Hall of fame: Jayden Sawyer
Category: Track and Field
Inducted: 29 February 2020
Years at Corroboree 1997/98 (Tiny Tot Program) to 2003/04 (U11)
Career highlights
Jayden Sawyer is an Australian para athlete having been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at the age of two and undergoing numerous operations along the way. He became a world champion and world record holder in the F38 Javelin Throw. He credits athletics with assisting him with his disability and learning to understand his body.
- Olympic Games
- 2016 Rio De Janeiro 5th F38 Javelin
- World Para Championships
- 2013 Lyon, France
- Bronze medal F38 Javelin
- 6th F38 Shot Put
- 2015 Doha, Qatar 4th F38 Javelin
- 2017 London, England Gold Medal F38 JavelinĀ 52.96m (World Record)
- 2013 Lyon, France
- Commonwealth Games Representative
- 2018 Gold Coast Australia 4th Shot Put
- World Youth Championships
- Records
- F38 class Australian U16 Shot Put Record of 12.31m (2008).