Josiah Jamison
Appearance
![]() Jamison at the 2015 Parapan American Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Vance, South Carolina, U.S. | August 18, 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josiah Jamison (born August 18, 1982) is a visually impaired American sprint runner. He has retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary eye disease that affects peripheral and night vision. He began racing at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in Spartanburg and won a gold medal for the United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the 100 m T12 event. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, but was disqualified in both the 100 m and 200 m heats for violating a newly implemented rule that a guide may not separate from the runner farther than 50 cm; his 4 × 100 m relay team also failed to finish at those Paralympics.[2] At the world championships Jamison won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal between 2006 and 2013.[1][3]
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- ^ a b Josiah Jamison. toronto2015.org
- ^ Phil Sarata (September 16, 2012) Paralympian disqualified, says he's still pursuing goals. thetandd.com
- ^ Josiah Jamison. teamusa.org
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- 1982 births
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- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
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