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Ian Speed

Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
T12, F12

Further personal information

Higher education
Law

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up the sport in 1995.

International debut

Year
2006
Competing for
Australia

General interest

Nicknames
Speedie (paralympic.org.au, 09 May 2012)
Hero / Idol
British middle distance runner Sebastian Coe, US Paralympic middle distance runner Marla Runyan. (paralympic.org.au, 09 May 2012)
Impairment
He has a visual impairment that comes from an eye condition known as retinitis pigmentosa, which has left him with almost no peripheral vision. (paralympic.org.au, 09 May 2012)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 400 m T12 Heat 4 2
Men's 400 m T12 Heat 1 2
Men's 800 m T12 Heat 1 4
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 800 m T12 Heat 2 4
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 800 m T12 Semifinal 2 2013-07-21 9999
Men's 1500 m T12 Final 1 2013-07-25 5