Jayden Sawyer

Background

Sawyer was born on 26 September 1993 and has cerebral palsy.

Education

He attended Gold Creek School, Canberra.

Career

Sawyer was originally coached by Chris Timson and resides in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. 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.

In 2015, he was being coached by Hamish MacDonald.

In 2008 Sawyer was awarded the Most Outstanding Junior Athlete with a Disability by North Canberra Gungahlin Athletics.

Between 2013 and 2014 Sawyer was given a dAIS athlete grant by the Australian Institute of Sport. In 2014 and 2015 Sawyer was a given a further dAIS athlete grant by the Australian Institute of Sport.

Sawyer was nominated by ACT Athletics for the 2013/14 Outstanding athlete track and field in the open male Athlete with a Disability category. He was a Laurel Wreath recipient at Athletics ACT for the 2013/14 season.

Achievements

• He won a bronze medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. In 2011, Sawyer competed in the Australian Athletics Championships where he won a gold and bronze in javelin and shot put. 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. At the 2013 Australian Athletics Championships, in Sydney, Sawyer won gold in the men"s ambulant javelin throw event. 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. Sawyer won gold in the men"s ambulant javelin throw at the 2014 Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne by throwing the javelin 42.58m. In Brisbane at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships Sawyer won gold in the T/F38 men"s ambulant javelin. In addition he was nominated for the Mick Dowling Trophy Outstanding Athlete with a Disability and for the Global Award Athlete of the Year.