Maddie Down
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| Born | 7 October 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting, long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T38 | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 200m, long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Commonwealth finals | 2023 Youth | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Madeline Down (born 7 October 2007)[1] is a British athlete, who won the 100 metres T38 and long jump events at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has been selected for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
[edit]Down trains at Halesowen Athletics Club,[2] and has been a part of the British Athletics Paralympic Futures Programme.[3]
At the 2022 Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix, Down came third in the 60 metres event.[4] In early 2023, Down had an L5 stress fracture in her back.[5]
At the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, Down won both the 100 metres T38 and long jump events; it was the first time that parasports had been included at the Commonwealth Youth Games.[5] It was her first international competition.[3] She was later nominated for the 2023 SportsAid One-To-Watch award.[5] In 2024, she won the long jump events at the English Indoor and Outdoor Championships.[2]
Down was selected for the 100 metres T38 and long jump events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics;[6] it was her first Paralympic Games appearance.[7] In the 100 metres event, she qualified for the final after a personal best time of 12.98s in the heats. She finished eighth in the final.[8] In the T38 long jump she finished in 6th place with a PB of 4.81 metres.
Personal life
[edit]Down has attended the University of Birmingham School;[4] her Paralympics attendance was just after she completed her GCSEs.[6] She was inspired to compete in athletics after watching the 2012 Summer Paralympics at the age of 4.[6] Down has cerebral palsy.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maddie Down". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Halesowen teenager Maddie to race at Paralympic Games". Express & Star. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b "YEMI MARY JOHN AND MADELINE DOWN SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTSAID'S ONES TO WATCH AWARD". UK Athletics. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Sensational win for UoB School pupil at Muller Indoor GP – British Athletics". University of Birmingham School. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Maddie Down jumps to SportsAid One-to-Watch Award nomination". The Herald. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Who are the young ParalympicsGB athletes to watch this year?". BBC. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Final ParalympicsGB Para athletics names confirmed for Paris 2024". British Paralympic Association. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Maddie Down goes from exam results to Paralympic final". Border Counties Advertizer. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "#PathwaytoParis: A Paralympics preview". University of Birmingham. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.