Deon Kenzie

Athletics

In 2013, Kenzie made his international debut at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France. Competing in the T38 1500m against the likes of Michael McKillop and Abbes Saidi, Kenzie led the first lap before eventually hanging on in the later stages for the bronze medal.

On 13 December 2014, he broke the Men's 1500m T38 world record at an athletics meeting in the Domain Athletic Centre in Hobart. His time of 4.08.51 beat Abbes Saidi of Tunisia world record of 4:09.50 that was set in July 2005. In the Men's 800m T38, whilst sitting in the bronze medal position coming into the home straight, he fell and eventually finished in seventh place in 2:11.58. After winning the bronze medal in the Men's 1500m, he said: "It's a great reward for all the hard work that I’ve put in this year and I can’t wait to get home to start working with Gunner (coach, Mike Gunson) and Philo (Saunders) on a program that will have me in the best possible shape when it counts even more in 2016."

on 31 March 2017 in Sydney, he set a world record in the Men's 1500m T38 with a time of 4:05.11.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, he won the gold medal in the Men's 1500 m T38 ((4:06.68)) and silver medal in the Men's 800 m T38 (2:02.15 Australian record).

In his only event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, Kenzie won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T38.

At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500 T38.

In the lead up to the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, Kenzie won the bronze medal at in the Men's 1500m T38 at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe.

He is a Tasmanian Institute of Sport athletics scholarship holder.

Recognition 2013 – The Advocate-IGA Junior Sports Awards. 2014 – Athletics Tasmania U18 Athlete of the Year 2014 – Finalist for the Athletics Australia Para Athlete of the Year award.