In 2013 Brent Lakatos reached the pinnacle of his sport when he collected four gold medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships and became world champion at his classification in the 100m, 200m and 400m events.
15 Facts About Brent Lakatos
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Brent Lakatos came from a sporting family and was swimming by the age of four.
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Brent Lakatos is married to Great Britain Paralympic sprinter and long jumper, Stefanie Reid and as of 2012 they live together in Britain.
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Eight months before the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Brent Lakatos decided to switch sports permanently to wheelchair racing.
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At that time Brent Lakatos was competing as a T54 athlete having not yet received an International IPC Classification.
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Brent Lakatos' career changed when receiving his first International IPC Classification at the 2004 Paralympics, he was reclassified as a T53 racer.
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Brent Lakatos now ranked in the top 10 in the T53 class.
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Brent Lakatos was entered for the 100m, 200m and 400m T53 events, and whereas in 2004 he failed to qualify for the finals, he now qualified for all three finals.
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Brent Lakatos bettered these results when he raced in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, finishing third in the 100m and second in the 200m finals.
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The next year Brent Lakatos stamped his mark on the international stage when he won five medals, four of them gold at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, becoming world champion in the 100,200 and 400m.
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Brent Lakatos won his first Paralympic Games gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games by winning the 100m T53.
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Brent Lakatos took home a silver medal in the 400m, and two bronze medals in the 800m and 4x400m relay.
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In 2020, Brent Lakatos won the 400 metres wheelchair race at the 2020 British Athletics Championships.
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In 2021, Brent Lakatos took part in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games where he ranked second four times, earning silver medals in the 100m T53, the 400m T53, the 800m T53 and the 5000m T54.
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In 2024, Brent Lakatos took part in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games where he ranked first earning a gold medal in the 800m T53 and a silver medal in the T53 400m.