Zak Skinner

Para athletics

Region

Sevenaoks
Date of Birth

15/10/1998
Classification

T13 long jump and 100m

Born completely blind before gaining some sight at the age of two, Skinner has ocular albinism, a genetic eye condition characterised by vision abnormalities.

Zak competes in both track and field events and represented Great Britain in the 100m and long jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London. He placed 4th in the T13 long jump

Skinner won a silver medal in the T13 long jump at the World Para Athletics European Championships 2018 in Berlin with a mark of 6.72 metres.

He became a double European champion in 2021 after topping the podium in both the T13 100m and Long Jump before making his Paralympic debut in Tokyo. In Japan, he finished eighth in the 100m and fourth in Long Jump.

At the 2023 World Championships in Paris, he won a bronze in the T13 Long Jump with a mark of 6.97 metres.

Results

**Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games **

T13 Long Jump: 4th
T13 100m: 8th

**2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Paris, France **

T13 Long Jump: Bronze

**2021 World Para Athletics European Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland **

T13 Long Jump: Gold
T13 100m: Gold

**2018 World Para Athletics European Championships, Berlin, Germany **

T13 Long Jump: Silver
T13 100m: 4th

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