12 Facts About Liam Bekric

Liam Bekric was born on 7 January 2001 and is an Australian Paralympic swimmer with a vision impairment.

Liam Bekric was born on 7 January 2001 in Adelaide, South Australia, to parents Dragan and Tracy, and is brother to Josh, Riley and Darcy.

Liam Bekric was born with retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary, degenerative eye condition that results in tunnel vision and can lead to blindness.

Liam Bekric competes in the S13 classification for swimmers with vision impairment.

Liam Bekric is a member of the Norwood Swimming Club.

Liam Bekric began swimming competitively in 2011 and made his breakthrough in 2014.

In 2013, Liam Bekric slipped while playing soccer and fractured his wrist.

Liam Bekric competed at the Australian Swimming Championships for the first time in 2014.

Liam Bekric was just 13 years old, the youngest competitor at the event, racing competitors 10 years his senior.

Liam Bekric was just 0.1 of a second off getting silver.

Liam Bekric took silver in the Men's 50m and 100m butterfly, bronze in the Men's 200m individual medley.

At the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Liam Bekric finished fourth in the final of Men's 100m Breaststroke SB13, but did not progress to the finals in the Men's 400m Freestyle S13, Men's 100m Backstroke S13 or Men's 200m Individual Medley SM13.