Damien Bowen (born 14 May 1984) is an Australian seated shot putter and seated javelin thrower. He represented

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in athletics at the

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but did not medal.

Personal

Bowen was born on 14 May 1984 in Perth, Western Australia. , he lives in Queanbeyan, New South Wales and is from the Australian Capital Territory. Bowen has cerebral palsy.

Athletics

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Bowen is a seated shot putter and seated javelin thrower. He competes in the F34 classification. He is coached by

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, and is a member of the Queanbeyan Athletics Club. He became involved in athletics while living in Western Australia. In 2008, Bowen had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport. In 2009, he had an "Aspire to be a Champion" grant. In 2011, he had a scholarship with the

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. Bowen started in athletics in 2006. He competed at the

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, finishing seventh in the F33/34/52 men's javelin event. He finished seventh in the javelin event. In 2009, he finished first in the mixed seated discus at the AWD Australia Athletics Championships. At the

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, he competed in the men's F32/34/52 shot put for elite athletes with a disability event, where he finished fourth. At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, he finished second in the shot put even with a throw of 9.35 metres. He finished first in the javeling event with a throw of 29.19 metres. At the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships, he finished first in the shot put event with a distance of 10.32 metres and first in the javelin event with a throw of 33.50 metres. He was selected to represent

at the

in athletics. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.

References

External links

Damien Bowen
at Australian Athletics Historical Results

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowen, Damien Living people 1984 births Paralympic athletes of Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Australian male javelin throwers Australian male shot putters