Isaac Towers

Isaac Towers (born 1 October 1998) is a Paralympian athlete from England competing in category T34 sprint and middle-distance events. Towers won gold and became the European champion in the 800m (T34) event in 2016, qualifying for the Summer Paralympics in Rio.

Early life Towers was born in 1998 in Lancashire, England. He was educated at Saint Michael's on Wyre Primary School and King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, before attending Cardinal Newman College where he studied business. He has cerebral palsy.

Athletics career Towers was introduced to wheelchair athletics in 2010 after being introduced to the sport by para-athletics coach Ian Thompson. That year he was named as a nominee for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. He took bronze in the 200m sprint, behind Russia's Sebastien Mobre and eventual winner Henry Manni. In the 400m he won silver, again behind his main rival Manni. The 800m race saw Towers win his first major international gold medal recording a championship record of 1:44.67.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Towers won a bronze medal in the T34 800m and came 7th in the T34 400m.

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, he placed 6th in the 800m and 7th in the 400m.

At the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics, he came 7th in the T34 800 metres.

In the 2024 Summer Paralympics he came 6th in the T34 800 metres.