Jake Michel

Jake Michel (born 19 September 1997)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal.

Jake Michel
Jake Michel in 2019
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classSB14
ClubCarina Leagues Clem Jones Swim Club
Coached byBrian Glass
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Australia
Paralympics Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo100 m breaststroke SB14
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Madeira100 m breaststroke SB14
Silver medal – second place2022 MadeiraMixed 4 × 100 m medley relay S14
Gold medal – first place2023 ManchesterMixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 49 pts
Bronze medal – third place2023 Manchester100 m breaststroke SB14

Personal

Michel was born on 19 September 1997 and has an intellectual disability. He is 6 ft 7 in tall. He attended Gumdale State School and Seton College in Brisbane.[2]

Swimming career

Michel is a breaststroke specialist and classified as SB14. His Paralympic swimming career started in 2014 and he was selected in Australian Dolphins’ development squad in 2018. His first international competition was the 2018 Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships in Cairns, QLD, where he blitzed the field in the men's 100 m breaststroke SB4-9/11-13 heats but was not eligible to compete in the final due to being a development squad member. At the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships, in Adelaide, he won gold in a Men's 50 m and 100 m Breaststroke Multi-Class events.[3]

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London he finished fourth in the men's 100 m breaststroke SB14 in an Oceania record. At the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials in Adelaide, his 1:04.35 set an Australian 100 m Breaststroke SB14 record.[4]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, in his only event, Michel won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14.[5][6] His time of 1:04.28 was less than one second behind the gold medal winner Naohide Yamaguchi of Japan.[7]

At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira,[8] Michel won two silver medals - Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14 and Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay S14. [9]

References
  1. "Jake Michel". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. "Michel closes in on major marks". Wynnum Herald. 14 March 2019.
  3. "Jake Michel". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. "Jake Michel l Australian Record Breaking Moment | 2021 Australian Swimming Trials". Youtube. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. "Jake Michel". Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. "Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  8. "Grant Patterson". 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. "Dolphins Create Australian Swimming History In Portugal". Swimming Australia. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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