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{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T44|100m T44]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T44|100m T44]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T44|100m T44]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T44|100m T44]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2020 Tokyo | [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay|mixed 4×100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay|mixed 4×100 m relay]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships|2013 Lyon]]|[[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m&nbsp;T44]]}}
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'''Jonathan Peacock''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 28 May 1993) is an English [[sprint (running)|sprint]] runner.<ref name=ww>{{citation |title=The Athletes: Jonnie Peacock |url=http://paralympics.channel4.com/the-athletes/jonnie-peacock |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=25 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828102149/http://paralympics.channel4.com/the-athletes/jonnie-peacock |archive-date=28 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ref>{{citation |title=You only live once so make the most of it . . . |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Features/You-only-live-once-so-make-the-most-of-it-.htm |publisher=Cambridge News |access-date=25 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404175910/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Features/You-only-live-once-so-make-the-most-of-it-.htm |archive-date=4 April 2012 |df=dmy-all}}.</ref><ref name=BBC>{{citation |title=Jonnie Peacock pride at Cup performance |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8705615.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=25 August 2010 |date=26 May 2010}}.</ref> An [[amputee]], Peacock won gold at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] and [[2016 Summer Paralympics]], representing [[Great Britain at the Paralympics|Great Britain]] in the [[T44 (classification)|T44]] [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T44|men's 100 metres]] event.
'''Jonathan Peacock''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 28 May 1993) is an English [[sprint (running)|sprint]] runner.<ref name=ww>{{citation |title=The Athletes: Jonnie Peacock |url=http://paralympics.channel4.com/the-athletes/jonnie-peacock |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=25 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828102149/http://paralympics.channel4.com/the-athletes/jonnie-peacock |archive-date=28 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ref>{{citation |title=You only live once so make the most of it . . . |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Features/You-only-live-once-so-make-the-most-of-it-.htm |publisher=Cambridge News |access-date=25 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404175910/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Features/You-only-live-once-so-make-the-most-of-it-.htm |archive-date=4 April 2012 |df=dmy-all}}.</ref><ref name=BBC>{{citation |title=Jonnie Peacock pride at Cup performance |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8705615.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=25 August 2010 |date=26 May 2010}}.</ref> An [[amputee]], Peacock won gold at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] and [[2016 Summer Paralympics]], representing [[Great Britain at the Paralympics|Great Britain]] in the [[T44 (classification)|T44]] [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T44|men's 100 metres]] event. He won a bronze medal at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
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Peacock was born in [[Cambridge]], and grew up in the village of [[Shepreth]].<ref name=Cambridge>{{Cite news |title=Jonnie Peacock's Doddington home 'over the moon' at win |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-19512801 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=10 January 2013 |newspaper=BBC News |date=2012-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/jonnie-peacock-strictly-come-dancing-13512596 |title=How we helped Jonnie Peacock to Strictly Come Dancing stardom |last=Elliott |first=Chris |date=2017-08-22 |work=cambridgenews |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> At age 5, he contracted [[meningitis]], resulting in the disease killing the tissues in his right leg, which was then amputated just below the knee. Wanting to play [[association football|football]], he was directed to a Paralympic sports talent day when he asked about disability sport in the hospital that fitted his prosthetic leg.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |title=London Paralympics: introducing Jonnie Peacock, GB's top 100m hope |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/24/london-paralympics-100m-jonnie-peacock |access-date=6 September 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 August 2012 |author=Alexandra Topping}}</ref> His mother would carry him to school when his very short stump was too sore to wear his prosthetic leg.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news |title=Paralympic sprinter Jonnie Peacock and his refusal to accept defeat |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/8999641/Paralympic-sprinter-Jonnie-Peacock-and-his-refusal-to-accept-defeat.html |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Peacock refers to his stump as his "sausage leg."<ref>{{cite web |title=My champion son Jonnie Peacock: Mum Linda reveals his amazing journey from childhood meningitis to Paralympics Gold |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/19/my-champion-son-jonnie-peacock-mum-linda-reveals-his-amazing-journey-from-childhood-meningitis-to-paralympics-gold_n_7371354.html |publisher=Parentdish |access-date=2 April 2014 |date=2012-12-19}}</ref> As a teenager, Peacock lived in [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire]] and attended [[St Ivo Academy|St Ivo School]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/former-st-ivo-student-jonnie-peacock-to-take-part-in-strictly-come-dancing-1-5158517 |title=Former St Ivo student Jonnie Peacock to take part in Strictly Come Dancing |last=Day |first=Sophie |work=Hunts Post |access-date=3 September 2024 |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807152742/https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/former-st-ivo-student-jonnie-peacock-to-take-part-in-strictly-come-dancing-1-5158517 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Jonnie Peacock's gold postbox in Doddington, Cambridgeshire.jpg|thumb|Peacock's gold postbox in [[Doddington, Cambridgeshire]]]]
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Peacock was born in [[Cambridge]], and grew up in the village of [[Shepreth]].<ref name=Cambridge>{{Cite news |title=Jonnie Peacock's Doddington home 'over the moon' at win |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-19512801 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=10 January 2013 |newspaper=BBC News |date=2012-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/jonnie-peacock-strictly-come-dancing-13512596 |title=How we helped Jonnie Peacock to Strictly Come Dancing stardom |last=Elliott |first=Chris |date=2017-08-22 |work=cambridgenews |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/former-st-ivo-student-jonnie-peacock-to-take-part-in-strictly-come-dancing-1-5158517 |title=Former St Ivo student Jonnie Peacock to take part in Strictly Come Dancing |last=Day |first=Sophie |work=Hunts Post |access-date=2017-11-19 |language=en}}</ref> At age 5, he contracted [[meningitis]], resulting in the disease killing the tissues in his right leg, which was then amputated just below the knee. Wanting to play [[association football|football]], he was directed to a Paralympic sports talent day when he asked about disability sport in the hospital that fitted his prosthetic leg.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |title=London Paralympics: introducing Jonnie Peacock, GB's top 100m hope |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/24/london-paralympics-100m-jonnie-peacock |access-date=6 September 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 August 2012 |author=Alexandra Topping}}</ref> His mother would carry him to school when his very short stump was too sore to wear his prosthetic leg.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news |title=Paralympic sprinter Jonnie Peacock and his refusal to accept defeat |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/8999641/Paralympic-sprinter-Jonnie-Peacock-and-his-refusal-to-accept-defeat.html |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Peacock refers to his stump as his "sausage leg."<ref>{{cite web |title=My champion son Jonnie Peacock: Mum Linda reveals his amazing journey from childhood meningitis to Paralympics Gold |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/19/my-champion-son-jonnie-peacock-mum-linda-reveals-his-amazing-journey-from-childhood-meningitis-to-paralympics-gold_n_7371354.html |publisher=Parentdish |access-date=2 April 2014 |date=2012-12-19}}</ref>


