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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Athlete Bio#
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Height
6'3"
Age
37
Hometown
Perryton, TX
Education
University of Central Oklahoma
Classification: F64
Quick Facts
- Son of Greg and Stephanie Campbell and has two brothers, Caleb and Jacob. His brother, Caleb, played football for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Born with a rare birth deficiency, fibular hemimelia, Campbell had his right leg amputated at age one.
The youngest of three brothers in an athletic family, he gravitated to sports.
Played point guard and was the starting quarterback for his high school basketball and football teams.
In 2003, Campbell participated in the Endeavor Games, his first exposure to Paralympic track and field.
Five years later, he emerged in 2008 as one of the stars of the U.S. Paralympic Track & Field Team, winning his first pair of gold medals in discus and pentathlon at the Paralympic Games Beijing 2008.
Today, he is one of the most accomplished Paralympic throwers and made history as the first Paralympian to throw over 60-meters.
Hobbies include, reading, watching movies, video games, golf and anything active outdoors.
Paralympic Experience
- 5-time Paralympian; 5-time Paralympic medalist (5 gold)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, gold (Discus Throw F64 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (Discus Throw F64 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 4th (Discus Throw F44 - Men)
- Paralympic Games London 2012, gold (Discus Throw F44 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (Discus Throw F44 - Men, Pentathlon P44 - Men), 4th (Long Jump T42-44 - Men)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – silver (Discus Throw F64 - Men)
- Years of participation: Discus Throw F64 - Men 2019, 2023; Discus Throw F44 - Men 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017; 100m T44 - Men 2006; Pentathlon P44 - Men 2006
- Medals: 7 (4 gold, 3 silver)
- Gold – 2019 (Discus Throw F64 - Men); 2017 (Discus Throw F44 - Men); 2015 (Discus Throw F44 - Men); 2013 (Discus Throw F44 - Men)
- Silver – 2023 (Discus Throw F64 - Men); 2011 (Discus Throw F44 - Men); 2006 (Pentathlon P44 - Men)
Other Career Highlights
- Featured in the 2011 ESPN Magazine Body Issue and won an ESPY award for Best Male Athlete with a Disability in 2013
- Years of Participation: 2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019. Medals: 6 (4 gold, 2 silver). Most Recent: 2019 – gold (discus throw).
