Lex Gillette

Lex ["No one pronounced my given name correctly so I decided to shorten Elexis to Lex"]. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; teamusa.org, 07 Nov 2019)

Singing, playing the piano, writing lyrics, reading, travelling, sports, watching movies, attending concerts, collecting Nike Air Jordan shoes. (teamusa.org, 27 May 2020, 19 Sep 2016; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Winning gold in the T11 long jump at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

His mother. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

US basketball player Michael Jordan. (teamusa.org, 27 May 2020)

He sustained a calf muscle injury in 2013 that kept him out of action for more than one month. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

In 2012 he sustained a quadriceps muscle injury that took him two months to recover from. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

"No need for sight when you have a vision." (Twitter profile, 26 Feb 2021)

In 2015 he received an Athletes in Excellence Award from the Foundation for Global Sports Development, in recognition of his work as a mentor to children. (teamusa.org, 25 Nov 2015)

He was named the 2014 Roger McCarville Male Athlete of the Year by the Athletes with Disabilities Network [ADN] in the United States of America. (lexgillette.com, 01 Oct 2014)

In 2009 he received the African-American Association of Georgia [AAAG] Life Encouragement Award in the United States of America. (lexgillette.com, 14 May 2011)

In 2009 he received the Greater Raleigh Sports Council Courage and Character Award in the United States of America. (lexgillette.com, 14 May 2011)

In 2008 he received the Kay Yow Courage Award in North Carolina, United States of America. (lexgillette.com, 14 May 2011)

He was named the 2003 Raleigh News and Observer Male Athlete of the Year in North Carolina, United States of America. (lexgillette.com, 14 May 2011)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (lexgillette.com, 17 Sep 2019)

At age three doctors discovered he had a cataract in his left eye. During recovery from his treatment he sustained a detached retina and lost all the vision in his left eye. At age eight his vision began to deteriorate in his right eye. (nytimes.com, 22 Jul 2012; teamusa.org, 22 Nov 2015)

LOS ANGELES 2028 LOGO
He designed one of the variations of the logo for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. The Games organisers invited athletes, artists and other public figures to contribute versions of the 'A' in 'LA', with the initial designs revealed in 2020. (insidethegames.biz, 01 Sep 2020; itsnicethat.com, 02 Sep 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has mentored children through Classroom Champions, an international virtual education and mentorship organisation. "It was really important for me to have that person there who could give me some guidance and advice and just teach me about life and things that I would need to be successful. Somebody did that for me, so it's my responsibility to turn around and help these kids have that same opportunity so they can go out there and do amazing things." (teamusa.org, 25 Nov 2015; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a master's degree in business administration at the University of Phoenix in the United States of America. (lexgillette.com, 18 Apr 2014)