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'''Isaac Towers''' (born 1 October 1998) is a [[Paralympian]] [[Track and field|athlete]] from [[England]] competing in [[T34 (classification)|category T34]] sprint and middle-distance events. Towers won gold to become European champion in the 800m (T34) event in 2016 and qualified for the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Summer Paralympics in Rio]].
'''Isaac Towers''' (born 1 October 1998) is a [[Paralympian]] [[Track and field|athlete]] from [[England]] competing in [[T34 (classification)|category T34]] sprint and middle-distance events. Towers won gold and became the European champion in the 800m (T34) event in 2016, qualifying for the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Summer Paralympics in Rio]].


==Personal history==
==Early life==
Towers was born in 1998 in Lancashire, England.<ref name="powerof10">{{cite web|url=http://powerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=377482 |title=Isaac Towers|publisher=thepowerof10.info|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> He was educated at [[King Edward VII and Queen Mary School]], before attending [[Cardinal Newman College]] where he studies business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lep.co.uk/sport/athletics/the-big-interview-isaac-towers-1-7992788|title=Isaac Towers|first=Craig|last=Salmon|work=lep.co.uk|date=2 July 2016|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> He has [[cerebral palsy]].<ref name="IPC Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1206457|title=Towers, Isaac|accessdate=11 August 2016|work=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]]}}</ref>
Towers was born in 1998 in Lancashire, England.<ref name="powerof10">{{cite web|url=http://powerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=377482 |title=Isaac Towers|publisher=thepowerof10.info|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> He was educated at Saint Michael's on Wyre Primary School and [[King Edward VII and Queen Mary School]], before attending [[Cardinal Newman College]] where he studied business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lep.co.uk/sport/athletics/the-big-interview-isaac-towers-1-7992788|title=Isaac Towers|first=Craig|last=Salmon|work=lep.co.uk|date=2 July 2016|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> He has [[cerebral palsy]].<ref name="IPC Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1206457|title=Towers, Isaac|accessdate=11 August 2016|work=[[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]]|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510095241/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1206457|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Athletics career==
==Athletics career==
Towers was introduced to wheelchair athletics in 2010 after being introduced to the sport by para-athletics coach Ian Thompson.<ref name="IPC Bio"/> By 2011 he was classified as a [[T34 (classification)|T34 classification]] athlete and was competing at regional competitions.<ref name="powerof10"/> In 2013 he wanted to enter the [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships|World Championships in Lyon]], but at 14 he was under the minimum age requirement.<ref name="YSPOTY">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/25215357|title=YSPOTY 2013 nominees: Isaac Towers Q&A|accessdate=11 August 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=4 December 2013}}</ref> That year he was named as a nominee for the [[BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year]].<ref name="YSPOTY"/>
Towers was introduced to wheelchair athletics in 2010 after being introduced to the sport by para-athletics coach Ian Thompson.<ref name="IPC Bio"/> By 2011, he was classified as a [[T34 (classification)|T34 classification]] athlete and was competing at regional competitions.<ref name="powerof10"/> In 2013 he wanted to enter the [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships|World Championships in Lyon]], but at 14 he was under the minimum age requirement.<ref name="YSPOTY">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/25215357|title=YSPOTY 2013 nominees: Isaac Towers Q&A|accessdate=11 August 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=4 December 2013}}</ref> That year he was named as a nominee for the [[BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year]].<ref name="YSPOTY"/>


In 2014 Towers entered his first [[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]] Grand Prix, travelling to [[Nottwil]] in Switzerlkand to compete in the ParAthletics meet.<ref name="powerof10"/> A month later, in June, he traveled to the United States to compete at the Indianapolis International.<ref name="powerof10"/> In August he was selected for the Great Britain team for the [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships]] where he entered four events, the [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 100 metres|100m]], [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 200 metres|200m]], [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 metres|400m]] and [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 800 metres|800m]] (T34) events. In the 100m and 200m, Towers qualified for the finals but did not medal.<ref name="powerof10"/> In his favoured longer distance races Towers finished third in the 400m and second in the 800m to earn his first major international medals.<ref name="IPC Bio"/>
In 2014 Towers entered his first [[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]] Grand Prix, travelling to [[Nottwil]] in Switzerland to compete in the ParAthletics meet.<ref name="powerof10"/> A month later, in June, he traveled to the United States to compete at the Indianapolis International.<ref name="powerof10"/> In August he was selected for the Great Britain team for the [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships]] where he entered four events, the [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 100 metres|100m]], [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 200 metres|200m]], [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 metres|400m]] and [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 800 metres|800m]] (T34) events. In the 100m and 200m, Towers qualified for the finals but did not medal.<ref name="powerof10"/> In his favoured longer distance races Towers finished third in the 400m and second in the 800m, earning his first major international medals.<ref name="IPC Bio"/>

