Jarryd Wallace
![]() Wallace at the 2015 Parapan American Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Athens, Georgia, U.S.[1] | May 15, 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Lea Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ken Harnden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jarryd Wallace (born May 15, 1990) is an American T44 Paralympic sprint runner who won the 100 m event at the 2011 and 2015 Parapan American Games. He is a student in sport management at the University of Georgia.[2]
Wallace was born to Jeff and Sabina Wallace and has an elder sister Brittany. He began running as an able-bodied athlete, but lost his right leg after developing compartment syndrome. He won gold medals in the 100 m at the 2011 and 2015 Parapan American Games and qualified for the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.[1][3] His 4 × 100 m T42-46 relay teams were disqualified on both occasions, while individually he placed sixth over 400 m in 2012 and fifth over 100 m in 2016.[4]
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- ^ "Jarryd Wallace", london2012.com, archived from the original on August 30, 2012
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Paralympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Track and field athletes from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- American male sprinters
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Sportspeople from Athens, Georgia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)