Discipline
Para Swimming
- S8
Sporting Career Highlight
Getting through to the Commonwealth Games trials and breaking Jesse Aungles' Australian record - in the 200 IM
Jordan Dessent was born without a right forearm and hand. Right-side dominant, he has had to learn how to do everything with his left hand. He also suffers from High Functioning Autism, diagnosed when he was seven years old. The autism causes Jordan to be very ritualised and oppose change,
He has been competing in swimming since 2009 and trains with Jacqui Bart at the Nepean Aquatic Centre.
In 2012 Jordan gave a dominant display at the Sydney Uni Swim Club Access Swim Meet. Competing in the 13years S7 category, Jordan broke records in both the 100m butterfly and 200m backstroke.
Competing at the 2015 Australian Age Championships, Jordan won silver in the 16-18 years 200m individual medley and bronze in the 15-16 years 50m backstroke. He was also captain of the multi-class swim team at the 2015 Pacific School Games.
Competing at the Trials for the 2014 Commonwealth Games was a highlight for Jordan. Competing in the 200m Individual Medley, he broke Jesse Aungles’ Australian record.
Jordan’s hero is Australian Paralympic swimmer Matt Cowdrey. He has always looked up to him and states that watching him compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games was his greatest sporting moment and has inspired him to compete and achieve in his sport.
