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United Kingdom Jonnie Peacock is a decorated Paralympic sprinter who has achieved multiple gold and silver medals across various major international competitions, inspiring a wide audience through his athletic achievements and public presence.
ASICS announced the addition of world-renowned sprinter Jonnie Peacock to its roster of athletes in July 2023.
CHS agency conceived, planned, and shot a film with sprinter and Paralympic gold medallist Jonnie Peacock, showing him undertaking four key drills.
Jonnie Peacock officially launched Parasport powered by Toyota, an online hub designed to empower disabled people to become more active.
Watch sprinter Jonnie Peacock's preparations for Paris 2024 in a fly-on-the-wall documentary screening on Channel 4 in partnership with The National Lottery.
The sprinter is a patron of Meningitis Research Foundation, a charity dedicated to funding vital research for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
The second episode of a docu-series commissioned by Channel 4 will show Paralympic runner Jonnie Peacock blending running and gaming to create a unique video game.
Jonnie Peacock, born on May 28, 1993, in Cambridge, faced a significant health challenge at the age of five when he contracted meningitis, which necessitated the amputation of his right leg below the knee. This early experience led him to para-athletics. He quickly developed into a formidable sprinter, specializing in the T44/T64 100m events. Peacock’s career saw a rapid ascent, highlighted by setting a new 100m world record in amputee sprinting in June 2012 at the United States Paralympic track and field trials with a time of 10.85 seconds.
Peacock’s breakthrough performance came at the 2012 London Paralympic Games, where he secured a gold medal in the T44 100m, establishing a new Paralympic record of 10.90 seconds. This achievement was followed by another gold in the same event at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. His dominance extended to World Championships, with gold medals in Lyon in 2013 and London in 2017. He also performed strongly at the European level, winning gold medals at the IPC European Championships in Swansea (2014) and Grosseto (2016). In 2017, he appeared on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, becoming the first amputee Paralympian to compete on the program, further elevating his public profile.
More recently, Peacock continued to add to his medal collection, earning a bronze medal in the T64 100m and a silver medal in the 4x100m Universal Relay at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. He also secured another silver medal in the 4x100m Universal Relay at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Despite facing injuries that forced his withdrawal from the 2019 World Championships, Peacock has consistently demonstrated resilience and competitive spirit, returning to major events like the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, where he placed 5th in the T64 100m.
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