Jaydin Blackwell
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Jaydin Blackwell (born March 16, 2004) is an American T38 Paralympic sprint runner.[1] He is a two-time Paralympic gold medalist.
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| Born | March 16, 2004 (age 20) Oak Park, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Cerebral palsy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
During the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships he won a gold medal in the 100 meters T38 event with a World Para Athletics Championships record time of 10.86.[6] He also won a gold medal in the 400 metres T38 event with a time of 48.87.[7] At the 2024 Summer Paralympics Blackwell won the gold medal in both the 100 metres T38 and the 400 metres T38.[8]
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Blackwell was born premature at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound, 9 ounces, and has cerebral palsy.[9][10]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Gowdy, Kristen (May 18, 2024). "Blackwell, Loccident set Championship Records, Team USA Earns Three Medals on Day Two in Kobe". usparatf.org. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ Gowdy, Kristen (May 21, 2024). "Led by Blackwell's second gold, Team USA Earns Five Medals, Two Double Podiums, On Day Five in Kobe". usparatf.org. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "The self-described 'Noah Lyles of Para track and field' has secured 2 gold medals". Deseret News. September 4, 2024.
- ^ 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.