Peacock ran his first international race at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May 2012.<ref name=Guardian/> In June 2012 Peacock set a new 100 metres world record in amputee sprinting at the United States Paralympic track and field trials, recording a time of 10.85 seconds to beat the previous record held by [[Marlon Shirley]] by 0.06 seconds.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jonnie Peacock knocks 0.06 seconds off 100m world record |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/18663231 |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=1 July 2012 |date=July 2012}}</ref> This record was beaten in July 2013 at the [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships]] at the [[Stade du Rhône]] in [[Lyon]] when American athlete [[Richard Browne (athletics)|Richard Browne]] recorded a time of 10.83 in the T44 100m semi-finals.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/23406405 |title=IPC Athletics: Hannah Cockroft secures sprint double in Lyon |publisher=BBC News Disability Sport |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=23 July 2013 |author=Hudson, Elizabeth |newspaper=BBC Sport}}</ref>
Peacock ran his first international race at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May 2012.<ref name=Guardian/> In June 2012 Peacock set a new 100 metres world record in amputee sprinting at the United States Paralympic track and field trials, recording a time of 10.85 seconds to beat the previous record held by [[Marlon Shirley]] by 0.06 seconds.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jonnie Peacock knocks 0.06 seconds off 100m world record |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/18663231 |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=1 July 2012 |date=July 2012}}</ref> This record was beaten in July 2013 at the [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships]] at the [[Stade du Rhône]] in [[Lyon]] when American athlete [[Richard Browne (athletics)|Richard Browne]] recorded a time of 10.83 in the T44 100m semi-finals.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/23406405 |title=IPC Athletics: Hannah Cockroft secures sprint double in Lyon |publisher=BBC News Disability Sport |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=23 July 2013 |author=Hudson, Elizabeth |newspaper=BBC Sport}}</ref>


