PILLAY Tyrone

South Africa
Athletics
1 May 1980
41
Male
F63
DURBAN
 
South Africa
DURBAN
 
South Africa

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's Shot Put - F63 8

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Standing Shot Put
Men's Shot Put - F63 Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
3Shot Put - F422016Rio de Janeiro, BRA13.91
World Championships
4Shot Put - F422015Doha, QAT12.96
4Shot Put - F422013Lyon, FRA12.56
5Shot Put - F422017London, GBR12.92
7Shot Put - F632019Dubai, UAE13.36
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Ty, The Hulk, Gentle Giant (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012; eadp.co.za, 01 Jan 2016; toyota.co.za, 01 Jan 2017)
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Fitness, Pilates, travelling, playing tennis, playing video games, photography, watching television. (Instagram profile, 02 Apr 2021; Facebook profile, 25 Feb 2021; eadp.co.za, 01 Jan 2016)
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Athlete, Information Technology, Motivational Speaker
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Commerce - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, RSA
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Afrikaans, Zulu, English
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2011 for South Africa, World Games in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)
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He injured his right shoulder in 2011. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)
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He was inspired to take up the sport after watching the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Although he initially had no coach, he used video tutorials to help himself learn. (beautifulnews.news24.com, 29 Apr 2017; Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)
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"I played able-bodied cricket for 12 years but there was never an opportunity for an athlete with an impairment to progress. I realised that I needed to get into athletics as it was something that I did when I was in school." (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (iol.co.za, 30 Aug 2019; Instagram profile, 11 Jan 2021)
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He likes to incorporate Pilates into his training. (Instagram profile, 11 Mar 2021)
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Winning a bronze medal in the F42 shot put at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He dedicated the medal to his mother, who was suffering from cancer at the time. (tokyo2020.org, 08 Oct 2020; sport24.co.za, 13 Sep 2016)
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His parents. (eadp.co.za, 01 Jan 2016)
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"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it." (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)
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He was named the 2014 KwaZulu-Natal Sports Personality of the Year in Durban, South Africa. (ossur.co.za, 10 Oct 2014)

General Interest

Classification
T63, F63 (IPC, 07 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (kznathlete.co.za, 04 Apr 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (kznathlete.co.za, 04 Apr 2012)

Impairment Details
His left leg was amputated above the knee because he was born with an impairment to his foot. (kznathlete.co.za, 04 Apr 2012)

General
TOKYO FINALE
He plans to retire from competitive sport after the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo but says his aim of finishing his career on a high note was impacted by the postponement of the Games. "COVID-19 has surely affected the way of life and has changed norms around the world. Sport has not been spared and my training regime has been affected. In March, before the Games were postponed, I was at the peak of my fitness and competitiveness. With the postponement of the Games, I definitely need to re-evaluate myself and focus on what I can. I plan to work as hard as I possibly can and give it my best shot for the last time in my sporting career." (tokyo2020.org, 08 Oct 2020)

MUSEUM DISPLAY
In 2019 the shirt he wore when he won bronze in the F42 shot put event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was displayed at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. "What an honour to have my Paralympic shirt on display at the Olympic Museum. From the kid that no one thought would reach his dream, to now being in history forever." (iol.co.za, 30 Aug 2019; Facebook page, 24 Aug 2019)

BIOMECHANICS PROJECT
In 2018 he participated as a model in a biomechanics project at the Wits Physiotherapy Movement Analysis Laboratory at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in South Africa. He practised shot put while wearing a motion-tracking suit loaded with sensors that produced animations of his movements in real time. He said that the project would help his training. "The data was actually very good and it was readable to us [his coaching team]. It's not like I have to read a 100-page document to figure out what I need to do." (medgadget.com, 06 Feb 2019; xsens.com, 27 Nov 2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2009 he began serving as an ambassador for Jumping Kids, a non-profit organisation that provides prosthetics for South African children living with lower extremity amputations. He has also worked as an IT specialist for Toyota, and as a motivational speaker. (Instagram profile, 02 Apr 2021; global.toyota, 16 Nov 2018; jumpingkids.org.za, 2016, 04 Feb 2015)

Legend
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