The 19-year-old clears 6 feet, 4¼ inches for his second gold medal in two days after he won the T63 100-meter dash title in a photo finish on Monday.
Ezra Frech competes during the men’s T63 high jump final at the Paralympics on Tuesday in Paris. The 19-year-old USC freshman, won his second gold medal in as many days, having won the 100-meter dash in a photo finish on Monday. USC freshman Ezra Frech celebrates after winning the men’s T63 high jump gold medal at the Paralympics on Tuesday in Paris.
USC freshman Ezra Frech celebrates with his family after winning the men’s T63 high jump gold medal at the Paralympics on Tuesday in Paris. In a 100-meter race in which the top five athletes were separated by .1 seconds on Monday, Frech sprinted to a 12.06-second result, edging Denmark’s Daniel Wagner by .02 seconds and Vinicius Goncalves Rodriguez of Brazil by .04 for the victory.Frech, who made his Paralympic debut in Tokyo in 2021, said Monday that competing in front of a crowd at a Paralympic Games for the first time has been an incredible experience.
He has spent his young life sharing the story of his young life, preaching to an ever-growing audience of more than 500,000 combined followers on Instagram and TikTok. Earlier this year, he committed to USC for track and field, becoming – according to Team USA – the first above-the-knee amputee to earn a Division I track and field scholarship.
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