Background
Sawyer was born on 26 September 1993 and has cerebral palsy.
Sawyer was born on 26 September 1993 and has cerebral palsy.
He attended Gold Creek School, Canberra.
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.