Jaryd Clifford
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 5 July 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Diamond Valley Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jaryd Clifford (born 5 July 1999)[1] is an Australian Paralympic, vision impaired, middle-distance athlete. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.[2] He won gold medals in the Men's 1500m and 5000m T13 events at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Clifford represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics,[3] where he won silver medals in the Men's 5000m T13 and Men's Marathon T12, and a bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T13.[4] He has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[5]
Personal
[edit]Clifford was born on 5 July 1999.[1] During primary school his eyesight deteriorated due to juvenile macular degeneration.[6]
Athletics
[edit]Clifford is classified as a T12 athlete. In 2014, Clifford came 4th in the 3000m at the Australian All Schools Championships. He competed at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha and came 7th in the T12/13 3000m. In January 2016, his time of 3min 59.6s in the 1500m qualified him for the 2016 Rio Paralympics and he took 10 seconds off the Australian record for T12 athletes. The record had lasted for more than 30 years.[7]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he finished seventh in both the Men's 1500m T13 and Men's 5000m T13 events.[8]
At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, Clifford won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500m T13 in a time of 3:53.31. Clifford credited his altitude training and European racing with assisting him in winning a medal.[9]
At the Sydney Grand Prix on 18 March 2018, Clifford broke the Men's 1500m T12 world record with a time of 3:45.18. He lowered the previous world record of 3:48.31 set by Tunisia's Abderrahim Zhiou at the 2012 London Paralympics.[10]
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, Clifford set a world record time of 3:47.78 in winning the gold medal in the Men's 1500m T13.[11] Clifford with his two guides Tim Logan and Philo Saunders won the Men's 5000m T13. Clifford stated he needs guides for the 5000m due to his deteriorating eyesight making the event dangerous for him.[12]
In 2018, Clifford is a member of the Diamond Valley Athletic Club and Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[13] In 2020, Jaryd made a permanent move to Canberra.
In his first marathon on 25 April 2021, Clifford ran 2:19:08 to break the existing world record of 2:21:33.[14]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo,[15] he won silver medals in the Men's 5000m T13 and Men's Marathon T12, and a bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T13.[4]
Despite a stress fracture in his left femur, Clifford won the silver medal in the Men's 5000m T13 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.[16] In the lead up to the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Clifford finished sixth in the Men's 1500m and Men's 5000m T13 events at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe.[17]
His guides are the 2024 Paris Paralympics are Tim Logan and Matthew Clarke.
His philosophy is "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced".[13]
Marathon progression
[edit]Distance | Time / Distance |
Location | Date |
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Marathon | 2:19:08 WR | Sydney | 25 April 2021 |
Marathon | 2:26:09 | Tokyo | 5 September 2021 |
Recognition
[edit]- 2017 – Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards – Marg Angel Junior Sportsperson of the Year [18]
- 2018 – Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and mentored by Lauren Burns[19]
- 2022 - Athletics Australia Russell Short Award for Male Para Athlete of the Year [20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jarryd Clifford". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Para-athletics Stars Perris and Turner Secure Their Paralympic Passage to Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Athletics - Final Results - Men's 1500m - T13". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Fearnley Protégé Among Newest Members Of Australian Paralympic Team | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Jarryd Cliiford". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Balchin, Max (19 January 2016). "Jaryd Clifford's national record heads the Diamond Valley qualification efforts". Diamond Valley Leader. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Jarryd Clifford". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Ryner, Sascha. "Holt storms home in world record time". Athletics Australia News, 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ Aubrey, Jane. "World Records for Clifford, Roeger, as Day posts a 100m PB in Sydney". Athletics Australia website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Results – Men's 1500m T13 Final". 2019 World Para Athletics World Championships. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai – Day 8 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Jarryd Clifford". Victorian Institute of Sport website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Australians Michael Roeger, Jaryd Clifford break marathon world records ahead of Tokyo Paralympics". ABC News. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Para-athletics Stars Perris and Turner Secure Their Paralympic Passage to Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Clifford Finds Silver Lining | Day Two World Para Athletics Championships". Athletics Australia. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Australia, Athletics. "Turner finds silver lining with 11th global medal". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Winners announced for Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards". Disability Sport & Recreation Victoria. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Sport Australia Hall of Fame to 'embrace the future' with scholarship program". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo Stars Celebrated At 2022 Athletics Australia Awards". Athletics Australia. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jaryd Clifford at the International Paralympic Committee
- Jaryd Clifford at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Jaryd Clifford at Paralympics Australia
- Jaryd Clifford at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 1999 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Australian blind people
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Paralympic athletes for Australia
- Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes from Melbourne