Jayden Warn

Jayden Warn OAM (born 23 May 1994) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics as a member of the Australian Steelers.[1]

Jayden Warn
2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
National teamAustralia
Born (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWheelchair rugby
Disability class3.0
Medal record
Representing Australia
Wheelchair rugby
Paralympic Games
2016 RioMixed
World Championships
2014 OdenseMixed
2018 SydneyMixed

Biography

Warn was born 23 May 1994 and lives in Warragul, Victoria.[2] At the age of 16, he was in a serious car accident as a passenger when a vehicle collided with the passenger side of the car leaving Warn with lifelong injuries.[3] He shattered six vertebrates in his neck and back.[3]

He made his debut for the Australian Steelers in 2013.

He was a member of the Australian team that won its first world championship gold medal at the 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships at Odense, Denmark.[4][5]

Warn was a member of the team that retained its gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics after defeating the United States 59–58 in the final.[6]

At the 2018 IWRF World Championship in Sydney, Australia, he was a member of the Australian team that won the silver medal after being defeated by Japan 61-62 in the gold medal game.[7]

In 2014, he was a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[2] He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2017.[8]

References
  1. "Steelers aim to maintain their reign in Rio". Australian Paralympic Committee News. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. "Jayden Warn". Victorian Institute of Sport website. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. "Jayden Warn". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. "Jayden aims for world champion". Waragul and Droun Gazette. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. "Australia wins first ever IWRF World Championship". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 11 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  6. Lees, Chris (19 September 2016). "Steelers double up with Paralympics gold". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  7. "Results". IWRF Wheelchaair Rugby World Championships website. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  8. "OAM Final Media Notes (S-Z)" (PDF). Governor General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
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