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Jordan Bird

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United States of America
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
T54

Further personal information

Residence
Tucson, AZ, USA
Occupation
Student
Higher education
Computer Science - University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ, USA

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up the sport at age five.
Why this sport?
He started athletics at the suggestion of a rehabilitation specialist.
Name of coach
Cathy Sellers [national]
Coach from which country?
United States

General interest

Hobbies
Video games, movies, hanging out with friends. (jordanbird.com, 28 Jun 2007)
Impairment
At age two, he was involved in a car accident that resulted in him becoming paralysed from the waist down. His father was killed in the crash. (jordanbird.com, 28 Jun 2007)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m T54 Heat 3 5
Men's 4x400 m T53-54 Heat 3 4
Men's 4x100 m T53-54 Final Round 2
Men's 4x100 m T53-54 Heat 2 1
Men's 1500 m T54 Heat 1 7
Men's 1500 m T54 Heat 2 1
Men's 800 m T54 Final Round 6
Men's 800 m T54 Heat 2 4
Men's 800 m T54 Heat 2 2
Men's 400 m T54 Final Round 7
Men's 400 m T54 Heat 1 4
Men's 400 m T54 Heat 4 3
Men's 200 m T54 Heat 1 5
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 800 m T54 Heat 1 2011-01-22 1
Men's 800 m T54 Final 2011-01-23 4
Men's 200 m T54 Heat 2 2011-01-24 2
Men's 4x400 m T54 Heat 1 2011-01-24 2
Men's 1500 m T53/54 Heat 3 2011-01-25 3
Men's 200 m T54 Semifinal 2 2011-01-25 2
Men's 1500 m T53/54 Final 2011-01-26 6
Men's 200 m T54 Final 2011-01-26 5
Men's 400 m T54 Heat 1 2011-01-27 2
Men's 400 m T54 Semifinal 2 2011-01-27 4
Men's 4x400 m T54 Final 2011-01-29 4
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 400 m T54 Heat 2 2012-09-05 6
Men's 800 m T54 Heat 3 2012-09-05 2
Men's 800 m T54 Final Round 2012-09-06 6
Men's 4x400 m T53/54 Heat 2 2012-09-08 3