Profiles
Jack Roughan
Key achievements:
- 2011 IWAS & CPSI National Athletics Championships 100m - Bronze
- 2011 IBSA World Youth Championships 100m - 4th
- 2011 Sainsburys UK Schools Games 100m - Bronze
- 3 medals at the 2009 IBSA World Championships, Colorado
- Ranked as fastest in the world for age and category
- 2009 DSE Regional Championships Birmingham - 100m winner 12.8, 200m winner 26.3
- 2009 DSE National Championships 100m, 12.7sec Gold, 200m 26.7sec Gold, Long Jump 5.13m Bronze
Aims:
- CP Nationals
- BBS Combined Events Competition
- 2012 Paralympic Games
- 2016 Paralympic Games
Jack is partially sighted and competes in the B2 classification. He has only been running since Spring 2008 and has shown remarkable improvement in a short period of time. He ran in a CP Grand Prix in June 2008 and came a close second to Ben Rushgrove, who went on to win a Silver medal in Beijing. This made him realise that perhaps he could be a good sprinter.
He joined Worcester Athletic Club and trained through the Winter and Spring of 2008/9. In July he travelled to the IBSA World Championships at Colorado Springs USA. He competed in three events, 100m, 200m & Long Jump. This was his first major event and he came back with the 100m Silver medal in 12.2sec, 200m Bronze medal in 25.9sec and Long Jump Bronze medal with 5.09m.
He had a wonderful time and is very grateful for the opportunity to represent his country, making many new friends from different countries and competing against World Class Paralympic athletes. Winning a medal in each of his events has been a fantastic achievement and is a credit to the effort and training by him and the support of his coach.
Jack also enjoys art & design, swimming, music, and visiting friends. He is a part-qualified life guard and a green belt in Karate.
Speaking of his spot on the SportsAid 16 for 2016 list he said: "I am really pleased to be selected by SportsAid to be one of the 16 for 2016. It is a great honour to be recognised as having the potential to achieve success at Olympic/Paralympic Level."
- Sport: Disability Athletics
- Region: West Midlands
