Grant Patterson

Grant Patterson (born 19 May 1989) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, his second games, he won a silver and bronze medal. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he won two bronze medals.

Personal Patterson was born on 19 May 1989 and is from Cairns, Queensland. He attended Redlynch State College, a state school in Redlynch. Patterson has Diastrophic dysplasia, a joint fusion disability connected to dwarfism.

Swimming

Patterson is an S3 classified swimmer. At the 2011 Para Pan Pacific Championships, he earned seven medals. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.

Competing at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, Patterson won a silver medal in the Men's 150m Individual Medley S3. He finished fifth in the Men's 200m Freestyle S3 and Men's 50m Breaststroke SB2, sixth in the Men's 50m Freestyle S3 and Men's 50m Backstroke S3 and seventh in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts.

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, London, Patterson won the silver medal in the Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 and bronze medal in the Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2 with a time of 1:01.79, two-and-a-half seconds behind the gold medal winner, José Arnulfo Castorena of Mexico. Patterson also a bronze medal in the Men's 150 m individual medley SM3 with a time of 3:05.57. He competed in three other events but did not qualify for their finals.

At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira. Patterson won two medals - silver in the Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 and bronze in the Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3. Patterson did not medal in four other events.

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Patterson won bronze in the 150 m medley SM3, and Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2. He finished 8th in the Men's 200 m freestyle S3.

Recognition 2014 – Swimming Australia Paralympic Program Swimmer of the Year 2021 - Keys to the City of Cairns in recognition to performances at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. 2021 - Swimming Australia Awards Swimmers' Swimmer with Ben Popham 2024 - Paralympics Australia Uncle Kevin Coombs Spirit of the Games Award