Jayden Sawyer
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Jayden Sawyer (born 26 September 1993) is an Australian para athlete who competes mainly in the F38 category in throwing events.[1] He won has won gold and bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships.[1] He competed at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics.[2]
Sawyer was born on 26 September 1993 and has cerebral palsy.[1] He attended Gold Creek School, Canberra. Sawyer was originally coached by Chris Timson[3] and resides in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.[1] He holds a Certificate III in Hospitality.
Sporting career
In 2011, Sawyer competed in the Australian Athletics Championships where he won a gold and bronze in javelin and shot put.[4] Sawyer competed in the men's javelin events and shot put in the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne he won gold and came 4th respectively.[4] At the 2013 Australian Athletics Championships, in Sydney, Sawyer won gold in the men's ambulant javelin throw event.[5]
Sawyer qualified for the F37/38 javelin throw and F38 shot put 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, where he won bronze and came sixth respectively.[1]
Sawyer won gold in the men's ambulant javelin throw at the 2014 Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne by throwing the javelin 42.58m.[6] In Brisbane at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships Sawyer won gold in the T/F38 men's ambulant javelin.[7]
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he finished fourth in the Men's Javelin F38 with a personal best throw of personal best of 45.78m. .[8]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Sawyer finished fifth in the Men's Javelin F38 with a throw of 45.63.[9]
Sawyer won the gold medal in the Men's Javelin F38 with a world record throw of 52.96m at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England.[10] The throw was a personal best by 4.5m.[10]
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, he came fifth in the Men's Javelin F38.[11]
Sawyer then competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, coming 7th in the Javelin F38.[12]
He is coached by Mike Barber.[10]
