Jarryd Wallace
 Wallace at the 2015 Parapan American Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 15, 1990 Athens, Georgia, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lea Wallace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ken Harnden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jarryd Wallace (born May 15, 1990) is an American T44 Paralympic sprint runner who won the 100 m event at the 2011 and 2015 Parapan American Games. He is a student in sport management at the University of Georgia.[2]
Career
Wallace was born to Jeff and Sabina Wallace and has an elder sister Brittany. He began running as an able-bodied athlete, but lost his right leg after developing compartment syndrome. He won gold medals in the 100 m at the 2011 and 2015 Parapan American Games and qualified for the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.[1][3] His 4 × 100 m T42–46 relay teams were disqualified on both occasions, while individually he placed sixth over 400 m in 2012 and fifth over 100 m in 2016.[4]
References
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- 1 2 3 Jarryd Wallace Archived October 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. teamusa.org
- ↑ "Jarryd Wallace", london2012.com, archived from the original on August 30, 2012
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Rosewater, Amy (August 4, 2012), American blade runner: Jarryd Wallace, archived from the original on August 6, 2012, retrieved September 23, 2012
- ↑ Jarryd Wallace Archived September 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
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- 1990 births
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- Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Track and field athletes from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- American men sprinters
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Sportspeople from Athens, Georgia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Parapan American Games