ParalympianPara Swimming

Joe Murray

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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

5'9"

Hometown

Burlington, NC

Education

Western Alamance High School (Elon, N.C.) '21

classification: S10, SB9, SM10

Personal

Started swimming at age 9...Became involved with U.S. Paralympics Swimming in 2014...Is a below-the-knee amputee after his right leg was amputated at 4 weeks old after an ischemic injury at birth...Son of Samuel and Kimberly Murray…Has two brothers, Elijah and Joshua…Joe is incredibly involved in his school…Hopes to be a cardiologist one day…Enjoys reading and playing beach volleyball with his friends.

Career Highlights

2019 World Para Swimming World Series Indianapolis, 1st (200 IM, 400 freestyle), 2nd (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke), 3rd (100 freestyle, 50 freestyle)
2017 Can-Am Open, 1st (400 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 IM, 100 freestyle), 2nd (100 breaststroke)