Jake Michel (born 19 September 1997)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and 2024 Paris Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14 . Michel has won medals at the World Para Swimming Championships. [2]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 19 September 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Paralympic swimming |
| Disability class | SB14 |
| Club | Carina Leagues Clem Jones Swim Club |
| Coached by | Brian Glass |
Medal record | |
Personal
editMichel was born on 19 September 1997 and has an intellectual disability. He is 6 ft 7 in tall. He attended Gumdale State School and Seton College in Brisbane.[3]
Swimming career
editMichel is a breaststroke specialist and classified as SB14. His Paralympic swimming career started in 2014 and he was selected in Australian Dolphins’ development squad in 2018. His first international competition was the 2018 Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships in Cairns, QLD, where he blitzed the field in the men's 100 m breaststroke SB4-9/11-13 heats but was not eligible to compete in the final due to being a development squad member. At the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships, in Adelaide, he won gold in a Men's 50 m and 100 m Breaststroke Multi-Class events.[4]
At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London he finished fourth in the men's 100 m breaststroke SB14 in an Oceania record. At the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials in Adelaide, his 1:04.35 set an Australian 100 m Breaststroke SB14 record.[5]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, in his only event, Michel won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14.[6][7] His time of 1:04.28 was less than one second behind the gold medal winner Naohide Yamaguchi of Japan.[8]
At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira,[9] Michel won two silver medals - Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14 and Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay S14. [10] At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, Manchester, England, Michel won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14 and the gold medal in the Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 49 pts.
Michel repeated his Tokyo Paralympics medal, by winning the silver medal in the Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14 at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
References
edit- ^ "Jake Michel". Paralympics Australia. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Swimming Team For Paris 2024 Games". Paralympics Australia. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Michel closes in on major marks". Wynnum Herald. 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Jake Michel". Swimming Australia. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Jake Michel l Australian Record Breaking Moment | 2021 Australian Swimming Trials". Youtube. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Jake Michel". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Grant Patterson". 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Dolphins Create Australian Swimming History In Portugal". Swimming Australia. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
External links
edit- Jake Michel at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Jake Michel at Paralympics Australia
- Jake Michel at the International Paralympic Committee