STANLEY Liam

Canada

Athletics

Date of Birth: 12 Jun 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T37

Place of birth: VICTORIA, BC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : VICTORIA, BC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 1500m - T38	5

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location

Schedule

Change

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	1500m - T37	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:16.72
World Championships
2	1500m - T37	2017	London, GBR	4:37.96
5	1500m - T38	2019	Dubai, UAE	4:10.78
7	Men's 800m T38	2017	London, GBR	2:05.48
8	400m - T37	2019	Dubai, UAE	55.46

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Prairie Inn Harriers [Victoria, BC, CAN]

Coach:

Bruce Deacon [personal], CAN

Sporting relatives:

His younger brother Jack has competed in athletics for the Prairie Inn Harriers Youth Team [PIHYT] in Victoria, BC, Canada. (athleticsillustrated.com, 12 Aug 2016)

Other sports:

He represented Canada in Para football [seven-a-side] at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. He has also competed in able-bodied ironman events, including the 2020 Hatley Castle 8K as part of the Vancouver Island Race Series in Canada. (paralympic.ca, 15 Aug 2015; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; athleticsillustrated.com, 23 Feb 2020)

Start:

He took up the sport at age 18 in Victoria, BC, Canada. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Reason:

He decided to focus on running after Canada failed to qualify a Para football [seven-a-side] team for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (athleticsillustrated.com, 12 Aug 2016)

Ambition:

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (timescolonist.com, 12 Sep 2016)

Memorable:

Claiming the silver medal in the T37 1500m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 15 Nov 2019)

Award:

In 2018 he won the Sport BC Athlete of the Year Award in the Athlete with a Disability category. (britishcolumbiagolf.org, 04 Apr 2018)

He was named 2017 Ambulatory Athlete of the Year by Athletics Canada. (Athletics Canada Twitter page, 17 May 2018)

He was named Canadian Para Footballer of the Year in 2013 and 2014. (paralympic.ca, 15 Aug 2015)

He was named British Columbia Youth Footballer of the Year in 2013. (paralympic.ca, 15 Aug 2015)

General Interest

Classification
T37 (IPC, 08 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
The right side of his body is affected by cerebral palsy due to a stroke at birth. (runningmagazine.ca, 11 Sep 2016; Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

General
FOOTBALL TO ATHLETICS
After Canada failed to qualify a Para football [seven-a-side] team for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, his Para athletics coach, Bruce Deacon, offered him another chance to compete at the Games. "When it looked like the soccer team wouldn't qualify for Rio we made a deal. If they qualified, I would leave him alone to focus on soccer, but if they failed to qualify he would focus on athletics," said coach Deacon. (athleticsillustrated.com, 12 Aug 2016)

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Legend

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

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