Jack Swift

Swift was born on 8 August 1985, in Victoria. "when a 14-tonne excavator fell and crushed his right leg". ==Athletics==

Swift competes in the T44 athletics classification. At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, he finished third in the 200m wheelchair race final. He assisted in unveiling the 2012 Australian Paralympic athletics uniform. He did this at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia Spring/Summer 2012/13 on day two at Sydney's Overseas Passenger Terminal on 1 May 2012. in the 400m and 4 × 100 m events. He did not medal at the 2012 Games. ==Paratriathlon==

In April 2013, Swift raced his first sprint distance triathlon. Based on his performance in this race, he was selected in Australia's 2013 ITU Triathlon World Championships paratriathlon team. Like several other selected Australian athletes, he did not race. Swift competed in the 2014 Australian and Oceania Paratriathlon Championships, placing 2nd in the TRI-5 (moderate leg impairment) classification. He also placed second TRI-5 in the ITU World Paratriathlon event in Elwood. At the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in Edmonton, Canada, he finished eleventh in the Men's PT4. In January 2015, Swift won the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT4 event at Penrith, New South Wales. At the 2015 World Triathlon Series Final in Chicago, Swift finished twelfth in the Men's PT4. Swift now aims to qualify for paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ==References==