John McFall

Quick Facts

Full Name	John McFall
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Apr 25, 1981(1981-04-25)
Age	43
Birthplace	Frimley
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aries

John McFall Biography

John McFall is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on April 25, 1981 in Frimley, England, United Kingdom. John McFall was born on 25 April 1981 in Frimley, Surrey, in England. From 1994 to 1997, he went to school in Millfield located in Street, Somerset, where as a teen he was a runner and a hockey player. In August 2000 traveling on a gap year trip in Ko Samui, Thailand, after completing his A-levels. He suffered a major motorbike accident. On a moped and he rounded an intersection too fast and fell off the road. He pulled his leg to prevent the bike from collapsing and then smashed his knee. The vehicle then crashed into him, which resulted in the chain cutting off the major blood vessels of his leg. The injured man was taken to an emergency hospital in Bangkok but since the injury to the lower leg of his right severe, it was required be surgically removed above the knee within three days. After returning to the UK He spent approximately seven weeks in rehabilitation within Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton, London.

With the aid of a prosthetic for sprinting, McFall began training with an ex- Paralympian. In the early part of 2005, former Welsh world champion Darrell Maynard took over as his coach, and he started training with an all-inclusive team. He was chosen for the team to represent Great Britain at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Championships that were held in August 2005 at Espoo, Finland, a decision that shocked him since he did not meet the standard required for qualification in the races during the summer. At the Championships the first time he competed in an international event, he claimed the bronze medal in 200-meter race and finished fourth in the 100-meter race. He had competed in the class of sport T42 (single Amputation of the upper part of the knee). McFall was later put on a grant program that allowed him to be an all-time athlete.

His next major races were in September 2006 at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championships, where he was awarded a silver medal in the 100 metres and a bronze in the 200 metres. The following year, on 13 May 2007, McFall struck gold and achieved a competition record time of 26.84 seconds in the 200 metres in his début at the Visa Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, England; he also garnered a silver in the 100 metres. Subsequently, on 6 July 2007, he was placed third at the Meeting Gaz de France in Paris, part of the ÅF Golden League.

In the 100-metre sprint, McFall subsequently won silver medals at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championships in 2006 and the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007. On 6 July 2007, he was placed third at the Meeting Gaz de France in Paris, part of the ÅF Golden League; and achieved his personal best time (as at 30 May 2008) in the 100 metres of 12.70 seconds by winning silver at the Bayer International Track and Field Competition in Leverkusen on 10 August of that year. In his other main event, the 200 metres, he achieved a bronze in the 2006 IPC World Championships, and a gold at the 2007 Visa Paralympic World Cup with a competition record time of 26.84 seconds. In September 2007, McFall was champion in both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Wheelchair and Amputee Games. He was ranked first in the world in 2007 for the 200 metres, and second for the 100 metres.

In September 2004, McFall started to pursue postgraduate study in sports and exercise science , at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) and, later, finishing with a Master’s of Science (M.Sc.). McFall passed his medical exam in 2008, and is planning to take a break from athletics following the 2009 season, to pursue a career to become a doctor.

John McFall Net Worth

John McFall is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John McFall 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John McFall (born 25 April 1981) is a Cardiff-based British Paralympic sprinter. In 2000, at 19 years old the right side of his leg had been surgically amputated above the knee after an accident on a motorcycle that was fatal. He returned to running after having a prosthesis fitted and took part at his very first event in the year 2004. In the next year, he was chosen as a representative of Great Britain at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Championships and won his bronze in 200m (sport category T42).

McFall went on to spend the following year in his home, during which he took on the sport of mountain biking, climbing, and was an instructor for fitness at the local leisure centre. McFall also began training for a marathon in summer 2003, as soon as his prosthesis was installed: “I love that sound of air rushing past your ears and the freedom of it. I missed that and I wanted to get that back.” When he enrolled as a student at Swansea University to pursue a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in exercise science and sport and exercise science, he took part in the running track of the university. He was also a member of an athletic club in the area known as that of the Swansea Harriers Athletic Club. But, he found running uncomfortable and difficult as the prosthesis was not designed to be used for that purpose, and often was damaged. After contacting the Federation of Disability Sport Wales (FDSW) the runner was presented with carbon fibre for running “blades”. He graduated from the university with an honours upper second-class degree in the summer of 2004, participating of his very first event at the Disability Sport Events (DSE) Championships in the UK the following year.

At the end of January 2006, two weeks before the Sparkassen Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, McFall’s car was stolen from the car park of the Welsh Institute of Sport where he worked part-time and trained. His customized running prosthesis worth £3,000 was in the boot. Following his appeal for the return of the prosthesis, he received a telephone call from two youths who said they “might be able to recover the lost leg” but asked “What is it worth?” Infuriated, McFall refused to pay anything and asked the youths whether they had considered what being an amputee was like. After McFall agreed to take no further action against them, the youths anonymously returned the prosthesis to the Institute a week later. McFall went on to achieve a personal best of 8.55 seconds in the 60 metres race, and 28.21 seconds in the 200 metres on 4 February.

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Although McFall was born in England, he lives in Cardiff and competes professionally for Wales. He has said, “Wales has been very good to me and I want to put something back. So I’m very proud to run for Wales.” According to him, his motorcycle accident “has been, in some ways, the best thing that ever happened to me. It’s given me a focus, a drive, every day is a new challenge. … I always had a list of goals and aspirations which didn’t change after my accident – they just changed direction. Losing my leg has changed my life, but it hasn’t changed who I am.”

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