Jack Swift

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title: "Jack Swift" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["paralympic-athletes-for-australia", "living-people", "1985-births", "athletes-(track-and-field)-at-the-2012-summer-paralympics", "deakin-university-alumni", "paratriathletes", "australian-male-triathletes", "australian-men-sprinters", "athletes-from-melbourne", "sportsmen-from-victoria-(state)", "21st-century-australian-sportsmen"] description: "Australian athlete (born 1985)" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Swift" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian athlete (born 1985) ::

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name	Jack Swift
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caption	2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Swift
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sport	Paralympic athletics

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Personal

Swift was born on 8 August 1985, in Victoria. He attended Marcellin College, and played Australian rules football while at school.

In 2006, "when a 14-tonne excavator fell and crushed his right leg". Prior to his accident, he was a plumber's labourer. He was a finalist for the 2011 Victorian Cleo Bachelor of the Year. In February 2011, he was on the cover of Australian Men's Health. He pursued a degree in exercise-science from Deakin University. , he works as a personal trainer.

In 2025, he was appointed the Victorian Institute of Sport Para Unit Lead.

Athletics

Swift competes in the T44 athletics classification. He 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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/020912_-Jack_Swift-3b-2012_Summer_Paralympics(01).JPG" caption="Swift competing in athletics at the 2012 London Paralympics"] ::

In 2011, Swift was training as much as twenty-five hours a week. 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

References

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4. (2011-04-17). "Patmore closes Nationals with victory | APC Corporate". Australian Paralympic Committee.
5. Nearmy, Tracey. (2012-05-02). "Image: Australian Paralympic team uniforms launched". ABC News.
6. (2012-05-01). "Paralympians Jack Swift And Kelly Cartwright Showcase The... News Photo | Getty Images AU | 143609772". Getty Images.
7. (2012). "Jack Swift | APC Corporate". Australian Paralympic Committee.
8. (2012-05-23). "Jack Swift headed to London Paralympics". Men's Health Magazine.
9. Dutton, Chris. (2012-06-06). "Canberra's Paralympic athletes aim for Games glory". The Canberra Times.
10. (May 2019). "2013-12 Gatorade Triathlon Series Race 6 St Kilda - Jack Swift}}{{Dead link".
11. {{YouTube. AovmQQn5ivE
12. "2013 ITU Female and Male Age-Group World Championship Paratriathlon Team". Triathlon Australia.
13. "Australian Paratriathlon Championships - results".
14. "2014 Elwood ITU World Paratriathlon Event : Paratriathlon Male TRI-5: Results".
15. (July 2025). "Results".
16. (13 January 2013). "brave rain swept Neapean to Conquer Oceania Championships". Triathlon Australia News.
17. "2015 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago : Sep 18 2015 : Men's PT4: Results".
18. "About Jack".

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