Jonnie Peacock – Amputee Athlete and MBE

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My friends, today’s story is of Jonathan Peacock, MBE is an English sprint runner. He won gold at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, representing Great Britain in the T44 men's 100 metres event. Jonnie competes in the T44 class alongside the ‘blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius.  Racing against the multiple Paralympic Gold medallist is a great inspiration for Jonnie and fuels his own ambitions.

Let me tell you more about him 

Jonnie lost his right leg below the knee after contracting meningococcal septicemia at the age of 5.  Always active, he went on to play in his school football and rugby teams as well as the local football team.

In 2008 Jonnie decided to find out more about disability sport and his prosthetist told him about a talent identification event taking place in London’s Mile End at the end of that year.  At the talent day Jonnie tried out a few sports including wheelchair tennis, pistol shooting and a 60m sprint. A few days later the British Paralympic association invited him to attend trials for a 5 month power programme.

Jonnie made it on to the program and from there got set up with UK Athletics and a local sprint coach.  He has been training and improving in the 100m sprint ever since and soon hopes to take on the 200 too.

Jonnie competes in the T44 class alongside the ‘blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius.  Racing against the multiple Paralympic Gold medalists is a great inspiration for Jonnie and fuels his own ambitions.

At his first major championships, the 2011 IPC World Championship in Christchurch, Jonnie finished 2nd in the heats to make the final.  This was a phenomenal achievement and he went on to finish 5th in a time of 11.63, less than half a second behind Pistorius.

Jonnie's Achievements

2012	Paralympic Games, London, UK
	- Gold medal for 100m
2011	5th, IPC World Championships, New Zealand, Christchurch,11.89
2010	Won Cambridge Evening News Young Achiever Award
	Silver - IWAS World junior games, Czech republic, 12.46
	Bronze - London Disability Athletics Challenge, Crystal Palace, 11.7
	Bronze - Gateshead Disability Athletics Challenge, Gateshead, 12.26
	5th - Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, 12.23 (first International)
	Gold - Middlesex County Championships, Perivale, 12.37, (first race on blade)
2009	Gold - UK School Games, Cardiff, 12.85
	Gold - Aviva parallel success challenge, Crystal Palace, 13.1
	Silver - London Disability Athletics Challenge, Bromley, 13.2 (first ever 100m race)

My friends considering how new Jonnie is to the sport, he has improved significantly in a very short space of time proving he is a real talent and one to watch. Be positive and continue your physiotherapy, this hard work will help you to get your life back on track. I am here for you guys and I will keep updating relevant information, Real Stories and Details about Advance Technology Prosthetics for you. If you have any question or query and need my help on anything you can mail me at jas.singh474@gmail.com.

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