Jaryd Clifford // Australian Paralympic Vision Impaired Athlete

Today's episode is with Jaryd Clifford - Paralympic Athlete. 

Jaryd is a vision impaired middle distance runner who made his Paralympic debut as a fresh-faced 17 year old at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. There is no denying that Jaryd raced well in Rio – he placed seventh in the men’s 1500m T13 and men’s 5000m T13, with one of his races attracting worldwide attention for being faster than its Olympic equivalent – but his improvement and success since then has been astronomical.

Jaryd won a bronze medal in the men’s 1500m T13 at the 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, became the first Paralympian to compete at the able-bodied U20 World Championships in 2018, and was crowned a dual world champion and world record holder in the men’s 1500m T13 at the 2019 World Para-athletics Championships last November. He was set to be the man to beat at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games which has been postponed due to the pandemic, however this year Jaryd has managed to secure the first para-athlete sponsorship deal with Nike. Jaryd is a seriously inspiring athlete and human being with an incredible life mantra - “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”

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