Logan Powell
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| Full name | Logan Powell | ||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1999 | ||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||
| Classifications | S10 | ||||||||
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Logan Powell is an Australian Paralympic amputee swimmer. He has been selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. [1]
Personal
Powell was born on 25 January 1999.[2] He lost his lower right leg in a ride-on lawn mower accident when he was just 18 months old. [2] He has to get a new prosthetic leg every six months whilst growing. [3] Powell grew up in Mackay, Queensland. [3]
Career
Powell started swimming at the age of nine due to the encouragement of his mother who wanted him to build up upper body strength and stay healthy. [2] He swam with Pat Wright's Swim Coach in Mackay. [3] At the 2013 Australian School Championships in Adelaide, he was awarded the Multi-Class Swimmer of the Meet.[4] In 2013, he broke Brenden Hall's state and schools' age records.[3] At the 2015 Australian Swimming Championships, he made the finals the 200m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 100m Backstroke Multi-class events. He moved from Mackay to train with Jan Cameron at the Paralympic high performance program at the University of the Sunshine Coast.[2]
In para-athletics, he has set national junior records in 100m, 200m, discus and long jump. [4]
References
- ^ "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Logan Powell". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d "14-year-old swimmer, Logan, eyes off Olympic team for Rio". Daily Mercury. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Logan Powell". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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