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| Born | 7 October 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sprinting, long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T38 | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 200m, long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Paralympic finals | 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Commonwealth finals | 2023 Youth | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Madeline Down (born 7 October 2007) [1] is a British athlete, who won the 100 metres T38 and long jump events at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games. She competed the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Down trains at Halesowen Athletics Club, [2] and has been a part of the British Athletics Paralympic Futures Programme. [3]
At the 2022 Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix, Down came third in the 60 metres event. [4] In early 2023, Down had an L5 stress fracture in her back. [5]
At the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, Down won both the 100 metres T38 and long jump events; it was the first time that parasports had been included at the Commonwealth Youth Games. [5] It was her first international competition. [3] She was later nominated for the 2023 SportsAid One-To-Watch award. [5] In 2024, she won the long jump events at the English Indoor and Outdoor Championships. [2]
Down was selected for the 100 metres T38 and long jump events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics; [6] it was her first Paralympic Games appearance. [7] In the 100 metres event, she qualified for the final after a personal best time of 12.98s in the heats. She finished eighth in the final. [8] In the T38 long jump she finished in 6th place with a PB of 4.81 metres.
Down has attended the University of Birmingham School; [4] her Paralympics attendance was just after she completed her GCSEs. [6] She was inspired to compete in athletics after watching the 2012 Summer Paralympics at the age of 4. [6] Down has cerebral palsy. [9]
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