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 a bronze medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.[1] He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics. [2]
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[3] 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.[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]
In 2015, he was being coached by Hamish MacDonald. [10]
Recognition
In 2008 Sawyer was awarded the Most Outstanding Junior Athlete with a Disability by North Canberra Gungahlin Athletics.[11]
Between 2013 and 2014 Sawyer was given a dAIS athlete grant by the Australian Institute of Sport.[12] In 2014 and 2015 Sawyer was a given a further dAIS athlete grant by the Australian Institute of Sport.[12]
Sawyer was nominated by ACT Athletics for the 2013/14 Outstanding athlete track and field in the open male Athlete with a Disability category.[13] In addition he was nominated for the Mick Dowling Trophy Outstanding Athlete with a Disability and for the Global Award Athlete of the Year.[13]
He was a Laurel Wreath recipient at Athletics ACT for the 2013/14 season.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jayden Sawyer- Biography". IPC. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Tavenor". Lord Tavenor ACT. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- 1 2 [http://www.nswathletics.info/liveresults/2012/aa_open12/profiles/JAYDEN%20SAWYER%20TF38_93.htm> "Jayden Sawyer 2011-2012 results"]. Athletics ACT. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Jayden Sawyer". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ↑ "Paralympian gives back to sport through coaching". Australian Institute of Sport Facebook. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "North Canberra-Gungahlin Trophy Winners". North Canberra-Gungahlin Athletics. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Grant Funding Report". AIS. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Athletics ACT - Annual Report 2013/2014" (PDF). Athletics ACT. Retrieved 24 April 2015.