Braedan Jason


Braedan Jason is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Personal

Jason was born on 15 May 1998 in Cronulla, New South Wales. He is the second oldest of four boys. He was born with cone dystrophy resulting in him having ten per cent vision and classed as being legally blind. His brother Nathan also has the same condition.
He has attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee in Queensland. As of 2015 Jason lives in Buderim, Queensland.

Sporting career

Jason began swimming at the age of eight. He started as a nipper at North Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club. He continued his surf life saving at Alexandra Headlands Club. In 2015,he finished ninth-place finish in a field of 15 at the 2015 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships. He is also a pool swimmer. In 2012, he won silver medal at the age national swimming championships.
In April 2015, Jason competed at the Australian Swimming Championships where the able-bodied and paralympic team were combined. He then went on to compete at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships where he came fifth in the Men's 50m and 400m freestyle S13 and sixth Men's 100m Freestyle S13 and seventh in the Men's 100m Butterfly S13.
Jason competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in four events. He placed sixth in Men's 50m Freestyle S13, seventh in Men's 100m Freestyle S14, fifth in Men's 400m Freestyle S13 and seventh in Men's 100m Butterfly S13.
He was coached by Jan Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Sippy Downs, Queensland.