Isaac Towers
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1998 Blackpool, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Peter Wyman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 16.90s 200m: 29.69s 400m: 54.18s 800m: 1:44.67 1500m: 3:21.14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Isaac Towers (born 1 October 1998) is a Paralympian athlete from England competing in 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 Summer Paralympics in Rio.
Personal history
Towers was born in 1998 in Lancashire, England.[1] He was educated at King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, before attending Cardinal Newman College where he studies business.[2] He has cerebral palsy.[3]
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 athlete and was competing at regional competitions.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Isaac Towers". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Salmon, Craig (2 July 2016). "Isaac Towers". lep.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Towers, Isaac". IPC. Retrieved 11 August 2016.