SMYTH Jason

Date of Birth: 4 Jul 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T13

Place of birth: LONDONDERRY

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m - T13	1

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WR	Men's 100m - T13	10.46	1 September, 2012	London (GBR)
PR	Men's 100m - T13	10.46	1 September, 2012	London (GBR)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T13 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T13 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	100m - T13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10.64
1	100m - T13	2012	London, GBR	10.46
1	Men's 200m T13	2012	London, GBR	21.05
1	100m - T13	2008	Beijing, CHN	10.62
1	Men's 200m T13	2008	Beijing, CHN	21.43
World Championships
1	100m - T13	2019	Dubai, UAE	10.54
1	100m - T13	2017	London, GBR	10.63
1	Men's 200m T13	2017	London, GBR	21.40
1	100m - T13	2015	Doha, QAT	10.62
1	100m - T13	2013	Lyon, FRA	10.61
1	Men's 200m T13	2013	Lyon, FRA	21.05
1	100m - T13	2006	Assen, NED	10.86
1	Men's 200m T13	2006	Assen, NED	22.83
European Championships
1	100m - T13	2018	Berlin, GER	10.66
1	Men's 200m T13	2018	Berlin, GER	21.44

The Goldsmyth (paralympic.org, 05 Mar 2020)

Supporting English football team Liverpool. (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 07 Nov 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Motivational Speaker

Wife Elise, daughters Evie [2015] and Lottie [2018]

Languages spoken:

Derry Track Club [DTC] [Great Britain]

Other sports:

He has represented Ireland in able-bodied athletics. He was part of the 4x100m relay team that was ranked 13th at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jul 2017)

2006 for Ireland, European Championships in Espoo, Finland (paralympic.org, 05 Mar 2020; Athlete, 20 Dec 2010)

He sustained an injury just below one of his knees in 2013. The injury caused him persistent pain and he eventually underwent surgery in 2015. (paralympic.org, 07 Jun 2019)

A back injury meant he withdrew from the 2011 World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand. (paralympic.org, 27 Jan 2011)

A back injury forced him out of Northern Ireland's team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Doctors told him that he needed at least six weeks to recover, so he withdrew because of the disruption to his preparation. He also had ongoing problems with a stress fracture. (Athlete, 20 Dec 2010; rte.ie, 19 Aug 2010)

He took up athletics at age 16 at the Derry Track Club in Northern Ireland. (paralympic.org, 05 Mar 2020)

He was spotted by a Limavady Grammar School physical education teacher named Liz Maguire, who referred him to athletics coach Stephen Maguire. "It was a school teacher who got me involved in athletics. She said that she thought that I should go to an athletics club, she saw some potential there so I told her I'd go along and see. To be honest, I wasn't too bothered about going, but I didn't really want to say no. I kind of went just to please her and that was the night I met the guy who coached me all the way up to 2012 [Olympic Games in London], Stephen." (the42.ie, 16 Aug 2018; derrycitytc.com, 20 Jul 2017; paralympics.ie, 05 Feb 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (insidethegames.biz, 17 Feb 2021; irishmirror.ie, 16 Feb 2021)

Competing at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (bbc.com, 28 Jul 2020; Paralympic Games YouTube channel, 05 Mar 2020)

English footballer Steven Gerrard, English physicist Stephen Hawking. (paralympic.org, 15 Feb 2015)

His family. (paralympic.org, 15 Feb 2015)

Philosophy:

"Believe in yourself and what you can achieve. I didn't grow in any different circumstance than anybody else, but what I did do was put myself in the best possible environment to succeed. If you believe in yourself there is no limit to where you can actually go." (bbc.com, 28 Jul 2020)

In 2009 he received an honorary doctorate from Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. (paralympic.org, 05 Mar 2020)

General Interest

Classification
T13, F13 (IPC, 18 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (paralympics.ie, 05 Feb 2016)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with Stargardt disease at age eight. The condition causes progressive vision loss. (Facebook page, 10 Sep 2019; european-athletics.org, 23 Jul 2010)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In July 2017 he was named a member of the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] athletes advisory group for Para athletics. In January 2018 he was also named a member of Paralympics Ireland's athletes' commission. (paralympics.ie, 29 Jan 2018; paralympic.org, 28 Jul 2017)

CLASSIFICATION CHANGE
His classification was changed from T13 to T12 at the 2014 European Championships in Swansea, Wales. In October 2015 his classification was switched back to the T13 class ahead of the 2015 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. "It was a surprise to me that I had been moved to a T12 and was difficult to deal with, so I'm pleased that my status as a T13 has been clarified." (paralympics.ie, 21 Oct 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/jason.smyth.737
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ParalympianJasonSmyth
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smythjason/
https://twitter.com/smyth_jason
Athlete Website: https://jasonsmyth.ie/

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PR:: Paralympic Record
WR:: World Record

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