Sam Harding (athlete)
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Born | Perth, Australia | 11 May 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Harding (born 11 May 1991) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and paratriathlete. His classification is
Personal
Harding was born in
Sporting career
Harding began his sporting career as a tandem cyclist competing for Western Australia.[4]
Athletics
He then switched to running after winning three gold medals, in the 400m, 800m and 1500m, at the 2009 Paralympic Youth Games in
Between 2010 and 2012, Harding received a dAIS scholarship[6] and moved to the Australian Institute of Sport to train.[1]

In 2010, Harding competed in the 2010 national championships where he won bronze in the 800m.
Harding was selected to represent Australia at the
He competed at the 91st and 92nd Australian Athletics Championships where he won silver in the men's 800m and 400m respectively.[8][9]
In 2015, Harding won silver in the Men's 400m at the 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix held in Brisbane.[10]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the Men's 1500 m T13, he finished eleventh.[11]
He was coached by Iryna Dvoskina and Philo Saunders at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.[1]
Triathlon
At the
Recognition
- 2022 - Canberra Sports Awards - Para Athlete of the Year
References
- ^ a b c d e f "IPC Biography". IPC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Sam HARDING (WA)". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Sam Harding". APC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "The Bulletin" (PDF). Statewide Vision Resource Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "dAIS Athlete Grant". AIS - Grant Funding Report. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "WAIS Annual Report" (PDF). The Western Australian Institute of Sport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "91st Aust Athletics Champs". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "92nd Australian AthleticsChampionships" (PDF). Athletics Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "QLD Track Classic & IPC Grand Prix". QLD Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Sam Harding". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Mission Complete For Seine-sational Parker | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
External links
- Sam Harding at Paralympics Australia
- Sam Harding at the International Paralympic Committee
- Sam Harding at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- World Triathlon Results