Blake Leeper

Paralympic Medalist

Blake Leeper was born in Kingsport, Tenn., with both legs missing below the knee and has worn prosthetics since he was nine months old. He made his international track debut in 2009 at Rio de Janeiro, and won a silver medal in the World Championships 4 x 100m relay in 2011, an individual silver medal in the 400m T44 event and a bronze medal in the 200m at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Leeper has made history by becoming the first double-leg amputee to compete at the USATF National Championships, where in 2019 he broke a World Record in the 400m with a time of 44.38 seconds. He ran the sixth-fastest time in the world this year, including among able-bodied runners.

Blake Leeper was a speaker at Northstar Meetings Group's IPEC in February 2026.