Jayden Warn
Australian wheelchair rugby player (born 1994)
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Jayden Warn OAM (born 23 May 1994) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics as a member of the Australian Steelers and competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]
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| National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Warn was born 23 May 1994 and lives in Warragul, Victoria.[3] At the age of 16, he was in a serious car accident as a passenger when a vehicle collided with the passenger side of the car leaving Warn with lifelong injuries.[4] He shattered six vertebrates in his neck and back.[4] He attended Warragul Regional College.[5]
He made his debut for the Australian Steelers in 2013.
He was a member of the Australian team that won its first world championship gold medal at the 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships at Odense, Denmark.[6][7]
Warn was a member of the team that retained its gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics after defeating the United States 59–58 in the final.[8]
At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia, he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61–62 in the gold medal game.[9]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Steelers finished fourth after being defeated by Japan 52–60 in the bronze medal game.COVID travel restrictions led to Steelers not having a team training since March 2020 prior to Tokyo.[10]
He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2017.[11]
