Jake Michel

Jake Michel (born 19 September 1997)[1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal.

Jake Michel
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classSB14
ClubCarina Leagues Clem Jones Swim Club
Coached byBrian Glass

Personal

Michel was born on 19 September 1997 and has an intellectual disability. He is 6 ft 7 in tall. He attended Gumdale State School and Seton College in Brisbane.[2]

Swimming career

Michel is a breaststroke specialist and classfied as SB14. His Paralympic swimming career started in 2014 and he was selected in Australian Dolphins’ development squad in 2018. His first international competition was the 2018 Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships in Cairns, QLD, where he blitzed the field in the men's 100m breaststroke SB4-9/11-13 heats but was not eligible to compete in the final due to being a development squad member. At the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships, in Adelaide, he won gold in a Men's 50m and 100m Breaststroke Multi-Class events.[3]

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London he finished fourth in the men's 100m breaststroke SB14 in an Oceania record. At the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials in Adelaide, his 1:04.35 set an Australian 100m Breaststroke SB14 record.[4]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, in his only event, he won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14.[5][6]

References
  1. "Jake Michel". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Michel closes in on major marks". Wynnum Herald. 14 March 2019.
  3. "Jake Michel". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Jake Michel l Australian Record Breaking Moment | 2021 Australian Swimming Trials". Youtube. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Jake Michel". Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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