At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], Peacock won the 100m T44 final with a time of 10.90 seconds, claiming the gold and the Paralympic record in the process.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19511019 |title=Paralympics 2012: Jonnie Peacock wins gold in T44 100m |access-date=7 September 2012 |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=2012-09-07}}</ref> The win made his coach, Dan Pfaff, the only man to have coached 100m gold medalists in both the Olympics and the Paralympics; Pfaff coached Canada's [[Donovan Bailey]], the gold medalist in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta.<ref name=Grdn>{{cite news |title=Paralympics 2012: Jonnie Peacock breaks record to win gold in T44 100m |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/06/paralympics-2012-jonnie-peacock-gold?newsfeed=true |access-date=6 September 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 September 2012 |author=Andy Bull}}</ref>
At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], Peacock won the 100m T44 final with a time of 10.90 seconds, claiming the gold and the Paralympic record in the process.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19511019 |title=Paralympics 2012: Jonnie Peacock wins gold in T44 100m |access-date=7 September 2012 |newspaper=BBC Sport |date=2012-09-07}}</ref> The win made his coach, Dan Pfaff, the only man to have coached 100m gold medalists in both the Olympics and the Paralympics; Pfaff coached Canada's [[Donovan Bailey]], the gold medalist in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta.<ref name=Grdn>{{cite news |title=Paralympics 2012: Jonnie Peacock breaks record to win gold in T44 100m |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/06/paralympics-2012-jonnie-peacock-gold |access-date=6 September 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 September 2012 |author=Andy Bull}}</ref>


Peacock pulled out of the [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships]] due to a sore on his stump that developed over the summer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/jonnie-peacock-dismisses-richard-brownes-time-target-35363/ |title=Jonnie Peacock dismisses Richard Browne's time target |work=Athletics Weekly |date=30 October 2015 |access-date=10 January 2016 |author=Coldwell, Ben}}</ref>
Peacock pulled out of the [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships]] due to a sore on his stump that developed over the summer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/jonnie-peacock-dismisses-richard-brownes-time-target-35363/ |title=Jonnie Peacock dismisses Richard Browne's time target |work=Athletics Weekly |date=30 October 2015 |access-date=10 January 2016 |author=Coldwell, Ben}}</ref>
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From September 2017 Peacock was a contestant on [[Strictly Come Dancing (series 15)|series 15]] of the [[BBC One]] programme ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', becoming the first amputee paralympian to compete on the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3CrWlxzKCfkSb8ZSMhWVy6H/jonnie-peacock |title=Strictly Come Dancing - Jonnie Peacock - BBC One |website=BBC |access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> Partnered with [[Oti Mabuse]], they were the eighth couple to be eliminated, at the show in Blackpool.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/strictly-come-dancing-2017-blackpool-week-9-sunday-results/ |title=Strictly Come Dancing 2017, Blackpool, week 9, Sunday results: Debbie McGee survives, but was Jonnie Peacock 'cheated' in the dance-off? |first=Rebecca |last=Hawkes |date=19 November 2017 |publisher=www.telegraph.co.uk |access-date=20 December 2017 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref>
From September 2017 Peacock was a contestant on [[Strictly Come Dancing (series 15)|series 15]] of the [[BBC One]] programme ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', becoming the first amputee paralympian to compete on the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3CrWlxzKCfkSb8ZSMhWVy6H/jonnie-peacock |title=Strictly Come Dancing - Jonnie Peacock - BBC One |website=BBC |access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> Partnered with [[Oti Mabuse]], they were the eighth couple to be eliminated, at the show in Blackpool.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/strictly-come-dancing-2017-blackpool-week-9-sunday-results/ |title=Strictly Come Dancing 2017, Blackpool, week 9, Sunday results: Debbie McGee survives, but was Jonnie Peacock 'cheated' in the dance-off? |first=Rebecca |last=Hawkes |date=19 November 2017 |publisher=www.telegraph.co.uk |access-date=20 December 2017 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref>


Peacock appeared on the 15th Series of [[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|''Who Do You Think You Are?'']], which aired in 2018.
Peacock was late addition to the British team for the postponed [[2020 Summer Paralympics]] in Tokyo on 21 July 2021. The other additions were [[David Weir (athlete)|David Weir]], [[Kadeena Cox]] and [[Libby Clegg]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Peacock & Clegg named in GB squad|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/57914302|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref>

