Jonathan literally couldn’t swim the length of a full-sized pool when he started out on his triathlon journey. As a four-year-old he had come close to drowning in a backyard pool and was so traumatised by the event that right throughout his youth he refused to learn to swim and avoided all water sports.
That changed when Jonathan reached age 29 and he decided to take on a ‘challenge within a challenge’ and become Australia’s first male vision impaired triathlete at the Paralympic Games – a dream that has now come true.
Along the way to Tokyo 2020, Jonathan had some great results, including first placings in World Paratriathlon Series races Devonport, Edmonton and on the Gold Coast.
At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Jonathan finished 6th with a time of 1:06.18.…
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