Braedan Jason is one of the Australian Para-swimming team’s most promising young talents, and together with his 17-year-old brother, Nathan Jason, he is also on the verge of earning membership to one of Australian sport’s most elite institutions.
If Braedan and Nathan both compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, as they are on track to do, they will join just a handful of siblings who have represented Australia at the same Paralympic or Olympic Games.
Braedan 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 …
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Braedan Jason is one of the Australian Para-swimming team’s most promising young talents, and together with his 17-year-old brother, Nathan Jason, he is also on the verge of earning membership to one of Australian sport’s most elite institutions.
If Braedan and Nathan both compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, as they are on track to do, they will join just a handful of siblings who have represented Australia at the same Paralympic or Olympic Games.
Braedan 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.
Outside the pool, with aspirations of a glistening radio career as a morning show host or news bulletin reader, Braedan is studying a Bachelor of Journalism. In his spare time, he enjoys surf lifesaving, and playing the piano and guitar.
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