Paul Blake

Para athletics

Region

Dorchester
Date of Birth

15/01/1990
Classification

T36 at Rio

Bio

Paul Blake – whose dad played Greedo in Star Wars in the 1970s – has won multiple medals at Paralympic, world, and European level.

Blake, won silver and bronze at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and added gold and silver to his collection four years later at Rio 2016.

At the 2015 World Championships in Doha he also won 400m and 800m gold and silver, but having turned his focus to sprints at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, he missed out on the medals with a best-placed finish of fourth over 400m.

Blake missed much of the 2018 season due to injury, but returned to the track in 2019.

A final world title came his way later that year in Dubai with gold in the T36 800m - two months later in early 2020, Blake announced his retirement from Para athletics.

Major Results

2016 Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

T36 400m: Gold
T36 800m: Silver

2012 Paralympic Games, London, United Kingdom

T36 400m: Silver
T36 800m: Bronze

2015 IPC World Championships, Doha, Qatar

T36 800m: Gold
T36 400m: Silver

2014 IPC Athletics European Championships, Swansea, Wales

T36 400m: Silver
T36 100m: Bronze

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France

T36 800m: Gold
T36 400m: Silver

2019 World Para Athletics World Championships, Dubai, UAE

T36 800m: Gold

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