Taymon Kenton-Smith

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| name = Taymon Kenton-Smith PLY

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| caption = Taymon Kenton-Smith in 2019

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| nationality = {{AUS}}

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|6 September 1994}}

| birth_place = Kingaroy, Queensland

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| height = 185 cm

| weight = 89 kg

| sport = Archery

| disability_class = Open Male Recurve

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| club = Samford Valley Target Archers and Mount Petrie Bowmen

| coach = Past Coaches; Alison Hagaman and Robert Turner
Current coaches - Ricci Cheah and Sarah Fuller

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| nicknames = Half-Hand

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Taymon Kenton-Smith (born 6 September 1994) is an Australian Paralympic Recurve Archer. He represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics .{{Cite web |last=Shannon |first=Miah |date=26 July 2021 |title=Australia fields strongest Para-archery team since Sydney 2000 |url=https://www.theinnersanctum.com.au/australia-fields-strongest-para-archery-team-since-sydney-2000/ |website=The Inner Sanctum |access-date=9 August 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Para Archers Milne and Lee Selected For Paris {{!}} NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) |url=https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/para-archers-milne-and-lee-selected-for-paris/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=www.nswis.com.au |language=en}}

Personal

Kenton-Smith was born on 6 September 1994.{{Cite book |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PA_Tokyo2020MediaGuide_AUS_FINAL_web.pdf |title=Media Guide Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games |publisher=Paralympics Australia |year=2021 |location=Sydney |pages=34}} He was born without any fingers on his left hand.{{Cite web |title=The Price of Beer #1 Taymon Kenton-Smith YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov9mGoLYqG8 |website=YouTube |access-date=13 August 2021}} He designed the logo for his Facebook Archery page himself, along with the saying "Half the hand, Twice the effort", and is known by many around him to be very focused and driven when achieving goals.https://www.facebook.com/ArcherTaymon {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

Kenton-Smith completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Southern Queensland and Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Queensland.

Archery

He took up archery in 2001 when he was only 6 years of age. At 14 he made a promise to his grandmother to make it to the Paralympic Games.{{Cite web |title=The National ChildSafe Dinner |url=https://www.childsafe.org.au/assets/uploads/2019/05/ChildSafe-Dinner-Redcliffe.pdf |website=Child Safe |access-date=13 August 2021}} She wrote to Take 5 Magazine and with the money won in their "Wishing Well" competition he purchased a Recurve Bow.{{Cite web |url=https://www.prcf.com.au/taymon-kenton-smith-paralympian/ |title=Solemn Promise to Grandmother Finds Target |website=prcf.com.au |date=23 August 2021}} At Archery Australia’s 2021 Para & VI National Championships, he was third in the Para Open Male Recurve.{{Cite web |date=29 March 2021 |title=National Championships Conclude for NSWIS Para Archers |url=https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/national-championships-conclude-for-nswis-para-archers/ |website=NSWIS |access-date=13 August 2021}} He is a member of the Samford Valley Target Archers in Brisbane.

In 2020, the Australian Institute of Sport sports engineering section developed a custom grip for his left hand that had no fingers.{{Cite news |last=Pender |first=Kieren |date=20 August 2021 |title=Bespoke bows and specialised seats: the engineering propelling Paralympians to new levels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/20/bespoke-bows-and-specialised-seats-the-engineering-propelling-paralympians-to-new-levels |work=The Guardian |access-date=21 August 2021}}

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, in the Men's individual recurve he qualified 18th with a score of 604 out of a possible 720 but then lost to Eric Bennett of the USA in the Round of 32.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-recurve-open-qual-000100-.htm |title=Archery - Paralympic Athletes, Photos & Events |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827214203/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/archery/results-men-s-individual-recurve-open-qual-000100-.htm |url-status=dead }} He teamed with Imalia Oktrininda in the Mixed team recurve where they lost in the Round of 32 to Milena Olszewska of Poland.{{Cite web |title=Taymon Kenton-Smith |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n1407246-kenton-smith-taymon.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=26 September 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926024747/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/archery/athlete-profile-n1407246-kenton-smith-taymon.htm |url-status=dead }}File:Taymon Tokyo.jpg

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, in the Men's individual recurve he qualified 21st with a score of 596 but then lost to Mohammad Reza Arab Amerii in the bronze medal match. He partnered with AJ Jennings, in the Mixed team recurve where they lost in the round of sixteen

References

External links

{{IPC|taymon-kenton-smith}}
{{Paralympics Australia|taymon-kenton-smith}}
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov9mGoLYqG8 The Price of Beer #1 Taymon Kenton-Smith YouTube]
[https://archery.org.au/taymon-kenton-smith-ply/ Archery Australia Profile]

Category:Living people

Category:Paralympic archers for Australia

Category:Archers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Category:Archers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Category:Australian male archers

Category:1994 births

Category:People from Kingaroy

Category:Sportsmen from Queensland

Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen