Brayden Davidson
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997
Sport
ClubHills Districts Athletics Club: Australia
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 RioLong jump – T36
IPC World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 DohaLong jump – T36
Bronze medal – third place2017 LondonLong jump – T36

Brayden Duane Davidson OAM (born 25 October 1997) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes mainly in the T36 classification events.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.[2] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the gold medal in the Men's Long Jump T36.[3][4]

Personal

Davidson was born on 25 October 1997 and has mild cerebral palsy.[5] He has attended Reynella East College in Adelaide.[6]

Sporting career

In September 2011, Davidson attended an Australian Paralympic Committee talent search day at Santos Stadium.[5] He then qualified for the junior national championships in four events and went on to win a silver in the 400 and a bronze in the long jump, at the junior national championships the year after he won 4 gold medals in the 100m,200m,400m and long jump.[5]

Davidson was awarded a Talented Athlete Award and a Paralympic Scholarship by the South Australian Sports Institute in 2013.[7] He then went on to compete in the T36 classification in long jump at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships[5] where he came fourth in the finals.[1] Whilst still at the world championships Davidson was selected to compete in the T36 Men's 100m at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in London where he came fourth.[8]

At the 2014 Australian Athletics Championships held in Melbourne, Davidson won silver in the men's 200m and long jump ambulant events.[9]

In March 2015 Davidson competed at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships held in Sydney.[10] He won gold in long jump, 100m and 400m and achieved a personal best and a new Australian record in the T36 class for long jump.[10][11] Davidson then went on to win gold and achieved a world record in the men's ambulant long jump at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane.[12] He also won silver in the men's 200m ambulant[13] and he reached the finals in the men's 100m ambulant event.[14] These results have made him an A-Qualifier for the International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in Doha.[11] Davidson is now aiming to compete at the 2016 Paralympic Games.[15]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he won the bronze medal in the Men's Long Jump T36. Davidson dedicated the medal to his grandmother, who encouraged him to become involved in athletics as a child.[2]

Davidson won the gold medal in the Men's Long Jump T36 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics with a jump of 5.62 m, a personal best by 11 cm. He won the gold medal on a count back due to having the second best jump. He dedicated his win to his late grandparents who were central to his pursuit of para-sport.[16] He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2017.[17]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, Davidson won the bronze medal in the Men's Long Jump T36 with a leap of 5.39m (+0.2).[18] He finished eight in the Men's 100 T36 (13.29s (+0.1).[19]

He is coached by Lynn Larsen.[20][21][22]

Recognition

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete Biographies – Brayden Davidson". IPC. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Doha2015". Athletics Australia website. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brayden Davidson". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Turner, Matt. "Woodcroft athlete Brayden Davidson off to International Paralympic Committee World Championships". Adelaide Now – Messenger. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Draper, Jo. "Student Brayden Davidson – Paralympian". Reynella East College. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "2013 Highlights" (PDF). South Australian Sports Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "SAINSBURY'S ANNIVERSARY GAMES – LIVE RESULTS". British Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "92nd Australian Athletics Championships Results" (PDF). Athletics Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 "2015 Australian Junior Championships Results". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Australian Juniors". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "World records to Davidson & Donovan open Australian Athletics Championships with bang". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "93rd Australian Athletics Championships Results". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "93rd Australian Athletics Championships- Men's 100m Ambulant". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  15. ↑ Turner, Matt. "Woodcroft athlete Brayden Davidson off to International Paralympic Committee World Championships". Adelaide Now. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "2016 Rio Paralympics: Long jumper Brayden Davidson clinches gold with new record". News.com.au. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "OAM Final Media Notes (A-E)" (PDF). Governor General of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  18. ↑ Ryner, Sascha. "Bronzed Aussies step up on the podium". Athletics Australia News, 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  19. ↑ Ryner, Sascha. "A trio of gold medals bolsters Australia's medal tally". Athletics Australia News, 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "37 athletes set to don the green and gold in Dubai | Paralympics Australia". Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  21. ↑ Australia, Athletics. "37 ATHLETES SET TO DON THE GREEN AND GOLD IN DUBAI". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  22. ↑ SA, Athletics. "2020-21 Emerging Athlete Program - Squad Announcement". www.athleticssa.com.au. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  23. ↑ "2015 SASI Awards". South Australian Sports Institute website. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  24. ↑ "2016 SASI Award Winners". South Australian Sports Institute website. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  25. ↑ "News & Info". Sport SA. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  26. ↑ Homfray, Reece (25 November 2017). "Marathon effort makes Jess our best in 2017". The Advertiser. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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