Jarryd
Wallace

Paralympian 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024

0
GOLD

0
SILVER

2
BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'8"

Age

Hometown

Athens, GA

Education

University of Georgia

classification: T44

Personal

Son of Jeff and Sabina Wallace. Has one older sister, Brittany. Married to Lea Babcock, and owns a Hungarian Vizsla named Luna
Grew up in an athletic family as the son of a collegiate tennis coach and former all-conference distance runner at the University of Georgia
During his junior year in 2010, he started feeling pain in his right shin then ultimately learned it was the effect of compartment syndrome
Complications in surgery caused him to make the decision to amputate his leg below the knee
Came across the world record list for Paralympic track and field, subsequently showing his parents and telling them that his name would be there
Within 12 weeks of his amputation, he had his first running blade and just 15 months after his amputation, he won his first major international gold and set a world record at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico
Started a Leg in Faith Foundation in 2012 that gives grants to amputees 18-year-old and over who are dedicated to becoming future U.S. Paralympians
Works part-time as a territory representative for a prosthetic company called Shamrock Prosthetics, where he coaches patients through their amputation and recovery
Hobbies include music, playing guitar, wakeboarding, surfing, writing and reading

Paralympic Experience

4-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (2 bronze)

Paralympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (Long Jump T64 - Men)
Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (200m T64 - Men), 6th (100m T64 - Men)
Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, (4 x 100m Relay T42-47 - Men), 5th (100m T44 - Men)
Paralympic Games London 2012, (4 x 100m Relay T42-46 - Men), 6th (400m T44 - Men)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2023 – bronze (Long Jump T64 - Men)
Years of participation: Long Jump T64 - Men 2023; 100m T44 - Men 2013, 2017; 200m T44 - Men 2013, 2017; 4 x 100m Relay T42-47 - Men 2017; 4 x 100m Relay T42-46 - Men 2013
Medals: 5 (3 gold, 2 bronze)

Gold – 2017 (200m T44 - Men); 2013 (200m T44 - Men, 4 x 100m Relay T42-46 - Men)
Bronze – 2023 (Long Jump T64 - Men); 2017 (100m T44 - Men)

Athlete News#

A World Record, A Historic Record and Two Long Jump Medals: U.S. Para Track & Field Athletes Keep Showing Out in Paris
ST. DENIS, France — Manifestation works.Before first-time Paralympian Noelle Malkamaki stepped foot into the shot put ring at Stade de France, she already held the world record in the women’s shot put F46. However, that wasn’t good enough for the Decat...
Sep 5, 2024

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