.[14]
Sawyer was nominated by ACT Athletics for the 2013/14 Outstanding athlete track and field in the open male Athlete with a Disability category.[15] In addition he was nominated for the Mick Dowling Trophy Outstanding Athlete with a Disability and for the Global Award Athlete of the Year.[15]
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.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Jayden Sawyer- Biography". IPC. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "The Tavenor". Lord Tavenor ACT. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ a b > "Jayden Sawyer 2011-2012 results". Athletics ACT. Retrieved 15 April 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "91st Aust Athletics Champs". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Day 1 Nationals". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "93rd Australian Athletics Championships". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Jayden Sawyer". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Ryner, Sascha. "A trio of gold medals bolsters Australia's medal tally". Athletics Australia News, 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ "Jayden Sawyer". Paralympics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "North Canberra-Gungahlin Trophy Winners". North Canberra-Gungahlin Athletics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Grant Funding Report". AIS. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Athletics ACT - Annual Report 2013/2014" (PDF). Athletics ACT. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Dutton, Chris (1 December 2017). "Caroline Buchanan, Michael Matthews, Schoolboy rugby big winners at ACT sport awards". Canberra Times. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Jayden Sawyer at Paralympics Australia
- Jayden Sawyer at the International Paralympic Committee
- Jayden Sawyer at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Jayden Sawyer at Australian Athletics Historical Results
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