Brayden Davidson

Brayden Davidson

2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997
Sport
Club Hills Districts Athletics Club: Australia
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Track and Field
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio Men's long jump T36
IPC World Championships
2015 Doha Long jump - T36

Brayden Davidson (born 25 October 1997) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes mainly in the T36 classification events.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.[2] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the gold medal in the Men's Long Jump T36.[3][4]

Personal

Davidson was born on 25 October 1997 and has mild cerebral palsy.[5] He has attended Reynella East College in Adelaide.[6]

Sporting career

In September 2011, Davidson attended an Australian Paralympic Committee talent search day at Santos Stadium.[5] He then qualified for the junior national championships in four events and went on to win a silver in the 400 and a bronze in the long jump, at the junior national championships the year after he won 4 gold medals in the 100m,200m,400m and long jump.[5]

Davidson was awarded a Talented Athlete Award and a Paralympic Scholarship by the South Australian Sports Institute in 2013.[7] He then went on to compete in the T36 classification in long jump at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships[5] where he came fourth in the finals.[1] Whilst still at the world championships Davidson was selected to compete in the T36 Men's 100m at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in London where he came fourth.[8]

At the 2014 Australian Athletics Championships held in Melbourne, Davidson won silver in the men's 200m and long jump ambulant events.[9]

In March 2015 Davidson competed at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships held in Sydney.[10] He won gold in long jump, 100m and 400m and achieved a personal best and a new Australian record in the T36 class for long jump.[10][11] Davidson then went on to win gold and achieved a world record in the men's ambulant long jump at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane.[12] He also won silver in the men's 200m ambulant[13] and he reached the finals in the men's 100m ambulant event.[14] These results have made him an A-Qualifier for the International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in Doha.[11] Davidson is now aiming to compete at the 2016 Paralympic Games.[15]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he won the bronze medal in the Men's Long Jump T36. Davidson dedicated the medal to his grandmother, who encouraged him to become involved in athletics as a child.[2]

Davidson won the gold medal in the Men's Long Jump T38 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics with a jump of 5.62 m, a personal best by 11cm. He won the gold medal on a count back due to having the second best jump. He dedicated his win to his late grandparents who were central to his pursuit of para-sport.[16]

He is coached by Lynn Larson.

Recognition

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete Biographies - Brayden Davidson". IPC. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Doha2015". Athletics Australia website. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brayden Davidson". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Turner, Matt. "Woodcroft athlete Brayden Davidson off to International Paralympic Committee World Championships". Adelaide Now - Messenger. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Draper, Jo. "Student Brayden Davidson – Paralympian". Reynella East College. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "2013 Highlights" (PDF). South Australian Sports Institute. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "SAINSBURY'S ANNIVERSARY GAMES - LIVE RESULTS". British Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "92nd Australian Athletics Championships Results" (PDF). Athletics Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 "2015 Australian Junior Championships Results". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Australian Juniors". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "World records to Davidson & Donovan open Australian Athletics Championships with bang". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "93rd Australian Athletics Championships Results". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "93rd Australian Athletics Championships- Men's 100m Ambulant". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  15. ↑ Turner, Matt. "Woodcroft athlete Brayden Davidson off to International Paralympic Committee World Championships". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "2016 Rio Paralympics: Long jumper Brayden Davidson clinches gold with new record". News.com.au. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "2015 SASI Awards". South Australian Sports Institute website. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "2016 SASI Award Winners". South Australian Sports Institute website. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.