 Blackwell at the 2024 Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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]
Blackwell was born premature at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound, 9 ounces, and has cerebral palsy. [9] [10]
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