Blake Leeper, Date of Birth

    

Blake Leeper

Paralympic sprinter

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1989

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Blake Leeper

  • Blake Leeper (born August 31, 1989) is a United States Paralympic athlete, eight-time Paralympic Track and Field international medalist, world record holder and three-time American record holder.Leeper started his medal run in 2011 at the Parapan American Games where he took silver in the 100-meter dash.
  • He went on to compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, where he picked up two more medals, a bronze in the 200-meter dash and silver in the 400-meter dash, losing to South African Oscar Pistorius, whose world record of 45.39 seconds is the one Leeper was chasing.
  • In 2013, Leeper also took four medals at the Paralympic World Championships in Lyon, France, where he ran as part of the world record-setting 4x100-meter relay gold medal team.
  • At the same event he took the silver medal in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 400-meter dash.
  • Leeper's medal collection includes one gold, six silver and one bronze.
  • Over his career, he hopes to win more medals than any Paralympic athlete in track and field.
  • In addition to the medals he has already won, Leeper holds one 2013 Paralympic world record in the 4 × 100 m relay and three American records in the 100-meter dash (10.91), the 200-meter dash (21.7) and the 400-meter dash (44.42-Prague 2018).
  • Leeper's world record for his part in the 4x100-meter relay still stands today.
  • He is serving a one-year ban through June 2016 because he tested positive for cocaine.
  • Leeper received official notification from the United States Olympic Committee's Paralympic Track and Field High Performance Director confirming his spot in the U.S.
  • Paralympic Team Trials that commence June 30 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • The notification also recognized a one-year suspension agreement that Leeper and the U.S.
  • Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) had previously entered into.
  • With the receipt of the official notification, Leeper steps closer to his quest to break the 400-meter Paralympic world record set by Oscar Pistorius.Blake Leeper completed a one-year suspension and set a new American record in the double-amputee (T43) 200-metre race with a time of 21.49 seconds at McMaster University Summer Twilight track series in Ontario Canada, June 21, 2016.
  • He also set an American record in the 400-metre race with a time of 46.54 seconds.Blake Leeper was chosen by the US Paralympics to represent Team USA in Rio 2016.
  • At the Paralympic trials, he set a new American record in the 200m with a time of 21.5 and a new America’s record in the 400m at 46.1.
  • He took silver in the 100m despite losing a prosthetic leg crossing the finish line live on NBC.

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