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Jacob Dahl

Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Classification
F54

Further personal information

Residence
Aarhus, DEN
Occupation
Occupational Therapist
Languages
Danish, English
Higher education
Occupational Therapy - VIA University College: Aarhus, DEN

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
After becoming paralysed in 2001, he first took up wheelchair basketball. He began training seriously for athletics in 2009.
Why this sport?
Wheelchair basketball and sports gave him something to focus on.
Club / Team
Aarhus 1900: Denmark
Name of coach
Joachim Lund [national], DEN

General interest

Other sports
He has played wheelchair basketball in the Spanish, Italian and Swedish leagues. (dhif.dk, 22 Mar 2006)
Impairment
He required a routine operation in 2001. There was a problem during surgery, and when he woke up in the hospital he was paralysed from the waist down. (dhif.dk, 22 Mar 2006)

Results

Unit Date Rank
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F54-56 Final Round 2012-09-01 12
Men's Javelin F54-56 Final Round 2012-09-08 14
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F54/55 Final 1 2013-07-27 7