Blake Leeper

TRACK AND FIELD

T43

Previous Paralympics: 2012
Career medals:
1 Silver, 1 Bronze

2024 Outlook: Leeper last competed in the Paralympics 12 years ago, but he’s hardly been absent from competition. He missed the 2016 Games due to a banned-substance suspension and spent the Tokyo cycle battling (unsuccessfully) for the chance to compete in the Olympics against nondisabled runners. Now 34 years old, Leeper remains a world-class talent, good enough to take silver in the 400m at last summer’s World Championships. He also posted one of the five fastest times in the 100m worldwide during 2023.

Need to know:
Raced against Oscar Pistorius at the 2012 London Games
Has won 1 gold, 5 silvers in World Championship competition
Qualified for the 2017 US Track & Field Championships and competed against able-bodied runners

Personal:
Age: 34
Hometown: Kingsport, TN
Limb difference: Bilateral below-knee

Read more:
Team USA page
IPC page

TRACK AND FIELD
T43

Previous Paralympics: 2012
Career medals:
1 Silver, 1 Bronze

2024 Outlook: Leeper last competed in the Paralympics 12 years ago, but he’s hardly been absent from competition. He missed the 2016 Games due to a banned-substance suspension and spent the Tokyo cycle battling (unsuccessfully) for the chance to compete in the Olympics against nondisabled runners. Now 34 years old, Leeper remains a world-class talent, good enough to take silver in the 400m at last summer’s World Championships. He also posted one of the five fastest times in the 100m worldwide during 2023.

Need to know:
Raced against Oscar Pistorius at the 2012 London Games
Has won 1 gold, 5 silvers in World Championship competition
Qualified for the 2017 US Track & Field Championships and competed against able-bodied runners

Personal:
Age: 34
Hometown: Kingsport, TN
Limb difference: Bilateral below-knee

Read more:
Team USA page
IPC page

Amplitude