KENZIE Deon

Date of Birth: 11 Mar 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T38

Place of birth: DEVONPORT, TAS

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : FORTH, TAS

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 1500m - T38	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 1500m - T38 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	1500m - T38	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:14.95
World Championships
1	1500m - T38	2017	London, GBR	4:06.68
2	Men's 800m T38	2017	London, GBR	2:02.15
3	1500m - T38	2019	Dubai, UAE	4:08.49
3	1500m - T38	2015	Doha, QAT	4:11.60
3	1500m - T38	2013	Lyon, FRA	4:14.21
7	Men's 800m T38	2015	Doha, QAT	2:11.58

Kenz [coach Mike Gunson gave him the name due to it being easier to shout than Deon]. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2016)

Reading, spending time with friends, going to the cinema. (athletics.com.au, 01 Jan 2018)

Languages spoken:

Philo Saunders [personal]

Other sports:

He has participated in able-bodied athletics at national level in Australia. (themercury.com.au, 16 May 2015)

2013 for Australia, World Championships in Lyon, France (paralympic.org.au, 15 Dec 2014)

He began running at age 12. (abc.net.au, 08 Jul 2015)

He played Australian rules football at school and took up running as a way to improve his fitness. Athletics coach Mike Gunson suggested he switch sports and focus on sprinting. (themercury.com.au, 16 May 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (theadvocate.com.au, 26 Feb 2019)

US distance runner Steve Prefontaine, Australian middle distance runner Nicole Perry. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2016)

His parents. (AthsAust YouTube channel, 15 Nov 2019)

His pre-competition routine involves warming up one hour beforehand, listening to the song 'Best of You' by US band Foo Fighters, and beating his chest or clapping his hands together. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2016)

Philosophy:

"Stay hungry, stay foolish." (Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2020)

In 2017 he was named Tasmanian Para Athlete of the Year in Australia. (examiner.com.au, 28 May 2017)

In 2014 he was voted U18 Athlete of the Year by Athletics Tasmania. (theadvocate.com.au, 14 Dec 2014)

In 2013 he was named Best Male Athlete at the Advocate Junior Sports Awards in Burnie, TAS, Australia. (theadvocate.com.au, 14 Dec 2014)

General Interest

Classification
T38 (IPC, 23 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (abc.net.au, 08 Jul 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (themercury.com.au, 23 Oct 2015)

Impairment Details
He has cerebral palsy, which affects the right side of his body. "It hasn't affected me to the point where I can't go out and do day-to-day activities [speaking in 2018]. I can compete as an able-bodied athlete and still train with able-bodied athletes. It's about a 1% or 2% difference where I can't get that full explosiveness of speed out of the right side of my body. In a full training week I'm probably doing more than some able-bodied athletes. And the ones I'm not, well I keep pushing my limits so I can." (myhealthrecord.gov.au, 01 Nov 2018; abc.net.au, 08 Jul 2015)

Social Media

Legend

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

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