BURROWS Shaun

Great Britain

Athletics

Date of Birth: 25 Dec 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T38

Place of birth: CHEADLE

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : GREAT BRITAIN

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 400m - T38	7

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m - T38 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m - T38 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
3	400m - T38	2015	Doha, QAT	53.45
5	100m - T38	2015	Doha, QAT	11.84
European Championships
2	400m - T38	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	53.02

Nickname:

Speedster Burrows (westmidlandsnews.org.uk, 21 Sep 2014)

Hobbies:

Spending time with his siblings, watching football and rugby union, baking. (sportsaid.org.uk, 17 Jul 2015; Twitter profile, 05 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Charnwood Athletic Club [Loughborough, GBR]

Coach:

Joseph McDonnell [personal], GBR, from 2014

Debut:

2015 for Great Britain, World Championships in Doha, Qatar (stokesentinel.co.uk, 29 Oct 2015)

Injuries:

A hamstring injury in May 2017 kept him off the track for a month. (Twitter profile, 25 Jun 2018)

In January 2016 he sustained a hamstring injury. (bbc.com, 07 Mar 2016)

Start:

He took up the sport at age 13 with the North Staffordshire Special Olympics group in Stoke-on-Trent, England. (stokesentinel.co.uk, 15 Oct 2015)

Reason:

He got involved in athletics while at Scouts, so his parents found him a club to further his training. (sportsaid.org.uk, 17 Jul 2015)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 05 Aug 2021)

Hero:

British Para sprinter Richard Whitehead. (sportsaid.org.uk, 17 Jul 2015)

Influence:

His father. (sportsaid.org.uk, 17 Jul 2015)

Award:

In 2015 he received the Bright Young Thing Award at the Our Heroes Awards, held by Stoke-on-Trent-based newspaper The Sentinel in England. (stokesentinel.co.uk, 15 Oct 2015)

General Interest

Classification
T38, F37 (IPC, 06 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (stokesentinel.co.uk, 12 Feb 2015)

Impairment Details
His impairment is a result of the effects of a brain injury. He also has cerebral palsy. (stokesentinel.co.uk, 12 Feb 2015)

General
COACHING ASSISTANT
In 2017 he completed a coaching assistant course with British Athletics. (Twitter profile, 25 Jun 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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