Braedan Jason made his international debut in Para-swimming at the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, where he placed fifth in the men’s 50m freestyle S13 and men’s 400m freestyle S13, sixth in the men’s 100m freestyle S13, and seventh in the men’s 100m butterfly S13.

It was a strong first showing by the then 16-year-old, who would go on to represent Australia the following year at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and achieve four top 10 placings under the late coaching dynamo, Olympic silver medallist Jan Cameron.

At his second campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Braedan contested in three events. In the men’s 100m freestyle S12, he finished in fifth place overall in a time of 53.78. He placed sixth in the men’s 100m butterfly S12, touching the wall in 59.01. In the men’s 400m freestyle S13, he just missed the podium …

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Date of birth
15 May 1998
Sport
Para-swimming
Past Paralympic Games

Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020

Impairment
Vision Impairment – Cone-rod dystrophy
How acquired
Congenital
Residence
Sippy Downs, QLD
Occupation
Student
Started competing
2009
First competed for Australia
2015
Sport career highlights

Competing at the pinnacle events for 2015, 2016 and 2018 - the IPC Swimming World Championships, Paralympic Games, and Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships

Greatest sporting moments

Being gifted his first Australian cap in 2015 by Brendan Burkett

Heroes/role models

Ky Hurst

Favourite quote
Do not go gentle into that good night; rage, rage against the dying of the light - Dylan Thomas

Disciplines

  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 50m freestyle Classification: S12
  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 100m butterfly Classification: S12
  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 100m freestyle Classification: S12
  • Sport: Para-swimming Discipline: 400m freestyle Classification: S12

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