WARN Jayden

Wheelchair Rugby

Date of Birth: 23 May 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 3.0

Place of residence : WARRAGUL, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Rugby	Mixed AUS Australia	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group A #02 AUS Australia 53 DEN Denmark 54	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group A #07 FRA France 48 AUS Australia 50	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group A #10 AUS Australia 53 JPN Japan 57	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Semifinal #14 USA United States 49 AUS Australia 42	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Bronze Medal #17 AUS Australia 52 JPN Japan 60	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Mixed	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1	Mixed	2014	Odense, DEN
2	Mixed	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS

Jabz (Facebook profile, 27 Feb 2017)

Languages spoken:

Brad Dubberley [national], AUS

He began playing wheelchair rugby at age 18 in Victoria, Australia. (thesaturdaypaper.com.au, 05 Aug 2017; sgst.com.au, 28 Sep 2016; paralympic.org.au, 01 Aug 2014)

He was introduced to the sport during his rehabilitation. "An ex-Australian player just asked if I wanted to try out this sport. He said it was sort of in my ballpark, and I jumped in one of the chairs while I was in rehab and pretty much fell in love with it straight away." (thesaturdaypaper.com.au, 05 Aug 2017; sgst.com.au, 28 Sep 2016)

Winning a gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org.au, 22 Mar 2020)

Philosophy:

"If you ain't first, you're last." (paralympic.org.au, 22 Mar 2020)

In 2017 he received the Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM]. (thegazette.com.au, 31 Jan 2017)

General Interest

Classification
3.0 (IWRF, 01 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Warragul & Drouin Gazette, 31 Jan 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Warragul & Drouin Gazette, 31 Jan 2017)

Impairment Details
In 2011 he was involved in an accident with a car while riding his BMX in Victoria, Australia. He fractured a total of six vertebrae in his neck and his back. "The day before my 17th birthday my mate and I were doing our normal Sunday afternoon thing, riding BMX up in the city. It was a lapse in concentration on my part, and a car hit me full tilt at an intersection going about 110kph." (anzstadium.com.au, 03 Aug 2018; Warragul & Drouin Gazette, 31 Jan 2017)

Social Media

Legend

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

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