Josiah Jamison

Josiah Jamison

Jamison at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Personal information
Born	(1982-08-18) August 18, 1982 (age 42) Vance, South Carolina, U.S.
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	T12
Event	Sprint
Medal record Representing  United States Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 100 m T12 IPC World Championships 2006 100 m T12 2011 Christchurch 100 m T12 2013 4 × 100 m T11–13 Parapan American Games 2007 Rio 400 m T12 2007 Rio 100 m T12 2007 Rio 200 m T12 2015 Toronto 100 m T12

Josiah Jamison (born August 18, 1982) is a visually impaired American sprint runner. He has retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary eye disease that affects peripheral and night vision. He began racing at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in Spartanburg and won a gold medal for the United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the 100 m T12 event. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, but was disqualified in both the 100 m and 200 m heats for violating a newly implemented rule that a guide may not separate from the runner farther than 50 cm; his 4 × 100 m relay team also failed to finish at those Paralympics. ^[2] At the world championships Jamison won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal between 2006 and 2013. ^{[1] [3]}

References

1. Josiah Jamison. toronto2015.org
2. Phil Sarata (September 16, 2012) Paralympian disqualified, says he's still pursuing goals. thetandd.com
3. Josiah Jamison. teamusa.org