Tobi Fawehinmi

Tobi Fawehinmi (born August 14, 1995)^[1] is an American Paralympic athlete competing in long jump and triple jump events. He is a gold medalist at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom and the 2019 Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru. He also represented the United States at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2021.

Tobi Fawehinmi

Personal information
Born	(1995-08-14) August 14, 1995 (age 29) Houston, Texas, United States
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability class	F46, T46
Events	Long jump Triple jump
Medal record Men's para-athletics Representing  United States World Championships 2017 London Triple jump T47 2013 Lyon Long jump T46 2017 London Long jump T47 2019 Dubai Long jump T47 Parapan American Games 2019 Lima Long jump T47 2015 Toronto Long jump T47

Career

Fawehinmi attended the University of Texas at Arlington where he competed for the UT Arlington Mavericks track and field team.^[2]

In 2012, he represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom. He competed in the men's 200 metres T46 event. He also competed in the men's long jump F46 and men's triple jump F46 events. The following year, he won the silver medal in the men's long jump T46 event at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Lyon, France.

He also represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He competed in the men's long jump T47 event. At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom, he won the gold medal in the men's triple jump T47 event and the bronze medal in the men's long jump T47 event.^[3][4][5]

In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's long jump T47 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[6][7]

He also competed in the men's long jump T47 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

References

1. "Tobi Fawehinmi". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
2. "Tobi Fawehinmi - Track & Field". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
3. Etchells, Daniel (July 17, 2017). "More McFadden magic on day four of World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
4. Etchells, Daniel (July 19, 2017). "Australian teenager steals show on day six of World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
5. Dure, Beau (November 6, 2019). "Athletes to watch in the World Para Track and Field Championships". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
6. "Results - Men's Long Jump T42 Final" (pdf). IPC. November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
7. "Men's long jump T47" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

External links

• Tobi Fawehinmi at TFRRS.org
• Tobi Fawehinmi at Paralympic.org
• Tobi Fawehinmi at Team USA (archived)