Ezra Frech
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Born | Paralympic athletics | 1 June 2005|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ezra Frech (born 11 May 2005) is an
Personal life
Frech is the eldest of three sons of actress
He was a 2014 finalist for Sports Illustrated Sportkid of the Year.
Motivational speaker
In 2006, Frech and his family founded Team Ezra to provide financial resources to organizations that serve people with physical disabilities. And in 2013, Frech and his father, Clayton Frech, founded Angel City Sports to provide free, year-round access to sport training, equipment, and competitive opportunities for kids and adults with physical disabilities. Angel City Sports is one of the fastest growing adaptive sports programs in the country and hosts one of the largest events in the country, the Angel City Games presented by The Hartford.
He is also a motivational speaker and started speaking to schools at the age of four to raise awareness for people with impairments as part of his organisation's project.[5]
Sporting career
Frech has played
His first international meet was at the 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships where he won one gold and two bronze medals, he participated in his second international meet at the 2019 Parapan American Games where he won two silver medals, he also took part in the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai but did not medal. He was, however, the youngest athlete in the world to compete at the 2019 World Championships and made the finals in all three of his events.[6][7]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics Frech ranked 5th in the high jump event with a personal best of 1.80 m and 8th in the long jump event with 5.85 m.
At Paris 2023 Para Athletics World Championship, he won the gold medal in High Jump T63 and set a new world record at 1.95m.
References
- ^ "Ezra Frech - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. May 28, 2020.[dead link]
- ^ https://www.kidsinthehouse.com/expert/parenting-advice-from-bahar-soomekh
- ^ "Ezra Frech". Challenged Athletes Foundation. May 28, 2020.
- ^ "The Inspirational Story of 9-Year-Old Ezra Frech". Seeker. May 7, 2015.
- ^ "Team Ezra - My Story". Team Ezra. May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Ezra Frech - Team USA". United States Olympic Committee. May 28, 2020. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020.
- ^ "Ezra Frech '23 Brings Home Two Silver Medals From Peru". angelcitysports.org. October 3, 2019.[permanent dead link]