Team USA’s Best Moments From The Para Track And Field World Championships
Team USA left Paris with 10 golds, 39 total medals and multiple world records.
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Height
6'1"
Age
50
Hometown
Eagle Mountain, UT
Education
Weber State University
Classification: F44
Quick Facts
- Son of Max and Sharon Blair. Has three sisters, Anna, Janay and Michelle, and two brothers, Daniel and Graydon
- Married to Cinthia Blair and has four daughters, Alyssa, Aubriela, Bethany and Mayzie
- Born with a clubfoot, and doctors said that he would never be able to function normally as a child due to the severity of the deformity
- After several surgeries, he did his rehabilitation at Shriners Hospital in Utah and went on to prove doctors wrong by excelling in many athletic endeavors as a child with an adeptness for throwing
- Discovered the discus throw in track and field but had very little coaching, learning the technique through videos provided by his high school coach
- Went on to win a high school state championship against able-bodied athletes and received an athletic scholarship to Weber State University in Ogden, Utah where he set several school records and earned two conference titles in hammer and weight throw
- Currently works as a SQL programmer/Server DBA
- In the spring of 2015, David discovered he was Paralympic-eligible and after 16 years away from the sport, picked up a discus and threw 54.25-meters at his first track and field meet
- Since then, he has quickly risen in the sport again, finishing the season six months later with a silver medal at the 2015 world championships in Doha, Qatar
- Received his first formal coaching when he was one of seven high school athletes nationwide to attend a training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in 1993
- Won the Male Adaptive Athlete of the Year at the 2016 Governor's State of Sport Awards
- Favorite book to read with his family is “The BFG” by Roald Dahl
Paralympic Experience
- 3-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold, 1 bronze)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (Discus Throw F64 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (Discus Throw F64 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, gold (Discus Throw F44 - Men)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2024 – gold (Discus Throw F64 - Men)
- Years of participation: Discus Throw F64 - Men 2019, 2023, 2024; Discus Throw F44 - Men 2015, 2017; Shot Put F44 - Men 2015
- Medals: 6 (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2024 (Discus Throw F64 - Men); 2023 (Discus Throw F64 - Men)
- Silver – 2019 (Discus Throw F64 - Men); 2017 (Discus Throw F44 - Men); 2015 (Discus Throw F44 - Men)
- Bronze – 2015 (Shot Put F44 - Men)
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