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Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Vision impairment
Classification
T13
Further personal information
Occupation
Sales
Languages
English
Higher education
Physiotherapy - Penn State University: United States
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up athletics after meeting track coach Jack Todd at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind [SCSDB].
Why this sport?
"I was always involved in sports, football, basketball. Track just happened to be one of those things I was best at."
International debut
Year
2000
Competing for
United States
General interest
Hobbies
Wheelchair basketball, playing video games, listening to music, meeting new people. (teamusa.org, 26 Feb 2010)
Awards and honours
He won the US Association of Blind Athletes [USABA] Male Athlete of the Year in 2004. (paralympic.org, 11 Jan 2005)
Impairment
He has severe myopia, a condition that means distant objects appear blurred. "I had a family that wouldn't let me be labelled a certain way or let my vision define who I was. I grew up on a farm and had to wake at five o'clock every morning to shovel manure like everyone else did." (crsportsnews.com, 23 Apr 2009)
Results
| Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m T13 | Heat 2 | 8 | ||
| Men's 400 m T13 | Final Round | 1 | ||
| Men's 400 m T13 | Heat 1 | 1 | ||
| Men's 200 m T13 | Final Round | 5 | ||
| Men's 200 m T13 | Heat 1 | 5 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m T13 | Final Round | 8 | ||
| Men's 400 m T13 | Heat 1 | 4 | ||
| Men's 200 m T13 | Heat 1 | 4 | ||
| Men's 100 m T13 | Final Round | 7 | ||
| Men's 100 m T13 | Heat 2 | 3 | ||
| Men's 4x100 m T11-13 | Heat 2 | 9999 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4x100 m T11-13 | Heat 3 | 3 | ||
| Men's 400 m T13 | Final Round | 1 | ||
| Men's 200 m T13 | Final Round | 9999 | ||
| Men's 200 m T13 | Heat 1 | 2 | ||
| Men's 100 m T13 | Final Round | 1 | ||
| Men's 100 m T13 | Heat 2 | 1 |