AUNGLES Jesse

Date of Birth: 8 Jun 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S8,SB7,SM8

Place of birth: ADELAIDE, SA

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke - S8	4
	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB7	4
	Men's 100m Butterfly - S8
	Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM8	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S8 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S8 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM8 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM8 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB7 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - S8 Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
6	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2:28.96
7	100m Backstroke - S8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:09.47
7	100m Butterfly - S8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:06.60
8	400m Freestyle - S8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:48.23
World Championships
2	100m Backstroke - S8	2019	London, GBR	1:09.00
3	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2019	London, GBR	2:27.45
4	4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points	2015	Glasgow, GBR	4:19.67
5	100m Butterfly - S8	2019	London, GBR	1:05.96
5	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2015	Glasgow, GBR	2:27.94
6	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2019	London, GBR	1:23.51
6	400m Freestyle - S8	2015	Glasgow, GBR	4:43.45
6	100m Backstroke - S8	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:08.08
9	100m Butterfly - S8	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:06.26
Commonwealth Games
1	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	2:30.77
2	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2014	Glasgow, GBR	2:31.25

Learning and speaking Japanese, playing basketball, tennis and wheelchair tennis. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 01 Feb 2018; paralympic.org.au, 01 Oct 2016)

Occupation:

International Relations, Politics - University of Canberra, Australia

Partner Ashleigh Cockburn

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Marion Swimming Club [Adelaide, SA, AUS]

Yuriy Vdovychenko [national], UKR

Sporting relatives:

His partner Ashleigh Cockburn has competed in Para swimming for Australia. (Facebook profile, 09 Oct 2020; swimswam.com, 08 Aug 2014)

In May 2019 he underwent heart surgery. (Instagram profile, 28 May 2019)

He first tried the sport at the Come and Try races organised by Swimming South Australia. He took part in his first competition at age nine. (novita.org.au, 03 Sep 2011)

"I loved the water as a baby. It is a great sport that uses a lot of the muscles in my body. I can do it without being encumbered with prosthetic legs or a wheelchair." (novita.org.au, 03 Sep 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. He also aspires to work as a diplomat following his swimming career. (sportaus.gov.au, 22 Dec 2020; commonwealthgames.com.au, 01 Feb 2018; swimming.org.au, 01 Mar 2018)

Winning gold in the SM8 200m individual medley at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (canberra.edu.au, 25 Apr 2018)

Australian Para swimmers Matthew Cowdrey and Ahmed Kelly. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 01 Feb 2018, Kanguru Energy YouTube channel, 14 Feb 2019)

His parents. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 01 Feb 2018)

He received the Swimmers' Swimmer Award at the 2019 Swimming Australia Awards. (swimming.org.au, 24 Nov 2019)

In 2017 he was inducted into the Swimming South Australia Hall of Fame. (SwimmingSA, 30 Aug 2017)

General Interest

Classification
S8, SB7, SM8 (IPC, 20 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (novita.org.au, 03 Sep 2011)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (novita.org.au, 03 Sep 2011)

Impairment Details
His right leg did not develop properly, which meant he was born with one femur 10% shorter than the other and finished at the knee. His left leg was missing the fibula bone, the ankle, and he had only one toe on the foot. At age one, his left foot was amputated and his hip reconstructed. (novita.org.au, 03 Sep 2011)

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Legend

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

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