Jeremy Campbell (born August 19, 1987) is an American

Paralympic athlete The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about ...

competing mainly in F44 events.

Career

He competed at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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. There he won a gold medal and set a world record in the men's Pentathlon - P44 event, won a gold medal in the men's

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

- F44 event, and finished fourth in the men's

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

- F42/44 event.

Personal life

He is a brother of

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player and

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

alumnus Caleb Campbell.Caleb Campbell - Biography
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Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

References

External links

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Jeremy Campbell at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website
* * 1987 births Living people American male discus throwers American male long jumpers American pentathletes World record holders in para-athletics Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games People from Perryton, Texas Track and field athletes from Texas University of Central Oklahoma alumni 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-Paralympic-medalist-stub