Peacock was a late addition to the British team for the postponed [[2020 Summer Paralympics]] in Tokyo on 21 July 2021. The other additions were [[David Weir (athlete)|David Weir]], [[Kadeena Cox]] and [[Libby Clegg]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Peacock & Clegg named in GB squad|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/57914302|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref> He was part of the team to win silver in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay|Mixed {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHX4X100M--64230-----FNL-000100--.pdf|title=Final results|accessdate=10 August 2022|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903125924/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHX4X100M--64230-----FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> also winning an individual bronze in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T64|men's 100m T64]]. He shared the medal with [[Johannes Floors]], after the pair finished in exactly the same time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM100M----64030-----FNL-000100--.pdf|title=Final results|accessdate=10 August 2022|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830115903/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM100M----64030-----FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In August 2021, Peacock made a guest appearance in the [[Channel 4]] soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]''. His scenes involved comforting character [[Sid Sumner]] ([[Billy Price (actor)|Billy Price]]) on insecurities about his recent amputation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollyoaks brings in Paralympic runner Jonnie Peacock for new Sid Sumner scenes |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a37371636/hollyoaks-paralympic-runner-jonnie-peacock-sid-sumner/ |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=23 August 2021}}</ref>

His television series ''Jonnie's Blade Camp'' <ref>[https://www.channel4.com/programmes/jonnies-blade-camp Jonnie's Blade Camp. Channel 4. August 2021]</ref> was screened on Channel 4 in August 2021.

In 2022 Peacock took part in the ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]'' '[[List of Taskmaster episodes#New Year Treat II (2022)|New Year Treat II]]', although he was absent from the studio segments due to illness.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Year's Treat 2022 contestants interview |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/taskmaster/interviews/new-years-treat-2022-contestants/ |website=[[British Comedy Guide]] |date=31 December 2021 |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> In 2024 he appeared as a judge for BBC's ''[[Great British Menu]]'' which celebrated the 2024 Paris Olympics.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vx9m | title=BBC Two - Great British Menu, Series 19, Central England: Judging }}</ref> In August 2024 he stated he was firmly ambitious and confident of preparing for his third [[Paralympic Games]] medal in Paris 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-28 |title=Jonnie Peacock 'ready to fight' for third Paralympic gold at Paris 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cn871w2xn47o |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> He finished fifth in [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men%27s 100 metres#T64|the final]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-02 |title=Paralympics 2024: Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock fifth in men's T64 100m final |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cm2npvejk56o |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> He was also part of the 4x100m universal relay team alongside [[Zac Shaw]], [[Ali Smith (athlete)]] and [[Sammi Kinghorn]] which won a silver medal behind [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ParalympicsGB {{!}} Awesome foursome win universal relay silver |url=https://paralympics.org.uk/articles/awesome-foursome-win-universal-relay-silver |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=ParalympicsGB |language=en}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 09:32, 1 December 2024

For other people with similar names, see John Peacock (disambiguation).

Jonnie Peacock
MBE
Peacock at the 2012 London Paralympics
Personal information
Birth nameJonathan Peacock
Born (1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 (age 31)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportRunning
EventSprints (100m)
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100m T44
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio 100m T44
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo mixed 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris mixed 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100m T64
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lyon 100 m T44
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 100 m T44
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 100m – T44
Gold medal – first place 2016 Grosseto 100m – T44
Updated on 28 February 2018

Jonathan Peacock MBE (born 28 May 1993) is an English sprint runner.[1][2][3] An amputee, Peacock won gold at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics, representing Great Britain in the T44 men's 100 metres event. He won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Biography

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Peacock was born in Cambridge, and grew up in the village of Shepreth.[4][5] At age 5, he contracted meningitis, resulting in the disease killing the tissues in his right leg, which was then amputated just below the knee. Wanting to play football, he was directed to a Paralympic sports talent day when he asked about disability sport in the hospital that fitted his prosthetic leg.[6] His mother would carry him to school when his very short stump was too sore to wear his prosthetic leg.[7] Peacock refers to his stump as his "sausage leg."[8] As a teenager, Peacock lived in St Ives, Cambridgeshire and attended St Ivo School.[9]

Peacock ran his first international race at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May 2012.[6] In June 2012 Peacock set a new 100 metres world record in amputee sprinting at the United States Paralympic track and field trials, recording a time of 10.85 seconds to beat the previous record held by Marlon Shirley by 0.06 seconds.[10] This record was beaten in July 2013 at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships at the Stade du Rhône in Lyon when American athlete Richard Browne recorded a time of 10.83 in the T44 100m semi-finals.[11]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Peacock won the 100m T44 final with a time of 10.90 seconds, claiming the gold and the Paralympic record in the process.[12] The win made his coach, Dan Pfaff, the only man to have coached 100m gold medalists in both the Olympics and the Paralympics; Pfaff coached Canada's Donovan Bailey, the gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[13]

Peacock pulled out of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships due to a sore on his stump that developed over the summer.[14]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Peacock defended his title, winning gold in the T44 100m, in 10.81 seconds.[15]

From September 2017 Peacock was a contestant on series 15 of the BBC One programme Strictly Come Dancing, becoming the first amputee paralympian to compete on the show.[16] Partnered with Oti Mabuse, they were the eighth couple to be eliminated, at the show in Blackpool.[17]

Peacock appeared on the 15th Series of Who Do You Think You Are?, which aired in 2018.

