LEE Jordan

Ireland

Athletics

Date of Birth: 1 Jul 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T47

Place of birth: CORK

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : KILLARNEY

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's High Jump - T47	9

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump	Men's High Jump - T47 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
6	High Jump - T47	2019	Dubai, UAE	1.87
European Championships
3	High Jump - T47	2018	Berlin, GER	1.75
4	High Jump - T47	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	1.87

Nickname:

Man on a Mission. [I always have goals and missions that I'm trying to achieve."] (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

Hobbies:

Playing video games, reading comics, watching films, spending time with family and friends. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019, 19 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Health Studies, Sport Studies - Munster Technology University, Ireland

Family:

Partner Madie

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Killarney Valley AC [Ireland]

Coach:

Tomas Griffin [personal, club, national], IRL, from 2018

Other sports:

He represented Ireland in able-bodied basketball at U15 youth level. He has also competed in able-bodied athletics at national level in Ireland. (punditarena.com, 06 Nov 2019; Athlete, 20 Aug 2018, 19 Aug 2021)

Debut:

2017 for Ireland, Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018)

Start:

He first tried Para athletics at age 17 at a talent identification day organised by Paralympics Ireland. He began competing in June 2017. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019, 19 Aug 2021; punditarena.com, 06 Nov 2019; the42.ie, 06 Nov 2019)

Reason:

Originally involved in able-bodied basketball, he was encouraged to try Para athletics after a chance meeting with Irish Para sprinter Jason Smyth in December 2016. "He encouraged me to go to the Paralympic expo that was on in the following January so I said I'd go and see what it was like. After a couple of months, I decided on the high jump, partly because of my background in basketball where I always had a relatively decent jump. I tried it out and was good at it." (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019; punditarena.com, 06 Nov 2019)

Ambition:

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

Memorable:

Finishing fourth in able-bodied high jump at the 2019 National Championships in Ireland. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

Hero:

Irish Para sprinter Jason Smyth. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

Influence:

Irish Para sprinter Jason Smyth, coach Tomas Griffin, and his parents. (Cork Sports Partnership YouTube channel, 18 Jan 2021; Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

Ritual:

He has motivational quotes and messages on his running spikes. (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"If there's an obstacle in your way, that's not the end of the road. Obstacles are there to be jumped over, which in my case I literally have to jump over those obstacles." (Cork Sports Partnership YouTube channel, 18 Jan 2021)

"100% or nothing." (Athlete, 19 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
T47, F46 (IPC, 17 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born without his left forearm due to amniotic band syndrome. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2019; independent.ie, 25 May 2019)

General
BASKETBALL TO PARA ATHLETICS
He played able-bodied basketball before taking up Para athletics. He began training with coach Tomas Griffin, who had never worked with an athlete with an impairment before. "He was really open and accepting of trying new things and methodologies to our training regime, because there isn't exactly a handbook on how to teach one-handed high jumpers. We were going with the flow, seeing what would happen and ultimately it paid off in various different ways. Tomas has been a great guy by my side. Playing basketball, every single person on the court has a different shooting technique, whether you're able-bodied or impaired. That's just the way it is. Everybody has their own way of doing things and everybody is going to be different in that sense. Tomas realised that from the get-go and never once thought it was a bad thing. That's why we have a great relationship." (Cork Sports Partnership YouTube channel, 18 Jan 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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