Sam Harding

Sam Harding (born 11 May 1991) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and paratriathlete. His classification is T12 and competed in 400m and the 800m events. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics in athletics and has been selected to compete in paratriathlon at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Personal Harding was born in Perth on 11 May 1991.

Sporting career Harding began his sporting career as a tandem cyclist competing for Western Australia.

Between 2010 and 2012, Harding received a dAIS scholarship and moved to the Australian Institute of Sport to train. However, he fell ill prior to his event, the T13 800m, and was unable to compete.

He competed at the 91st and 92nd Australian Athletics Championships where he won silver in the men's 800m and 400m respectively.

In 2015, Harding won silver in the Men's 400m at the 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix held in Brisbane.

alt=Jaryd Clifford and Sam Harding after Clifford won silver medal in Men's 1500m. Jaryd Clifford and Sam Harding after Clifford won bronze medal in Men's 1500m.At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the Men's 1500 m T13, he finished eleventh.

He was coached by Iryna Dvoskina and Philo Saunders at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Harding went into the 2024 Paris Paralympics ranked eighth in the Men's PTVI and finished fifth with guide is Aaron Royle, Olympian at the 2016 and 2020 Games.

At the 2025 World Triathlon Para Championships in Wollongong, with guide Aaron Royle, he finished fourth in the Men's PTVI.

Recognition 2022 - Canberra Sports Awards - Para Athlete of the Year