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词条 Deon Kenzie
释义

  1. Personal

  2. Athletics

  3. Recognition

  4. References

  5. External links

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}}Deon Kenzie (born 11 March 1996) is an Australian Para athlete who competes in the T38 (classification) prominently in the 1500m. He has won medals at the 2013, 2015 and 2017 World Para Athletics Championships including gold in the Men's 1500 m T38 in 2017. He won a silver medal in the Men's 1500 m T38 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[2][6]

Personal

Kenzie was born in Devonport, Tasmania.[1] He has cerebral palsy, which impacts the right side of his body.[3] He has attended Forth Primary, Devonport High School and The Don College.[4] He lives in Forth, Tasmania.

Athletics

In 2013, Kenzie made his international debut at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France. Competing in the T38 1500m against the likes of Michael McKillop and Abbes Saidi, Kenzie led the first lap before eventually hanging on in the later stages for the bronze medal.

On 13 December 2014, he broke the Men's 1500m T38 world record at an athletics meeting in the Domain Athletic Centre in Hobart.[5] His time of 4.08.51 beat Abbes Saidi of Tunisia world record of 4:09.50 that was set in July 2005.[5] Kenzie is coached by Mike Gunson.[5]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500m T38 in a time of 4:11.60.[6] In the Men's 800m T38, whilst sitting in the bronze medal position coming into the home straight, he fell and eventually finished in seventh place in 2:11.58.[7] After winning the bronze medal in the Men's 1500m, he said: "It's a great reward for all the hard work that I’ve put in this year and I can’t wait to get home to start working with Gunner (coach, Mike Gunson) and Philo (Saunders) on a program that will have me in the best possible shape when it counts even more in 2016."[6]

Kenzie won a silver medal at the Men's 1500m T38 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics with a time of 4:14.95[8] .

on 31 March 2017 in Sydney, he set a world record in the Men's 1500m T38 with a time of 4:05.11.[9]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, he won the gold medal in the Men's 1500 m T38 ((4:06.68)) and silver medal in the Men's 800 m T38 (2:02.15 Australian record).[10][11]

He is a Tasmanian Institute of Sport athletics scholarship holder.[12]

Recognition

  • 2013 – The Advocate-IGA Junior Sports Awards.[13]
  • 2014 – Athletics Tasmania U18 Athlete of the Year
  • 2014 – Finalist for the Athletics Australia Para Athlete of the Year award.

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Deon Kenzie – Athlete Profile |url=http://www.paralympic.org/athletics/athletes/biographies |website=International Paralympic Committee website |accessdate=13 December 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/11564-2/|website=Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016|accessdate=2 August 2016}}
3. ^{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Rob |title=Devonport teen for paralympic world titles |work=The Examiner |date=18 June 2013}}
4. ^{{cite news |last1=Edmunds |first1=Luke |title=Deon claims bronze medal |url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/1663327/deon-claims-bronze-medal/ |accessdate=13 December 2014 |work=The Advocate |date=25 July 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web |title=Record run for Kenzie |url=http://athletics.com.au/News/record-run-for-kenzie-98609 |website=Athletics Australia News, 13 December 2014 |accessdate=13 December 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web |title=Doha 2015 |url=http://athletics.com.au/News/doha-2015-120 |website=Athletics Australia website |accessdate=1 November 2015}}
7. ^{{cite web |title=Doha 2015 |url=http://athletics.com.au/News/doha-2015-holt200 |website=Athletics Australia website |accessdate=25 October 2015}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Men's 1500 m T38 results |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athletics-standings-at-mens-1500m-t38 |website=Rio Paralympics Official site |accessdate=11 September 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922201500/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athletics-standings-at-mens-1500m-t38 |archivedate=22 September 2016 |df= }}
9. ^{{cite web|title=London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships|url=https://www.paralympic.org/london-2017|website=International Paralympic Committee website|accessdate=23 July 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|last1=Ryner|first1=Sascha|title=Holt surges to gold once again|url=http://athletics.com.au/News/holt-surges-to-gold-once-again|website=Athletics Australia News, 17 July 2017|accessdate=19 July 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|last1=Ryner|first1=Sascha|title=A trio of gold medals bolsters Australia’s medal tally|url=http://athletics.com.au/News/a-trio-of-gold-medals-bolsters-australias-medal-tally|website=Athletics Australia News, 23 July 2017|accessdate=23 July 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web |title=NTC Track and Field Athletes |url=http://www.tis.tas.gov.au/programs/sports/trackandfield/athletes |website=Tasmanian Institute of Sport website |accessdate=13 December 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203145606/http://www.tis.tas.gov.au/programs/sports/trackandfield/athletes |archivedate=3 December 2014 |df= }}
13. ^{{cite news |last1=Whiteley |first1=Cameron |title=Deon Kenzie targets Rio Paralympics |url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/2763989/deon-kenzie-targets-rio-paralympics/ |accessdate=15 December 2014 |work=The Advocate |date=14 December 2014}}

External links

  • [https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/deon-kenzie/ Deon Kenzie] at the Australian Paralympic Committee
  • {{IPC athlete|1182378}}
  • Deon Kenzie at Australia Athletics Historical Results
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10 : Paralympic athletes of Australia|Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Paralympic silver medalists for Australia|Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors|Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy|World record holders in Paralympic athletics|People from Devonport, Tasmania|Living people|1996 births

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