GORE Jonathan

United States of America

Date of Birth: 8 Sep 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T64

Place of birth: FAYETTEVILLE, WV

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : FAYETTEVILLE, WV

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m - T64	7
	Men's 200m - T64	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T64 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T64 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 200m - T64 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 200m - T64 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Occupation:

Social Work Studies - Concord University, Athens, WV, USA

Languages spoken:

Other sports:

He competed in able-bodied athletics for Concord University in the United States of America before his accident. (woay.com, 24 Jun 2021)

He began running on a regular prosthesis several months after his accident, and started using his running prosthesis on the day he got it in June 2019. (teamusa.org, 01 Jul 2021, 07 Jun 2021)

He initially took up running due to his mother's involvement in the sport. "My mum used to run track in high school and was really good, so they asked her to coach. So I decided to just go out and run. I could have let this injury break me, but God got me through it. I just got to the point where I was just like, 'Forget the goals. I'm just going to go race' and then everything else will fall in line." (wvva.com, 18 Jun 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (gofundme.com, 01 Jun 2021)

US Para athlete Jarryd Wallace. (teamusa.org, 07 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"My story is my motivation." (Instagram profile, 29 Jul 2021)

He was named to the All-Decade Team of Concord University in 2020. During his able-bodied athletics career at the university, he was named 2017 Mountain East Conference MVP. (cumountainlions.com, 31 Dec 2017; gofundme.com, 01 Jun 2021)

General Interest

Classification
F64, T64 (IPC, 01 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (teamusa.org, 01 Jul 2021)

Impairment Details
His lower left leg was amputated after he had an accident with a lawnmower in 2018. "I was in a lawnmower incident that cut my heel off. I went to the hospital and they said they could reconstruct my foot again, but I would never be able to walk or function as normal. I told them to just cut it off." (teamusa.org, 01 Jul 2021; wvva.com, 18 Jun 2021)

General
COACHING
He has held the position of assistant athletics coach at Concord University in Athens, WV, United States of America. "I come from a high school that didn't teach us anything about technique/form. If you're somewhat fast, you run sprints and if you're slower you run distance. Then I came to Concord, where coach [Mike] Cox and RJ Anderson taught form, and I started to finally come into my own as an athlete. I wanted to coach so I can teach athletes what I didn't know, so they can be successful." (teamusa.org, 01 Jul 2021; cumountainlions.com, 02 Oct 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a master's degree in health promotion at Concord University in Athens, WV, United States of America. (Facebook profile, 25 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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