Peacock was a late addition to the British team for the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo on 21 July 2021. The other additions were David Weir, Kadeena Cox and Libby Clegg.[18] He was part of the team to win silver in the Mixed 4 × 100 m relay,[19] also winning an individual bronze in the men's 100m T64. He shared the medal with Johannes Floors, after the pair finished in exactly the same time.[20]

In August 2021, Peacock made a guest appearance in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. His scenes involved comforting character Sid Sumner (Billy Price) on insecurities about his recent amputation.[21]

His television series Jonnie's Blade Camp [22] was screened on Channel 4 in August 2021.

In 2022 Peacock took part in the Taskmaster 'New Year Treat II', although he was absent from the studio segments due to illness.[23] In 2024 he appeared as a judge for BBC's Great British Menu which celebrated the 2024 Paris Olympics.[24] In August 2024 he stated he was firmly ambitious and confident of preparing for his third Paralympic Games medal in Paris 2024.[25] He finished fifth in the final.[26] He was also part of the 4x100m universal relay team alongside Zac Shaw, Ali Smith (athlete) and Sammi Kinghorn which won a silver medal behind China.[27]

Personal life

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Peacock's long-term girlfriend is fellow paralympian Sally Brown, from Northern Ireland.[28]

Honours

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Peacock was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics.[29][30]

References

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  1. ^ The Athletes: Jonnie Peacock, Channel 4, archived from the original on 28 August 2017, retrieved 25 August 2010
  2. ^ You only live once so make the most of it . . ., Cambridge News, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, retrieved 25 August 2010.
  3. ^ Jonnie Peacock pride at Cup performance, BBC Sport, 26 May 2010, retrieved 25 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Jonnie Peacock's Doddington home 'over the moon' at win". BBC News. BBC Sport. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  5. ^ Elliott, Chris (22 August 2017). "How we helped Jonnie Peacock to Strictly Come Dancing stardom". cambridgenews. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b Alexandra Topping (24 August 2012). "London Paralympics: introducing Jonnie Peacock, GB's top 100m hope". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Paralympic sprinter Jonnie Peacock and his refusal to accept defeat". Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  8. ^ "My champion son Jonnie Peacock: Mum Linda reveals his amazing journey from childhood meningitis to Paralympics Gold". Parentdish. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  9. ^ Day, Sophie. "Former St Ivo student Jonnie Peacock to take part in Strictly Come Dancing". Hunts Post. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Jonnie Peacock knocks 0.06 seconds off 100m world record". BBC Sport. July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  11. ^ Hudson, Elizabeth (22 July 2013). "IPC Athletics: Hannah Cockroft secures sprint double in Lyon". BBC Sport. BBC News Disability Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Paralympics 2012: Jonnie Peacock wins gold in T44 100m". BBC Sport. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  13. ^ Andy Bull (6 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Jonnie Peacock breaks record to win gold in T44 100m". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  14. ^ Coldwell, Ben (30 October 2015). "Jonnie Peacock dismisses Richard Browne's time target". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  15. ^ Lofthouse, Amy (9 September 2016). "Rio Paralympics 2016: Great Britain win seven gold medals on day two". BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Strictly Come Dancing - Jonnie Peacock - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  17. ^ Hawkes, Rebecca (19 November 2017). "Strictly Come Dancing 2017, Blackpool, week 9, Sunday results: Debbie McGee survives, but was Jonnie Peacock 'cheated' in the dance-off?". The Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Peacock & Clegg named in GB squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Hollyoaks brings in Paralympic runner Jonnie Peacock for new Sid Sumner scenes". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  22. ^ Jonnie's Blade Camp. Channel 4. August 2021
  23. ^ "New Year's Treat 2022 contestants interview". British Comedy Guide. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  24. ^ "BBC Two - Great British Menu, Series 19, Central England: Judging".
  25. ^ "Jonnie Peacock 'ready to fight' for third Paralympic gold at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Paralympics 2024: Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock fifth in men's T64 100m final". BBC Sport. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  27. ^ "ParalympicsGB | Awesome foursome win universal relay silver". ParalympicsGB. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Strictly heart-throb Jonnie Peacock declares love for Northern Ireland woman". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  29. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 25.
  30. ^ "2013 New Year's Honours" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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