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Para Track and Field

AJ

Digby

Paralympian 2016

Athlete Bio#

Height

6'1"

Age

27

Hometown

Tontogany, OH

Education

Otsego High School (Tontogany, Ohio) ‘16 University of Mount Union (Alliance, Ohio) ‘20

classification: T62

Quick Facts
  • Son of Gordon and Robin Digby
  • Has a younger brother Keegan and a younger sister Ashlynn
  • Born with bilateral fibular hemimelia, a rare condition in which the fibulas in his legs were never formed
  • Had both his legs amputated below the knee when he was 10 months old and was fitted for prostheses just after his first birthday
  • Member of the national championship-winning 4x400m relay team at the 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Former member of the U.S. national development sled hockey team
  • Played quarterback and linebacker for his Otsego High School junior varsity football team and special teams on the varsity squad
  • Enjoys football, sled hockey, auto racing and choir
  • First learned about Paralympic track and field after watching the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games online
  • Considers U.S. teammate Jerome Singleton, the first Paralympian he ever met, a mentor after being taken under his wing
  • Favorite film franchise is Star Wars
  • Aspires to be a college football coach.
Paralympic Experience
  • One-time Paralympian (2016)
  • Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, 4th (400m), 5th (200m), 6th (4x100m relay)
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2017 – bronze (400m), 4th (200m)
  • Years of Participation: 2015, 2017
  • Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
  • Bronze – 2017 (400m)

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