Jarryd

Wallace

Quick Facts

• Son of Jeff and Sabina Wallace. Has one older sister, Brittany. Married to Lea Babcock, and owns a Hungarian Vizsla named Luna
• Grew up in an athletic family as the son of a collegiate tennis coach and former all-conference distance runner at the University of Georgia
• During his junior year in 2010, he started feeling pain in his right shin then ultimately learned it was the effect of compartment syndrome
• Complications in surgery caused him to make the decision to amputate his leg below the knee
• Came across the world record list for Paralympic track and field, subsequently showing his parents and telling them that his name would be there
• Within 12 weeks of his amputation, he had his first running blade and just 15 months after his amputation, he won his first major international gold and set a world record at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico
• Started a Leg in Faith Foundation in 2012 that gives grants to amputees 18-year-old and over who are dedicated to becoming future U.S. Paralympians
• Works part-time as a territory representative for a prosthetic company called Shamrock Prosthetics, where he coaches patients through their amputation and recovery
• Hobbies include music, playing guitar, wakeboarding, surfing, writing and reading

Paralympic Experience

• 4-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (2 bronze)
• Paralympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (Long Jump T64 - Men)
• Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (200m T64 - Men), 6th (100m T64 - Men)
• Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, (4 x 100m Relay T42-47 - Men), 5th (100m T44 - Men)
• Paralympic Games London 2012, (4 x 100m Relay T42-46 - Men), 6th (400m T44 - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – bronze (Long Jump T64 - Men)
• Years of participation: Long Jump T64 - Men 2023; 100m T44 - Men 2013, 2017; 200m T44 - Men 2013, 2017; 4 x 100m Relay T42-47 - Men 2017; 4 x 100m Relay T42-46 - Men 2013
• Medals: 5 (3 gold, 2 bronze)
• Gold – 2017 (200m T44 - Men); 2013 (200m T44 - Men, 4 x 100m Relay T42-46 - Men)
• Bronze – 2023 (Long Jump T64 - Men); 2017 (100m T44 - Men)