ParalympianPara Swimming

Evan Austin

Paralympian 2012, 2016, 2020

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GOLD

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SILVER

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BRONZE

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Para Swimming's Jamal Hill: How I Embraced My Disability And Became A Paralympic Medal Swimmer
My journey to becoming a Paralympic athlete started with a secret — a secret I carried for more than a decade. At the age of 10, I was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), a hereditary neurological condition that affects my peripheral nerves, maki...
Nov 24, 2023
I Hope My Story Can Inspire Someone The Way Other Paralympians Have Inspired Me
I was eight years old when I heard of the Paralympics for the first time. I was competing at a swim meet when a few officials came over after my race to ask me if I participated in adaptive sports. I had no idea what the Paralympics were. So, I went ho...
Aug 31, 2023

Athlete Bio

Height

6'1"

Hometown

Terre Haute, IN

Education

Terre Haute South Vigo High School (Terre Haute, Ind.), ‘11 Indiana State University ‘15, Public Communications

classification: S7, SB6, SM7

Personal

Began swimming at age 11...He has spastic paraplegia...The Sycamore alum made his senior international debut at the London Games...He took time away from swimming following the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and returned to training in late 2013...He has served as an assistant swimming coach at Terre Haute South High School...Son of Eric and Nola Austin...Has one older brother, Adam...Member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity...Nickname is EA Swim

Career Highlights

2015 CanAm Para Swimming Championships, gold (100m breast), bronze (50m free), 4th (200m IM)
2014 Pan Pacific Championships, silver (100m fly, 100m breast, 34 pt. 4x100m medley), bronze (50m free, 100m free, 34 pt. 4x100m free), 4th (200m IM)
2014 CanAm Para Swimming Championships, gold (100m breast, 100m fly), silver (100m free, 200m IM), bronze (50m free), 4th (400m free)

Paralympic Experience

Three-time Paralympian (2012, 2016, 2020), two-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold, 1bronze)
Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, Bronze (400-meter freestyle), 5th (200-meter Individual Medley), gold (50-meter butterfly)
Paralympic Games Rio 2016, 6th (34 pt. 4x100-meter freestyle relay, 34 pt. 4x100-meter medley relay), 8th (100-meter butterfly, 100-meter breaststroke)
Paralympic Games London 2012, 6th (100-meter breaststroke, 34 pt. 4x100-meter freestyle)

World Championship Experience

Most recent: 2019 – gold (50-meter butterfly), 5th (100-meter breaststroke), 6th (200-meter individual medley), 7th (400-meter freestyle)
Years of Participation: 2019
Medals: 1 (1 gold)
Gold – 2019 (50-meter butterfly)