Jeremy Campbell

 

Jeremy Campbell earned a spot on the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team. Before graduating from Perryton High School in Perryton, Texas, Jeremy was all-district in basketball, track and football. He was introduced to amputee athletics at the Endeavor Games in 2004.

As a result of his dedication, Campbell entered Beijing as the favorite in his best event, the pentathlon. Not surprisingly, Campbell blew away his competition by setting a world record and beating the rest of the field by almost 400 points. Campbell also won gold in the men's discus F44.

In addition to athletics, Campbell enjoys longboarding, the beach and playing video games.

Major Achievements:

• 2008: Gold medal, Men's Discuss F44; gold medal and World Record, Pentathlon P44 - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
• 2008: Gold Medal, Pentathlon and Discus - U.S. Paralympic Nationals, Tempe, Arizona
• 2007: Gold medal, Long Jump - Parapan Amercian Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 2007: Gold medal, Long Jump - Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, England
• 2007: Gold medal, Long Jump
• 2006: Silver medal, Pentathlon; fourth place, 100m - IPC World Championships, Assen, The Netherlands
• 2006: Pete Peterson Award for Overcoming All Odds-Football
• All-District in basketball, track and football three years