1. Jack Swift was born on 8 August 1985 and is an Australian athletics competitor and paratriathlete.
13 Facts About Jack Swift
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Jack Swift attended Marcellin College, and played Australian rules football while at school.
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In 2006, Jack Swift lost the lower part of his right leg when he was twenty-one years old after an accident while at work, "when a 14-tonne excavator fell and crushed his right leg".
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Jack Swift was a finalist for the 2011 Victorian Cleo Bachelor of the Year.
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Jack Swift pursued a degree in exercise-science from Deakin University.
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Jack Swift became involved with athletics as a form of personal mental health improvement following his accident, and had not competed in athletics prior to his accident.
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In 2011, Jack Swift was training as much as twenty-five hours a week.
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Jack Swift assisted in unveiling the 2012 Australian Paralympic athletics uniform.
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Jack Swift competed in the 2014 Australian and Oceania Paratriathlon Championships, placing 2nd in the TRI-5 classification.
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Jack Swift placed second TRI-5 in the ITU World Paratriathlon event in Elwood.
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In January 2015, Jack Swift won the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT4 event at Penrith, New South Wales.
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At the 2015 World Triathlon Series Final in Chicago, Jack Swift finished twelfth in the Men's PT4.
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Jack Swift now aims to qualify for paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.