Jaydin Blackwell

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Jaydin Blackwell
Jaydin Blackwell 2024 (cropped).jpg
Blackwell at the 2024 Paralympic Games
Personal information
Born (2004-03-16) March 16, 2004 (age 21)
Oak Park, Michigan, U.S.
Sport
Sport Para athletics
Disability Cerebral palsy
Disability class T38
Event
 Sprints
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 100 m T38
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Paris 400 m T38
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Paris 100 m T38
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Paris 400 m T38
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Kobe 100 m T38
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Kobe 400 m T38
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 New Delhi 100 m T38
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 New Delhi 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, and six-time World Champion.

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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 seconds. [3] [4] He also won a gold medal in the 400 metres T38 event with a world record time of 48.49 seconds. [5]

In May 2024, he competed at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the 100 meters T38 event with a World Para Athletics Championships record time of 10.86 seconds. [6] He also won a gold medal in the 400 metres T38 event with a time of 48.87 seconds. [7] He then represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won gold medals in both the 100 metres T38 and the 400 metres T38 events. [8]

He competed at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the 100 meters T38 event with championship record time of 10.70 seconds. [9] He also won a gold medal in the 400 metres T38 event with a world record time of 48.00 seconds. [10]

Personal life

Blackwell winning the 100 metres T38 final during the 2024 Summer Paralympics. STADE DE FRANCE PARALYMPICS GAMES JEUX PARALYMPIQUES WORLD RECORD 100m mens T38 (53962744608).jpg
Blackwell winning the 100 metres T38 final during the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Blackwell was born premature at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound, 9 ounces, and has cerebral palsy. [11] [12]

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. ↑ "Blackwell Claims First Gold for Team USA on Day 2". usparatf.org. September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Blackwell Smashes World Record to Win Second Gold As U.S. Claims Three More Medals". usparatf.org. October 1, 2025. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "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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