Jaydin Blackwell

Jaydin Blackwell
Blackwell at the 2024 Paralympic Games
Personal information
Born (2004-03-16) March 16, 2004 (age 20)
Oak Park, Michigan, U.S.
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
DisabilityCerebral palsy
Disability classT38
EventSprints
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing the  United States
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m T38
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 400 m T38
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 100 m T38
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 400 m T38
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 100 m T38
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 400 m T38

Jaydin Blackwell (born March 16, 2004) is an American T38 Paralympic sprint runner.[1] He is a two-time Paralympic gold medalist.

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]

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]

Personal life

Jaydin Blackwell winning at the 100 metres T38 final (2024 Summer Paralympics).

Blackwell was born premature at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound, 9 ounces, and has cerebral palsy.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Jaydin Blackwell". paralympic.org. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Monday 10 July: New records at Charléty". wpaparis23.org. July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Blackwell, Malone crowned world champions on Team USA's five-medal second day". highlandcountypress.com. July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "Canada's Smeenk, Gingras, Papaconstantinou race to Para athletics worlds medals". CBC.ca. July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "The self-described 'Noah Lyles of Para track and field' has secured 2 gold medals". Deseret News. September 4, 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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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