Jaydin Blackwell
Jaydin Blackwell (born March 16, 2004) is an American T38 Paralympic sprint runner.[1]
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| Born | March 16, 2004 Oak Park, Michigan, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Cerebral palsy | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T38 | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
On May 25, 2023, Blackwell was selected to represent the United States at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, where he made his international debut.[2] He won a gold medal in the 100 metres T38 event with a championship record time of 10.92.[3][4] He also won a gold medal in the 400 metres T38 event with a world record time of 48.49.[5]
Personal life
Blackwell was born premature at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound, 9 ounces, and has cerebral palsy.[6][7]
References
- "Jaydin Blackwell". paralympic.org. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- Gowdy, Kristen (May 25, 2023). "Forty-Five Athletes Selected To Represent Team USA At 2023 World Para Athletics Championships". teamusa.org. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- "Monday 10 July: New records at Charléty". wpaparis23.org. July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- "Blackwell, Malone crowned world champions on Team USA's five-medal second day". highlandcountypress.com. July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- "Canada's Smeenk, Gingras, Papaconstantinou race to Para athletics worlds medals". CBC.ca. July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- Clowers, Jania (July 7, 2023). "Oak Park's Jaydin Blackwell isn't letting cerebral palsy slow him down on track". The Detroit News. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- "Oak Park's Jaydin Blackwell overcomes cerebral palsy, family tragedy to run all over the world". Detroit Free Press. July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
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