Jerome Singleton

{{short description|American Paralympic sprinter}}

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| fullname = Jerome Singleton Jr.

| nickname = Professor Speed

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| residence = Irmo, South Carolina

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|07|07}}

| birth_place = Greenwood, South Carolina

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| website = [http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Singleton&fname=Jerome&gender=all profile on paralympic.org]

| country = USA

| sport = Track and field

| event = 100m, 200m, 4x100m

| alma_mater = University of Michigan

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| club = Paralympic Track & Field Resident Team (Olympic Training Center)

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{{MedalSport | Men's paralympic athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing | 4x100m T42–T46 }}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Beijing | 100m T44 }}

{{MedalCompetition | IPC World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Christchurch | 100m T44 }}

{{MedalGold | 2013 Lyon | 4x100m T42–T46 }}

{{MedalSilver | 2011 Christchurch | 200m T44 }}

{{MedalSilver | 2011 Christchurch | 4x100m T42–T46 }}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Lyon | 100m T44 }}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Lyon | 200m T44 }}

{{MedalCompetition|Parapan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Rio de Janeiro|200m T44}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Rio de Janeiro|100m T44}}

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Jerome Singleton (born July 7, 1986) is a Paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T44 (single below knee amputation) sprint events. Because he had no fibula in his right calf, his leg was amputated below the knee when he was 18 months old.

Singleton was born in Greenwood, South Carolina, and attended Dutch Fork High School where he played varsity football, junior varsity basketball and track. He holds a bachelor's degree in math and applied physics from Morehouse College and a bachelor's in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan. Singleton ran on Morehouse's track and field team for one year before transferring to the University of Michigan.{{cite web |title=Irmo's Jerome Singleton eyes gold in 2012 Paralympic Games |url=https://wach.com/sports/content/irmos-jerome-singleton-eyes-gold-in-2012-paralympic-games |website=wach.com |access-date=22 November 2024}} He has worked as a researcher at NASA and CERN.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpusathletes.com/meet-the-athletes/jerome/jerome-read |title=Jerome's Journey |accessdate=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620155626/http://www.bpusathletes.com/meet-the-athletes/jerome/jerome-read |archivedate=20 June 2012 }}