Ari Gesini

Ari Gesini (born 23 December 2001) is an Australian Paralympic athlete in the T38 class. Ari competes in the long jump and 100m sprint. He made his Paralympic debut at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[1]

Ari Gesini
Ari Gesini in 2019
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2001-12-23) 23 December 2001
Canberra, Australia
Sport
Country Australia
SportPara-Athletics
Event(s)T38 Long jump
ClubACT Para-Athletics Talent Squad
Coached bySebastian Kuzminski and Iryna Dvoskina
Achievements and titles
World finalsWorld Para-Athletics Championships 2019, Dubai
Personal best(s)6.21m

Personal

Ari Gesini was born on 23 December 2001. He was diagnosed with left-sided hemiplegic cerebral palsy at age three. He lives in Canberra and attended Telopea Park School (Lycee Franco-Australian de Canberra) from 2007 to 2017. He also attended Narrabundah College from 2018 to 2019.[2] Gesini is currently studying a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Canberra.[3]

Athletics

Gesini commenced participating in sport to assist his coordination and mobility. He is classified as a T38 athlete. His first athletics coach in Canberra was Chris Timpson. At the age of thirteen, Iryna Dvoskina invited Gesini to join her elite para-athletics squad based at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

Gesini won the gold medal in the Men's Long Jump T35-38 at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland. At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, he finished fourth with a jump of 6.16 m, an Oceanic record, and 12th in the Men's 100m T38 with a PB of 12.05 seconds.[3]

Ari holding photo of his father
Australian athlete Ari Gesini with a photo of his dad, Steve, who died in June 2021, a few months before Gesini competed at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

In 2022 Ari holds the T38 long jump Oceanic Record of 6.21m, which he jumped at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in Mackay.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he finished seventh in his heat of the Men's 100m T38 and 11th in the Men's Long Jump T38.[4]

In 2022, he is coached by Iryna Dvoskina and Sebastian Kuzminski at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.[5]

Recognition
  • Gesini was awarded the Chief Minister's Sporting Award in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
  • In 2014/15, he was named Youth Para Athlete of the Season by Athletics ACT.[5]
  • In 2020, he was awarded a Tier 1 Scholarship within the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship & Mentoring Program and paired with SAHOF Member George Gregan.[3]

References
  1. "Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. "IB Alumni. Ari G : IB Cohort 2019". Narrabundah College. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. "Ari Gesini - Scholarship". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. "Ari Gesini". Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  5. "Ari Gesini". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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