Evan Austin
Sport: Para Swimming
Gold: 1 Silver: 0 Bronze: 1
Quick Facts
Birthday: September 10, 1992
Height: 6'1"
Age: 33
Hometown: Terre Haute, IN
Education: Indiana State University
Biography
Quick Facts
- Began swimming at age 11
- He has spastic paraplegia
- The Sycamore alum made his senior international debut at the London Games
- He took time away from swimming following the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and returned to training in late 2013
- He has served as an assistant swimming coach at Terre Haute South High School
- Son of Eric and Nola Austin
- Has one older brother, Adam
- Member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity
- Nickname is EA Swim
Paralympic Experience
- 4-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold, 1 bronze)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 4th (400m Freestyle S7 - Men, 50m Butterfly S7 - Men), 6th (200m Individual Medley SM7 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (50m Butterfly S7 - Men), bronze (400m Freestyle S7 - Men), 5th (200m Individual Medley SM7 - Men), 8th (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Men)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 6th (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Men, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Men), 8th (100m Breaststroke SB7 - Men, 100m Butterfly S8 - Men), 11th (200m Individual Medley SM8 - Men), 12th (400m Freestyle S8 - Men), 14th (100m Freestyle S8 - Men)
- Paralympic Games London 2012, 6th (100m Breaststroke SB7 - Men, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Men), 14th (100m Butterfly S8 - Men), 15th (100m Freestyle S8 - Men, 200m Individual Medley SM8 - Men)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – gold (50m Butterfly S7 - Men), 5th (100m Breaststroke SB6 - Men), 6th (200m Individual Medley SM7 - Men), 7th (400m Freestyle S7 - Men)
- Years of participation: 100m Breaststroke SB6 - Men 2019; 200m Individual Medley SM7 - Men 2019; 400m Freestyle S7 - Men 2019; 50m Butterfly S7 - Men 2019
- Medals: 1 (1 gold)
- Gold – 2019 (50m Butterfly S7 - Men)
