Ezra Frech: all medals and records

An athlete and disability rights advocate from a young age, Ezra Frech is today one of the world’s most recognisable Para athletes. His profile has grown further in 2026 following his appearance on the television programme Dancing with the Stars ahead of the next Paralympic Games in his hometown of Los Angeles in 2028.

Frech was born with congenital limb differences, missing his left fibula and left knee, and with only one finger on his left hand. At the age of three, he underwent surgery to remove the lower part of his leg and transplant his big toe onto his left hand.  This surgery gave him a residual limb that fit prosthesis much better and allowed him to pick up and hold things with his left hand. 

He received his first prosthetic leg when he was just 11 months old and, after his surgery, Frech received his first leg with a knee. His first exposure to adaptive sports came at the age of 8, when his father Clayton took him to an adaptive track meet. A Los Angeles Lakers fan, Frech’s sporting passion was basketball, and he joined a club team using his running blade.

Alongside his parents, Clayton Frech and Bahar Soomekh, he helped establish Angel City Sports and the Angel City Games, which provide free sports opportunities for children, veterans and adults with disabilities across Southern California.

After watching the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Frech told his family and friends that he would make Team USA for next Games at Tokyo 2020. He was only 11, and three years later was already representing the United States internationally, winning medals at the 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland, before making his World Para Athletics Championships debut in Dubai at the age of 14. 

Never too young to dream. Never too early to rise. 🚀

At 14, Ezra Frech was the youngest athlete at the 2019 World Champs, finishing 7th in the men’s high jump T63 with 1.74m.

5️⃣ years later, at Paris 2024, he soared to 1.94m — and claimed his first 🥇 at the event 💥 pic.twitter.com/ybSqEtqw3t

— Para Athletics (@ParaAthletics) April 10, 2025

Since then, Frech’s list of achievements has continued to growth. Below you can find all of his records, medals and major international results.

Records

World record

Men’s high jump T63: 1.97m (Miramar, USA, 20 July 2024)

Paralympic record

Men’s high jump T63: 1.94m (Paris, France, 3 September 2024)

World Championships record

Men’s high jump T63: 1.95m (Paris, France, 13 July 2023)

Medals and results

Paralympic Games

Paris 2024
Men's 100m T63: Gold medal 🥇
Men’s high jump T63: Gold medal 🥇 
Men’s long jump T63: Fifth place

Tokyo 2020
Men’s high jump T63: Fifth place
Men’s long jump T63: Eighth place

World Championships

New Delhi 2025
Men’s high jump T63: Silver medal 🥈 
Men's 100m T63: Fifth place
Men’s long jump T63: Fifth place

Kobe 2024
Men’s high jump T63: Silver place 🥈
Men’s long jump T63: Fourth place

Paris 2023
Men’s high jump T63: Gold medal 🥇
Men's 100m T63: Sixth place
Men’s long jump T63: Fourth place

Dubai 2019
Men’s high jump T63: Seventh place
Men's 100m T63: Eighth place
Men’s long jump T63: Eighth place

Parapan Am Games

Lima 2019
Men’s high jump T63: Silver medal 🥈
Men’s long jump T64: Silver medal 🥈
Men's 100m T64: Seventh place

Junior World Championships

Nottwil 2019
Men’s high jump T63: Gold medal 🥇
Men's 100m T63: Bronze medal 🥉
Men’s long jump T63: Bronze medal 🥉