Sam Carter

Samuel Harrison Carter (born 6 August 1991) is an Australian Paralympic athlete, who competes in 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m T54 events. He has represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics,

Early life Carter was born on 6 August 1991 in Toowoomba, Queensland with spina bifida. He attended Harristown State High School in Queensland.

Before becoming a wheelchair racer, he was actively engaged in sport, in particular swimming and wheelchair basketball. He went on to become the 100m junior world champion, winning gold in the 100m at the 2009 Junior Athletics World Championships. where he has competed against wheelchair racers such as David Weir and Marcel Hug. in the T54 100m, 200m and 400m. In 2013 Carter was selected to represent Australia, in the T54 100m, 200m and 400m at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. ] He placed 6th and 5th in the T54 100m and 200m respectively.

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Carter finished sixth in the Men's 100m T54, fifth in the Men's 200m and sixteenth in the Men's 400m T54.

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in London, Carter finished fourth both the Men's 100m T54 and Men's 400m T54.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Carter finished seventh in the heat and therefore qualified for the final. He came fifth in the Men's 100m T54 final and failed to win a medal. In the Men's 400m T54 Carter came ninth and did not advance to the final.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500m T54.

At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, he finished fourth in the Men's 100m T54 and fifth in the heat of the Men's 400m T54.

Political career

In the 2024 Australian Capital Territory election, Carter ran as a Greens candidate to represent the Murrumbidgee electorate, but was unsuccessful.

Personal life Carter has been an ethical vegan since 2017.

Recognition In 2009, Carter won the Sports Darling Downs senior rookie of the year.