Andrew Jenks
Sport: Goalball
Gold: 0 Silver: 1 Bronze: 0
Quick Facts
Birthday: September 21, 1990
Height: 6'4"
Age: 35
Hometown: Wilmington, DE
Education: Brandywine High School (Wilmington, Del.) West Chester University ’13, B.A. Political Science, University of Delaware ’15, M.A. Political Science & International Relations, PhD ’18, Political Science & International Relations
Biography
Quick Facts
- Son of Gordon and Elaine Jenks
- Born with incomplete achromatopsia, a non-progressive and hereditary congential retinal condition characterized by decreased vision, light sensitivity and partial color blindness
- Introduced to goalball in 2000 at a sports day sponsored by Delaware Association of Blind Athletes (DABA) at the Bob Carpenter Center at the University of Delaware
- Met John Mulhern, a member of the U.S. Men’s Goalball Team that had just returned from the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, and Greg Gontaryk – two coaches he credits with teaching him the ‘in’s and out’s’ at a young age
- Hobbies include reading, exploring major metropolitan areas, going on brewery tours and tasting pretty much anything out there
- Plays the saxophone and loves listening to and playing funk/jam music
- Lives by the motto: “The world is your oyster so shuck it, put some hot sauce on it, and shoot it.”
Career Highlights
- 2015 Parapan American Games, silver
Paralympic Experience
- 1-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, silver (Team - Men)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2022 – 9th (Team - Men)
- Years of participation: Team - Men 2014, 2022
- Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
- Bronze – 2014 (Team - Men)