At the [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships]] Towers raced in the [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 200 metres|200m]], [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 400 metres|400m]] and [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 800 metres|800m]] events. He failed to qualify for the 200m final, and finished outside the medal places in both the 400m (6th) and 800m (6th).<ref name="IPC Bio"/> The following year, in the buildup to the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] in Rio, Towers competed at the [[2016 IPC Athletics European Championships|European Championships in Grosseto]]. He finished fourth in the [[2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 metres|100m]], but took the full sweep of medals in his other three events.<ref name="16 June">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2016-news-page/june-2016/16-06-16-day-6-evening-ipc-euros/|title=record breaking night for british team at the ipc athletics european championships|work=britishathletics.org.uk|date=16 June 2016|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> He took bronze in the [[2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 200 metres|200m sprint]], behind Russia's [[Sebastien Mobre]] and eventual winner [[Henry Manni]]. In the [[2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 metres|400m]] he won silver, again behind his main rival Manni. The [[2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 800 metres|800m]] race saw Towers win his first major international gold medal recording a championship record of 1:44.67.<ref name="16 June"/> More importantly it saw him beat Manni, who finished second despite posting a personal best.<ref name="16 June"/> Following his performance in Grosseto, Towers was selected for the Great Britain athletics team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the 800m T34.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/35621008|title=Paralympic Games: Great Britain's team for Rio 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=1 August 2016|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>

At the [[2017 World Para Athletics Championships]], Towers won a bronze medal in the T34 800m and came 7th in the T34 400m.

At the [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships]], he placed 6th in the 800m and 7th in the 400m.

At the delayed [[2020 Summer Paralympics]], he came 7th in the T34 800 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blackpool-born Isaac Towers misses out on medal in Paralympics 800m final |url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/other-sport/blackpool-born-isaac-towers-misses-out-on-medal-in-paralympics-800m-final-3371131 |website=Blackpool Gazette}}</ref>

In the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]] he came 6th in the T34 800 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TOWERS DEFIES DIZZINESS TO TAKE SIXTH AT PARALYMPICS |url=https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.eurosport.com}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 01:53, 31 October 2024

Isaac Towers
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 26)
Blackpool, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAthletics
Disability classT34
EventSprint
ClubKirby AC
Coached byPeter Wyman
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 16.90s
200m: 29.69s
400m: 54.18s
800m: 1:44.67
1500m: 3:21.14
Medal record
Men's Paralympic athletics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 800 m T34
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Grosseto 800 m T34
Silver medal – second place 2014 Swansea 800 m T34
Silver medal – second place 2016 Grosseto 400 m T34
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Swansea 400 m T34
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grosseto 200 m T34

Isaac Towers (born 1 October 1998) is a Paralympian athlete from England competing in category T34 sprint and middle-distance events. Towers won gold and became the European champion in the 800m (T34) event in 2016, qualifying for the Summer Paralympics in Rio.

Early life

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Towers was born in 1998 in Lancashire, England.[1] He was educated at Saint Michael's on Wyre Primary School and King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, before attending Cardinal Newman College where he studied business.[2] He has cerebral palsy.[3]

Athletics career

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Towers was introduced to wheelchair athletics in 2010 after being introduced to the sport by para-athletics coach Ian Thompson.[3] By 2011, he was classified as a T34 classification athlete and was competing at regional competitions.[1] In 2013 he wanted to enter the World Championships in Lyon, but at 14 he was under the minimum age requirement.[4] That year he was named as a nominee for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.[4]

In 2014 Towers entered his first IPC Grand Prix, travelling to Nottwil in Switzerland to compete in the ParAthletics meet.[1] A month later, in June, he traveled to the United States to compete at the Indianapolis International.[1] In August he was selected for the Great Britain team for the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships where he entered four events, the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m (T34) events. In the 100m and 200m, Towers qualified for the finals but did not medal.[1] In his favoured longer distance races Towers finished third in the 400m and second in the 800m, earning his first major international medals.[3]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships Towers raced in the 200m, 400m and 800m events. He failed to qualify for the 200m final, and finished outside the medal places in both the 400m (6th) and 800m (6th).[3] The following year, in the buildup to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Towers competed at the European Championships in Grosseto. He finished fourth in the 100m, but took the full sweep of medals in his other three events.[5] He took bronze in the 200m sprint, behind Russia's Sebastien Mobre and eventual winner Henry Manni. In the 400m he won silver, again behind his main rival Manni. The 800m race saw Towers win his first major international gold medal recording a championship record of 1:44.67.[5] More importantly it saw him beat Manni, who finished second despite posting a personal best.[5] Following his performance in Grosseto, Towers was selected for the Great Britain athletics team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the 800m T34.[6]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Towers won a bronze medal in the T34 800m and came 7th in the T34 400m.

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, he placed 6th in the 800m and 7th in the 400m.

At the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics, he came 7th in the T34 800 metres.[7]

In the 2024 Summer Paralympics he came 6th in the T34 800 metres.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Isaac Towers". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ Salmon, Craig (2 July 2016). "Isaac Towers". lep.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Towers, Isaac". IPC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "YSPOTY 2013 nominees: Isaac Towers Q&A". BBC Sport. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "record breaking night for british team at the ipc athletics european championships". britishathletics.org.uk. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Paralympic Games: Great Britain's team for Rio 2016". BBC Sport. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Blackpool-born Isaac Towers misses out on medal in Paralympics 800m final". Blackpool Gazette.
  8. ^ "TOWERS DEFIES DIZZINESS TO TAKE SIXTH AT PARALYMPICS". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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