James Turner (parathlete)

James Turner
James Turner
Personal information
Full nameJames Michael Apsley Turner
NationalityAustralian
Born (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 28)
Penrith, New South Wales
Sport
Disability classT36
Event(s)100m, 400m (Previously 800m, 200m)
Coached byIryna Dvoskina
Medal record
Track and field (athletics) T36
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 800 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 400 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 400 m T36
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T36
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 200 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 400 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 800 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai 100 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai 400 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 100 m T36
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 400 m T36
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kobe 400 m T36

James Michael Apsley Turner, OAM (born 22 May 1996) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and soccer player with cerebral palsy. He has represented Australia as part of the Australia Paralympic soccer team, the ParaRoos, and was its player of the year in 2013. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the Men's 800m T36 in a world record time of 2:02.39.[1] He won a gold and silver medal at the 2020 Toyko Paralympics .[2] At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he won two gold medals including a world record in the 400m T36.

At the World Para Athletics Championships from 2017 to 2023, he has won 7 gold medals.

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  2. ^ "Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 7 May 2022.