Jonathan Peacock was born 28 May 1993 is an English sprinter runner. He was born in Cambridge, and grew up in the village of Shepreth. At age 5, he contracted meningitis, resulting in the disease killing the tissues in his right leg, which was then amputated just below the knee. Wanting to play football, he was directed to a Paralympic sports talent day when he asked about disability sport in the hospital that fitted his prosthetic leg. Peacock refers to his stump as his "sausage leg."
2012 Paralympic Games!
At the Paralymics, Jonnie competed in the T44 category. This category is for those who have undergone amputation of one leg (below the knee) or those with a similar amount of impairment. He competed in the 100 metres and won gold with a time of 10.90 seconds, beating his previous record and setting a new Paralympic record.
Jonnie hopes to continue to succeed at sport and has expressed an interest in the 200 metre sprint.
Achievement?
He won the gold medal in the 2012 London Paralympic Competition in the men's lo0 meter distance. Peacock, 19, clocked a record 11.08 seconds in qualifying Two tought competitors, Orcar Pistorus from SouthAfrica and Alan oliveira from Brazil.
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