Name: Jessica Lewis
Age: 31
Sport: Athletics
Event: T53 100 and 400 metres [PB: 16.12 and 58.00]
Paralympic appearances: [4] London 2012 [eighth in 100], Rio Janeiro 2016 [sixth in 100], Tokyo 2020 [Fourth in 100], Paris 2024[fifth in 100]
Jessica Lewis became a four-time Paralympian at the Paris Games.
The Female Athlete of Year has also represented Bermuda at the 2012 London Games, 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and 2020 Tokyo Games, and is the island’s most decorated para-athlete.
She claimed a third successive gold medal at the Parapan Games in Santiago, Chile, in 2023 with a time of 16.71sec, smashing her own Games record of 17.36.
In 2023, Lewis made significant career changes, moving to Victoria, British Columbia, to train at the Athletics Canada West Hub under her new coach, Geoff Harris.
She stepped up her preparations for the Paris Paralympics by breaking a record that has stood for 27 years after winning the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland, in June, crossing the line in 16.12.
Among Lewis’ career highlights is winning a bronze medal in the T53 100 at the IPC World Athletics World Championships in Doha in 2015.
